Pittsburgh lawyer wins landmark case involving use of predictive coding
in discovery process, June 11, 2012 10:03 am, By Joyce Gannon /
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 


"A Pittsburgh lawyer recently won a judicial ruling that could serve as
a landmark in determining whether a sophisticated computer application
can be used in the legal discovery process.

The crux of the case is "predictive coding," a specialized method of
electronic discovery that proponents say could save significant dollars
and time for clients who pay hefty fees for discovery as part of their
legal bills.

Thomas Gricks III, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis and chair of its e-discovery practice group,
filed a motion to use predictive coding in a circuit court in Loudoun
County, Va., where the firm is defending Dulles Jet Center. The ongoing
case involves 10 suits from plaintiffs who claim that significant
property damage occurred when a roof collapsed at three private jet
hangars at the facility during a severe 2010 snowstorm.

The case involved more than 2 million documents, said Mr. Gricks.
Predictive coding, he said, is a way to characterize a massive set of
electronic files by reviewing a much smaller portion of the data.

"Typically when you collect data, you have a lot of non-relevant
documents," he said. "Predictive coding lets you review a limited number
of those, then characterize the entire set as relevant or not relevant."


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