From Bow Tie Law’s Blog:
I always liked John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian views on justice to provide the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people, within reason. I propose Utilitarian e-Discovery. All the vendors in the litigation support profession produce many fine products and solutions for large scale e-Discovery services. I have a challenge to everyone in the litigation support profession: Go to your local state courthouse. Spend one hour watching the case management conference calendar. Ask yourself, “Do our products help these attorneys and their clients?” 93% of litigation in the United States is in state courts, not the Federal (CEIC Judicial Panel, 2010). According to the ABA, there were a total of 1,143,358 lawyers in the United States in 2007. There is other data that shows 75-80% of lawyers practice in firms with 20 attorneys or less (estimated 857,519 lawyers with 2007 numbers). My concern for our industry is that products are being developed only for those in the top 7% of litigation in Federal Court.
Bow Tie Law’s Blog: Utilitarian e-Discovery: A Challenge for the Litigation Support Profession
