Rise of the Machines: Technology-Assisted Coding in the ESI Age

Predictive coding technologies hold great promise for extricating businesses, and their litigators, from the burdens posed by data proliferation. Structured and executed properly, a review protocol using these tools can be an efficient, cost-effective and defensible means of complying with discovery obligations. But just as importantly, these new technologies advance case development by enhancing review accuracy and consistency, increasing the likelihood that key documents are captured and allowing a party and its senior litigation team real-time visibility into the documentary record as it develops.