An audit trail is the automatically generated record of system activity, establishing who did what and when.

Chain of custody for electronic evidence documents every transfer and handling step from collection through production.

Cost per gigabyte is the standard unit for pricing e-discovery processing and hosting, and the basis for budget projection.

Data volume estimation projects how much data a matter will involve, supporting budgeting and proportionality arguments.

A defensible process is an e-discovery workflow that is reasonable, documented, and proportional, so it can withstand challenge even if some information...

An e-discovery vendor provides collection, processing, hosting, and review services supporting electronic discovery.

Proportionality analysis for ESI weighs the burden and cost of electronic discovery against its likely benefit to the case.