Flock of Articles Provides Search Summary
September 18, 2011
Chris Dale’s rundown of the latest tech news is quite useful. “A Flock of Articles on Computer-Assisted Document Review,” will quickly get you up to date on recent developments. Half a dozen articles are highlighted, with commentary provided for each.
Here’s Dale’s commentary:
Look next at an article in Legal Technology News by Farrah Pepper, of counsel at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher called Robot Review: Will predictive coding win the trust of the courts? Like Judge Peck in the speech reported in my article, Farrah Pepper reviews some of the cases and learned papers.
The issue comes to the surface as Recommind applied for a patent for its predictive coding technology. He asserts:
Predictive coding software providers claim they can automate much of the document review process, with human guidance. Documents can be prioritized into likely order of importance, typically based on a “learning set” of documents coded up front by a subject matter expert, they explain. That essentially creates a rebuttable presumption of relevance for other coding that can be tested via sampling and revised if necessary. Then, the argument goes, the attorneys leading the case can dig into the substance a whole lot faster.
Keep an eye on the matter as it continues to develop. The courts will have to decide on the issue one way or another, as technology will continue to push.
Emily Rae Aldridge, September 18, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com, publishers of The New Landscape of Enterprise Search