Data Collection — the first step in an eDiscovery project is usually underrated by the end-to-end managing team. The reason for this is because the data collection piece is often considered to be an “IT team only” task.
However, we believe the time has now come for the core discovery people and lawyers to look into the collection process more keenly, because… a stitch in time, saves nine.
The same proverb applies to Disclosure. Data Collection is the first step towards eDiscovery and if you apply the wrong strategy (i.e. collect everything) then you might end up with needlessly massive costs and extended time scales. With the global pandemic, the pressure on legal teams to work efficiently and decrease spending is more pronounced than ever.
A key factor to accomplish this “Data Collection” phase is for the personnel involved to have a detailed understanding of the target, volume, and nature of the data they are ‘anticipating’ to collect which naturally impacts other stages of eDiscovery. However, corporations usually determine the collection process to be the responsibility of their respective IT Team and not the legal strategists or the e-discovery provider.
If you find yourself in this situation, here are a few great examples of why it makes sense for the legal team and e-discovery specialists to keenly participate in the early data collection, not simply to give IT an idea of what to shoot for:
Read Scenarios and full article at https://www.knovos.com/how-does-case-strategy-impact-data-collection-in-e-discovery/
