Good post on the ACC Annual Meeting from The Posse List:
“Brute force e-discovery”
A common rant from attendees: why do so many ESI vendors think “one size fits all” in discovery and insist on a “brute force, shove it all down our pipe and you’ll be fine” approach? Yes, GCs are sometimes confused by the myriad, disparate technology systems out there. Plus the issue we have all discussed: the consolidating of e-discovery vendors due to failures or buyouts (recurring comment at ACC: “who will survive? Who do we pair up with?”)
They know they must take back control of the process from outside counsel, both for cost reasons and piece of mind. And those that have retaken control prefer vendors not wedded to a given technology but who are flexible, adaptable to a case, a situation…
