Nextpoint has released its Nextpoint eDiscovery Landscape Survey, which reveals a resource gap at the heart of litigation practice!

As discussed in this blog post by Evan Stiger, the central finding from the latest Nextpoint eDiscovery Landscape survey is this: The data keeps growing, and the resources to manage it aren’t keeping up.

Who participated in the survey? The majority of 101 respondents (about 70%) work at law firms or legal services organizations, with the remaining (30%) spread across corporate legal departments, government agencies, legal software companies, and consultancies. Firm sizes were well distributed, ranging from solo practices and boutique firms (1–9 employees) to large organizations with more than 200.

Nextpoint asked respondents to identify their three biggest firm-level challenges in ediscovery, their biggest individual challenges, and their top professional priorities. What came back painted a consistent picture that cuts across job titles, firm sizes, and practice areas. Here’s one finding:

Document management, review, and reduction was cited by 58% of respondents as one of their firm’s biggest challenges, making it the single most common answer in the entire survey. Data collection came in second at 34%, followed by working with clients for collections (31%) and chronology and timeline building (28%).

So, what other findings from the Nextpoint eDiscovery Landscape Survey did Evan discuss in the post? Find out here, it’s just one click! You can even view it in “landscape” mode! 😉

So, what do you think? What are your biggest eDiscovery challenges? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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