Thursday, August 25, 2011

Move Over Watson - Automated Document Review has Arrived



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This is a post from the Above the Law website, and is an ad for Valora Technologies.  Valora is a trusted partner of SRM Legal.

As ILTA 2011 comes to a close today, one of the most frequently discussed topics has been predictive coding. How about taking that one step further with a fully automated review? Don't believe it can happen? It is already an available technology.
The ad for Valora states, "Drawing from capabilities in statistical relevance (predictive coding), pattern-matching, Bayesian analysis and latent semantic indexing, Valora’s PowerHouse system combines the best technology available in a proprietary, wholly configurable process. And since we built our software over 30 person-years, there are no pesky license fees or per-click charges to contend with."

There is a plain and simple fact that doesn't get discussed often enough....who is checking the results of the attorney review after the case is over?  If there was no complaint by opposing counsel, and no sanctions for discovery mistakes...then law firms and corporate law department consider the review a success.  However, how do they really know how many documents were tagged incorrectly, or missed entirely?  

Automated review is the future of the legal profession, like it or not.  At the very least it can be used as a QC mechanism to gauge the accuracy of the completed attorney review.  Automated review is fast and inexpensive, and provides a true safeguard against the inadvertent production of privileged information.  

For certain projects, where there are large volumes of data, a short time frame to complete the review, and a limited budget...automated review is the perfect solution.  It works, and it is available now. 

Call SRM Legal for more information and we will be pleased to discuss the technology that Valora provides in specific detail.



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