Electronic Discovery

Electronic discovery refers to discovery in civil litigation which deals with electronic information. Electronic discovery poses new challenges and opportunities for attorneys, their clients, technical advisors, and the courts. Electronic discovery can include a vast array of electronic documents from emails to word processor documents to spreadsheets, presentations, digital video and audio and more. Increasing quantities of electronic data and documents often require attorneys to spend excessive amounts of time trying to identify discoverable electronic evidence. There are specialized firms that provide a range of time-efficient and cost-effective services to help gather, analyze, organize and prepare electronic data for review in litigation matters and regulatory proceedings. Electronic data discovery is quickly becoming the mainstream form in civil discovery. Electronic discovery must be both taken seriously by lawyers and law firms and done properly because the evidence is fragile, easily erased and can be compromised by untrained parties.