Poll: Data Volume Still Largest Obstacle in eDiscovery

Despite recent technological developments, “searching through large amounts of data” remains the largest obstacle to locating potentially relevant data in eDiscovery, according to a poll released Aug. 19.

The second biggest obstacle was identifying and accessing data sources.

Conducted by eDiscovery vendor Exterro Inc., the poll surveyed 208 In-House Participants, which included about 85 attorneys and also 41 litigation support staff, 32 IT professionals, 23 paralegals and a number of others who did not fit into any of these categories.

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Among attorneys, the survey responses were even more stark: ...