eDiscovery
Also: e-discovery, electronic discovery, document review platform
Finding and reviewing digital records for a legal case. It can include searching emails and deciding what must be produced.
The fuller definition
eDiscovery is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information in litigation. AI features now sit inside some review platforms.
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source_id: A01
page: 2
version: original
This fictional example keeps a condition beside the proposition it qualifies. Extraction and chunking should preserve enough context to inspect what the source actually says.
A concrete example
A platform removes duplicate emails, threads conversations, and uses technology-assisted review to prioritize the review queue.
The distinction that matters
An AI summary inside a review platform is a convenience layer. The production obligations and the privilege review remain the lawyer's.
Related terms
Technology-assisted review (TAR)
Software that helps rank documents for review. Some forms learn from a reviewer's choices. The process still needs testing and oversight.
Documents & retrievalOCR — Optical character recognition
Turning a picture of text, such as a scanned page, into real text a computer can search.
Documents & retrievalMetadata
Information about a file rather than its contents, such as its author, date, and page count.
Where it is taught
Design a review table before generating itSource and further reading
Law Society of Ontario · Using technologyThe definition and example are written for this library. The link gives background, official documentation or legal authority as labelled. Legal scope depends on the jurisdiction and current text; product features depend on release and settings.