Ediscovery

What is Ediscovery? Understanding the eDiscovery Process

Electronic discovery, commonly referred to as e-discovery (eDiscovery Process), encompasses the electronic processes involved in identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in response to requests during legal proceedings or investigations. ESI comprises a wide range of data types, including emails, documents, presentations, databases, voicemail, audio and video files, social media content, and websites.

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Date Time Overlay

Date/Time Sorter: Tool to create date/time overlay by connecting to LexisNexis LAW Server

In my previous role as a Senior Systems Analyst (mostly helping the eDiscovery team process and load data), I encountered an issue where the date and time exported from LAW did not align with the date and time format utilized in our department-wide Relativity database. First, the date and time fields were their own original fields in the LAW DB. Second, there is a heigharchy of dates that determine the DOCDATE field we need to update in Relativity.
DOCDATE is determined based on whether the document is a parent or attachment, and a heigharchy of the following dates:

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