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Evaluation of Intelligent Discovery Processes by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

By Howard Nicols and Stephen J. Goldstein
December 28, 2010

Due to the high volume of electronically stored information, document review and production is often the most expensive part of the discovery process. In an effort to lower the costs of litigation discovery, Squire Sanders invested in an assessment of next-generation intelligent discovery tools and processes. The purpose of this exercise was to identify and validate software and techniques that can defensibly reduce the expense of human review, while maintaining or improving quality. Having studied other available technologies, we decided to thoroughly evaluate the Equivio>Relevance system. Our results and general observations are as follows.

Evaluation Background

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