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E-Discovery Shapes Up for Fresh Challenges: Page 3 of 6

”If you just want two or three laptops [covered], somebody could just get an agent [installed on the devices,]” he says. “Our soft spot is in the tens or hundreds or thousands of laptops.”

Another vendor ramping up its e-discovery efforts in Texas this week is Clearwell Systems, which is keen to differentiate legal documents from other types of search technology.

“There’s a divergence of search occurring, particularly when you think about Web search, enterprise search, and e-discovery search,” says Kamal Shah, Clearwell’s vice president of marketing. “Saying that one category can be applied to all kinds of search is like saying that someone can win the 100 meter dash and the marathon in the Olympics.”

The exec explains that enterprise search and Web search typically involve personal documents, whereas e-discovery, by definition, is linked to some form of litigation. Crucially, firms must prove that they can "defend" their e-discovery search criteria in court, or risk sanctions, something that does not apply to other forms of search technology.

With the version 4.0 of its e-discovery solution, the vendor has introduced a technique called "transparent search," which it claims will make life easier for corporate attorneys.