With new data types, growing demands, and an ever-evolving pool of technology to choose from, e-discovery is more complex than ever. At Exterro's Infusion Conference's “EdTalks” sessions, three e-discovery veterans discussed exactly why the industry is becoming more challenging, and what to know to keep ahead of the curve.

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An E-Discovery Reckoning on the Horizon?

Craig Ball, attorney and blogger, can remember the “good old days” when discovery was just about scanning and searching through high volumes of paper documents.

To be sure, this doesn't mean that the current times are necessarily bad. Despite the challenges in producing such data as emails, social media content or database files, e-discovery tools have, for the most part, been up to the task, Ball said. This, he explained, is partially because much of this current digital information is “proto-digital,” i.e., existing still as documents, though ones that are created and live digitally.