What is eDiscovery?
For our first DiscoveryBriefs video, we start at the beginning. What is eDiscovery?
Anyone involved in a lawsuit or a government investigation has or will encounter eDiscovery. So to begin, let’s start with what “discovery” is.
Discovery is the pre-trial procedure in a legal case where parties exchange evidence with the other side. Evidence used to mean boxes and boxes of paper, as well as physical evidence — meaning something that’s tangible.
Now, discovery has expanded to Electronically Stored Information, or ESI. All of your emails, word processing documents, spreadsheets, text messages, and social media posts are ESI. And in a lawsuit or investigation, all of those data sources contain potential evidence — meaning they could be subject to discovery.
And that is where eDiscovery comes in. Ediscovery takes data from its original source and boils it down to the evidence that will prove or disprove the claims in a case. In this process, data is identified, collected, processed, reviewed by attorneys, and then produced to the other side as part of the evidence exchange.
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About DiscoveryBriefs
DiscoveryBriefs is a video channel dedicated to improving the justice system through educational content for the legal community about legal technology and eDiscovery. You can find it on Medium or YouTube. We are eDiscovery consultants passionate about changing the status quo and our company, Precision Discovery, supports us in our mission.
About The Author
Kinny Chan is the Chief Customer Officer of Precision Discovery. He is a lawyer and eDiscovery enthusiast. He enjoys taking complex challenges and explaining them in simple and understandable terms. He is inspired by the intersection between technology, business and the law. You can connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
