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Electronic Document Coding Comes of Age

Over the last few years, the legal-support services industry has been inundated by increased demand for electronic discovery and electronic processing of litigation documents, many of which need some type of coding that will allow them to be searched for in and retrieved from automated litigation support (ALS) databases. <br/>Fortunately, advances in technology have produced significant cost-efficiency and workflow improvements make coding a sensible choice for much smaller document collections, whether paper or electronic.

11 minute read July 30, 2004 at 11:45 AM
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Richard E. Davis
Electronic Document Coding Comes of Age

For years, attorneys have relied on manual coding or indexing to help them search and categorize sometimes-vast collections of paper documents related to litigation.

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