{"id":78348,"date":"2023-06-20T09:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com"},"modified":"2023-06-20T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:39:41","slug":"ai-in-e-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/ai-in-e-discovery","title":{"rendered":"AI in E-Discovery: Transforming Document Review and Litigation Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s digital world, electronic information plays a crucial role in the legal process. However, the increasing amount of electronic data<\/a> is making it difficult for legal professionals to search, analyze, and present information during litigation.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, advances in artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) have made it possible for documents to be reviewed more effectively. These advancements are transforming the review of documents in litigation or investigation, saving time, reducing costs, and improving effectiveness.<\/p>\n

In this article, we take a close look at how AI is transforming document review and litigation support.<\/p>\n

What Is E-Discovery?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Electronic discovery<\/a>, or e-discovery, refers to the process of identifying, collecting, reviewing, and producing electronic information as evidence in legal proceedings.<\/p>\n

Today, much of our information is stored electronically, such as emails<\/a>, documents, databases<\/a>, and other digital files<\/a>. The process of e-discovery begins when there is a need to gather electronic evidence for a legal case. This involves searching and retrieving relevant electronic data from various sources, such as computer systems<\/a>, servers<\/a>, email archives<\/a>, cloud storage<\/a>, social media<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n

Once the data is collected, it goes through a series of steps to organize, filter, and analyze the information. Specialized software<\/a> and tools are used to help with this process, allowing legal teams to search for specific keywords, dates, or file types to narrow down the data set. This helps to find the most relevant information for the case.<\/p>\n

Once the review and analysis of the data are complete, legal proceedings can utilize the selected documents or files as evidence. This could include presenting them in court or submitting them to the opposing party.<\/p>\n

E-discovery is crucial in modern litigation because it enables the efficient handling of large volumes of electronic information that would be impractical to review manually.<\/p>\n

Challenges with Traditional E-Discovery<\/span><\/h2>\n

E-discovery is primarily performed using keyword searches in order to narrow down the documents collected for legal review.<\/p>\n

While this helped in reducing the number of documents for review, the approach had several shortcomings:<\/p>\n