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Using Language-Based Analytics to Accelerate the Review of an Incoming Production of Documents

By Bobbi Basile
April 02, 2014

Over the past decade a lot of effort and debate has gone into answering the question: How do we reduce the amount of data we need to review related to the production of documents? Solutions have focused on reviewing documents to produce, while incoming productions have been largely ignored.

Incoming productions are increasingly becoming a burden due to accelerated dockets, larger volumes and clients' reduced budgets. Furthermore, agreements between counsel to produce documents responsive to stipulated (usually overly broad) keywords shift the burden to the receiving party to separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff. When a production has been made without a review of the documents for relevancy, the density of relevant material can be quite low and the exercise to uncover it time-consuming and expensive.

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