HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY PROLIFIC AT GENERATING DATA.
BY MORE THAN ONE ESTIMATE, EVERY PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING 800 MEGABYTES OF RECORDED INFORMATION ANNUALLY. MORE THAN 90 PERCENT IS MAGNETICALLY STORED. OVER THE YEARS, LAWYERS HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY PROFICIENT AT FERRETING OUT AND ANALYZING PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS AND USING THEM TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE RESULTS IN SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS AND TRIALS.
BUT NOW IT SEEMS THAT WE’RE FACING A WHOLE NEW WORLD. TO FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT NAVIGATING THIS CHANGING WORLD OF DISCOVERY, TEXAS LAWYER’S BUSINESS DEPARTMENT HOSTED AN E-DISCOVERY ROUNDTABLE IN DALLAS. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE DISCUSSION, EDITED FOR LENGTH AND STYLE.
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