You do want to know what eDiscovery / eDisclosure is costing you, surely?

http://ow.ly/7U84j

An article by Chris Dale on his blog the e-Disclosure Information Project.

This article discusses eDiscovery/eDisclosure cost, and analyzes comments made by other referenced articles which Mr. Dale provides links to.

The article states, "Why, for example, would you abandon the lucrative business of document review when your clients show no interest in how you can combine technology with externally-sourced managed services to reduce significantly the cost of large and medium-sized litigation?

There are several reasons, of course, why a law firm should at least investigate what the alternatives are. If 60% of companies (the figure from the ESG survey) are not interested in their eDiscovery spend, then 40% are interested; when 77% of the companies in the Nabarro survey are not interested in measuring the contribution of value added services, then nearly a quarter are interested. That proportion must increase, and it seems prudent for law firms to start developing the processes which, increasingly, they will be expected to talk about at client pitches."  

Mr. Dale further states, "It is not merely inertia which prevents law firms from identifying for themselves, and proposing to their clients, better ways of getting the job done. Katey Wood’s most recent article, Is eDiscovery Ignorance Bliss? Round 2, spreads the blame between the clients themselves, the lawyers and the technology providers."  A link to Ms. Wood's article is also provided..