Native file review and production in e-discovery is a bit like evolution. Just when you think the evidence in support would persuade anyone, up pops someone who’s firmly and vocally unconvinced.
When I’m extolling the virtues of producing native file formats in a speech or webcast, I sometimes get pushback like this: “Hey Craig, you’re always telling people to ask for native files. Well, I think native production is slower and more expensive because it takes so freakin’ long to load each file into Word, and messes up the metadata.”
I’m dumbfounded. I want to answer, “Wait a sec. You’re comparing the review of a bunch of document images using an evidence review platform like Concordance to opening each data file in its native application? Are you kidding me?” Continue reading
