Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Technological advancements are significantly influencing the legal services landscape. At unprecedented rates, corporations, law firms, and state and federal enforcement agencies are accepting and adopting the use of advanced technology in legal matters, including automation, machine learning, and algorithm-driven data analytics. With respect to discovery, over the past decade, the expansion of technology-assisted review has been well documented and debated. The wide embrace of technology-assisted review – or “TAR” for short, has met with acclaim from clients and their counsel. It is essentially undisputed by now, for instance, that TAR has proven to help produce quality results, while also achieving quantifiable cost savings. But TAR has also not been met without controversy. In many conversations, the widespread – and growing – adoption of TAR has fueled speculation that TAR will ultimately result in attorneys being largely su