But the process is raising some concerns. As more and more business documents are put into electronic form, ”e-discovery” will play a growing role in court cases. And the process of seeking evidence in electronic data — known as electronic discovery — is raising concerns across the legal system, including its effect on the cost of litigation, privacy issues and the implications of fast-changing technology. Discovery is the process of identifying documents that may be relevant to litigation and making them available to an adversary in a lawsuit. E-discovery applies that process to electronic documents, including e-mail, word-processed files, data bases and spreadsheets. The role of e-mail messages in high-profile American lawsuits such as the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has helped draw attention to the issue. Yet many Canadian lawyers have been uncomfortable with e-discovery until recently, says Peter Vakof, vice-president of forensic technology solutions at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Canada in Toronto. Full Story
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