Is the E-Discovery Process Stagnated?

Gunderson Dettmer CIO Eric Rosenberg evaluates whether efforts to streamline the analysis of ESI are effectively applied. Although methods of communication (BlackBerrys, instant messaging, etc.) have become more sophisticated, Rosenberg says the e-discovery process has stagnated.

Comments

[Tom]

I'm curious about this line: "On average, it costs $1,800 to process and prepare data for analysis, and $250 per hour to analyze and review it."
I'm wondering what the source for that figure is, the IDC study mentioned a bit earlier?
And what is the qualifier for the $1800 figure ... per project, per hour, per GB, per TB?
I'm not trying to be critical just curious: it would be enormously helpful in my work to know who derived that baseline and how.
TIA

Tom OConnor
Director
LEDI

[Benjamin Wright]

Sean:
E-discovery reflects the natural collision of technology and legal practice. As an enterprise creates an ever-growing mountain of records, adversaries of course want access to it. Knowing that litigation and e-discovery are inevitable, an enterprise can use technology proactively to make records more benign. --Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/05/nix-smoking-gun-e-discovery.html