Since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were overhauled in 2006 to address the complicated issues of electronic discovery in civil litigation, the number of e-discovery vendors has more than quadrupled. But not all vendors—while ready and willing—can fit every client’s unique needs.
“The first thing you want to do is figure out what you’re trying to accomplish,” says George Socha of Socha Consulting. The vendor a company ultimately chooses “very much depends on your specific circumstance,” he says. “You will probably have to go to more than one place to get the software that you need.”
