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Making Waves with Technology: An e-Discovery Case Study

By Betsey Pittard
May 27, 2010

Attorneys often become overwhelmed by the amounts of data involved in the discovery phase of a complex litigation case. I was recently involved in a case where one attorney accumulated approximately 445,000 documents for a litigated matter and had to respond to a Request for Production received from opposing counsel in 30 days. The attorney, who thought he could review every document himself, was drowning in documents and needed a life raft. The following case study demonstrates how attorneys can use technology to manage their discovery, meet deadlines and keep their heads above water.

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