In February the blog Above the Law declared predictive coding its “legal technology buzzword of 2011.” More recently, as covered on the EDD Update blog (published by Corporate Counsel ‘s parent company), the buzz became a deafening roar as one e-discovery provider, Recommind, announced a patent for its “predictive coding” technology. Understandably, other providers offering what they believed to be predictive coding tools were quite miffed, and the notion of patenting predictive coding remains hotly debated.

Let’s take a deeper dive into what predictive coding really means, explore some of its purported benefits, and delve into the biggest question for litigants and lawyers: Is it reasonable and therefore defensible to use?

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