Electronic discovery, or eDiscovery, is the process of obtaining and exchanging electronically stored information in a civil lawsuit or dispute. ESI can include emails, attachments, and digitally stored documents. Lawyers and their staff engaged in eDiscovery use software to absorb, sort, and produce that data for the requesting party.
eDiscovery is part of the overall discovery process in a dispute. It doesn’t obviate traditional paper discovery, but complements it.
What Is eDiscovery and How Does it Mechanically Occur?
For those unfamiliar with the processes involved in eDiscovery, it’s useful to examine this process to better understand its components. At its most basic, eDiscovery involves preserving, collecting, and processing electronically stored information with an eye toward data production.
Production is not merely the turnover of responsive documents. Production involves reporting privileged and confidential data in the process and tracking documents produced.
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