I don't recall if these had been posted before. They are free as PDFs, just
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Where the Money Goes: Understanding Litigant Expenditures for Producing
Electronic Discovery


Pretrial discovery procedures are designed to encourage an exchange of
information that will help narrow the issues being litigated, eliminate
surprise at trial, and achieve substantial justice. But, in recent years,
some have claimed that the societal shift from paper documents to
electronically stored information (ESI) has led to sharper increases in
discovery costs than in the overall cost of litigation. 

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1208.html

 


The Cost of Producing Electronic Documents in Civil Lawsuits: Can They Be
Sharply Reduced Without Sacrificing Quality?


According to a RAND study, document review makes up 73 percent of discovery
costs. Predictive coding is the most promising option for cutting costs
without compromising the quality of the process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9650.html

 

Best wishes,

Carol

 

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