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Top 10 Technical Considerations Before Starting An e-Discovery Review

By Tim Griffiths
You've done it. You've finally decided that the discovery portion for the matter you are managing is simply too large for your little Concordance database and the personnel assigned to help get the data into it. So, you've taken the plunge and decided to go with a vendor that offers a hosted, online review service.

Problem solved, right? With a vendor partner now in place to help remove the headaches associated with managing a review database, you should have it made it the shade. Hold on! You're certainly on the right track, but the job doesn't end once the vendor is chosen. There are still a number of technical items that need to be considered about this review environment before you can turn your entire review team loose on the data. An engineering assessment of the review environment itself will go a long way in helping identify potential problems and risks early on as well as becoming the first step toward a successful overall review. Following is a short checklist that can aid in this assessment process:

1. Who is the ISP?

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