Australian court recognizes value of predictive coding for e-discovery.

• Position: E-DISCOVERY - Brief article

As noted by KrollDiscovery on ediscovery.com, Australian courts for the first time recognized the advantages of using predictive coding for e-discovery purposes in a legal proceeding. The finding stems from McConnell Dowell Constructors v. Santam, a liability dispute in which the parties faced massive costs to review 1.4 million documents and couldn't agree on an e-discovery technique. The court designed a special "referee" to find an effective method that was also consistent with proportionality and compliant with...