Author Question: What is the purpose of document review? What are the stages in the process, and what are the goals ... (Read 29 times)

vicotolentino · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

What is the purpose of document review? What are the stages in the process, and what are the goals of each?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In most traditional courtrooms, litigants use easels or display boards, blackboards or erasable whiteboards.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

verrinzo · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Documents in discovery are reviewed both to reduce the numbers of documents to manageable levels, and to make sure that privileged or confidential documents are not released to the other side. Filtering is used to narrow the focus of the documents. De-duping is the process of eliminating duplicate documents, while retaining information about recipients. Coding is the process of sorting documents based on their contents and characteristics. In privilege review, attorneys review all documents to make sure that sensitive documents protected by attorney-client privilege are not disclosed in discovery.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE