Far from the Black Box: explaining Equivio Relevance to Lawyers

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

This article examines technology assisted review, and provides some specific information regarding Equivio's "Relevance" offering. The article provides a link to another article authored by Chris Dale, about this same issue.

The article states, "I am developing a deep dislike of the expression “black box” in discussions about predictive coding – it is used unthinkingly by people who are keen to condemn technology developments as instinctively as their forebears condemned mechanised looms and the motor car. Henry Ford famously said “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”, and the ideal for many law firms is associates and contract lawyers who can turn pages more quickly."

In addition, the article further states references an article by Richard Susskind, entitled, "The End of Lawyers?", a link to that article is included.  Mr. Dale quotes a portion of Mr. Susskind's article, describing the topic of the purpose of the article as follows, "Its primary purpose is to address the fear felt by many lawyers and their clients to the effect that the use of predictive coding technology deprives them of control or, indeed, a role in the decision-making.

The reality is quite the opposite. The tools described above bring transparency and the basis for informed decision-making throughout the process, increasing rather than diminishing the role of the skilled lawyer in making decisions about the scope of discovery. Furthermore, those same tools allow cooperative and collaborative discussion both about what is being done and about the costs and risks of the alternative decisions which might be made."