Technology is always changing and it has emerged as a major challenge in the ever-evolving technology environment for corporations. Technology litigation is rising precipitously in both form and spend and there has been an immense rise in litigation costs over the last two decades.

Corporate counsel is continuously facing challenges with the increased horrid volume and complex electronic data. In a recent report, Norton Rose Fulbright's 2015 Litigation Trends Survey, which was conducted among U.S. respondents, it was found that there has been an increase in the legal budgets of corporations. With the increasing number of patent suits, many corporations have augmented their intellectual property litigation budget. Life sciences, healthcare and technology and innovation have emerged as big-dollar cases in the U.S.

With large companies involved in big lawsuits and e-discovery playing a major contributor to inflated litigation budgets, corporate counsel is continuously carving out ways for making advances in e-discovery and related technologies. They have started adapting various cost reduction methods, better project management techniques, alternative fee arrangements, and are scrutinizing the selection criterion of apropos service provider.