Although I am not particularly knowledgeable about the details of eDiscovery, it has always seemed to me that a well-implemented Document Management system such as Worldox would give a firm a considerable leg up when it came to eDiscovery issues. I was therefore extremely interested in well-known technologist and eDiscovery expert Brett Burney's review of version of ISYS:Desktop 9 in Technolawyer. Brett noted:
Since my career swirls around eDiscovery, I kept thinking of ISYS:desktop in that framework. While ISYS:desktop is amazing for everyday searching, I got excited about the possibilities of using the software to quickly review emails and documents for privilege and eventual production.
ISYS:desktop is no match for full-featured litigation databases like CT Summation, Concordance, or the online eDiscovery powerhouses. Those applications provide a platform for reviewers to enter information about each document, "tagging" relevant files and creating production logs, for example.
But ISYS:desktop absolutely has a place in the litigation support tool belt. Many times, litigation teams simply want a quick, easy tool to just get an idea of what documents they have, a sort of "lay of the land" if you will. You may not always need the full power of CT Summation or Concordance until you get a better handle on what kind of documents you have.
In this scenario, ISYS:desktop is an incredible tool for initiating a "quick peek" at documents. And in version 9, ISYS:desktop has improved indexing tools that does not disturb the metadata of files, so you can rest assured that your data is preserved.
ISYS is the search engine that Worldox licenses for indexing. Using Worldox, you can do a wide variety of searches with a full range of boolean operators, etc. Worldox lets you build a mark-up table for use in the comments field, so you could use the little-known feature to mark up search results for privilege and other criteria.
While it is certainly not a replacement for full eDiscovery (it will not deal with secured files, non-searchable PDFs, images, etc.), using a Document Management system such as Worldox could well provide a firm with an extremely valuable "first pass" and streamline the eDiscovery process.