Judge OKs Use of Predictive Coding to Cut E-Discovery Document Review Group from 2 Million to 5,000

A computer technique that can be used to drastically reduce the number of documents that must be reviewed by humans in litigation discovery has been OKed by a Virginia judge despite opposition from the opposing party. Partner Thomas Gricks III of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis argued the contested motion in April, contending that predictive coding is not only less expensive but more...