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E-discovery 2020 Year In Review — And A Look Into 2021

By Steve Salkin
February 01, 2021

Every year-end article you read (and there will be a plethora) will include "unprecedented," or "unpredictable," or "unbelievable," or just plain "crazy." And they are all correct – 2020 was all those things and more. As the year closes and we begin a long-anticipated 2021, what lessons can be taken from the last nine months? And what does the now at least hopeful post-pandemic world look like for cybersecurity, privacy and e-discovery?

As we did last year, we teamed with our colleagues at LegalTech News to get the thoughts of those in the legal tech world. (Note: Some of the answers have been edited for length.) We looked at cybersecurity in the January issue, and in this issue, it's e-discovery's turn.

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