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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.Extract from an article by Suzanne H. Clark , CEDSWe live in an age where evidence is electronic, and therefore, collection, analysis, review, production and presentation of that evidence must also be electronic. Best practices and common sense dictate that the form of handling evidence should be consistent with how it was created. Forgoing the exchange of electronic evidence because it is too expensive or complex to obtain is not acceptable, and ultimately obscures access to the truth.
I’ve started sharing the “aggregator” idea with colleagues in the discovery space, both service providers and attorneys. My cohorts at Logikcull termed this idea “Discovery Crowdsourcing,” which speaks to the benefits of cost, quality, flexibility, scalability, and variety. Chris Dix calls this my “eDiscovery co-op idea,” which alludes to the new amendments to the Federal Rules and the Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation.
If Discovery Crowdsourcing is to become a feasible solution, firms must be willing to join together to purchase discovery tools and services as a unified group under the umbrella of an aggregator, and providers must be willing to accommodate a group of firms combined into one entity. Third-party brokers — the aggregators — who are willing to assume up-front costs must also step to the fore.
Read the original article at: Mass Appeal: Is Crowdsourcing the Future of Discovery for Small Firms?