Extract from Cat Casey’s article “Top eDiscovery Myths – BUSTED”
I may not be blowing up cars in the desert like Adam Savage, but busting eDiscovery myths? That’s my happy place. Whether it’s a stubborn misconception from the early aughts or a vendor pitch dressed up as gospel, nothing gets this Technocat more fired up than calling BS on the outdated ideas that still haunt our workflows.
Let’s shine a light on the myths we’re overdue to retire—and the truths your litigation support team already knows in their bones.
Myth 1: A Gig is a Gig
Spoiler alert: it’s not. One gig of PDFs is not the same beast as one gig of Slack exports in JSON. Factor in expansion, nested data, embedded files, and parsing for review, and suddenly your “few gigs” just blew past your processing window and your budget. Data today isn’t just big, it’s messy, weird, and deeply misunderstood by anyone quoting size alone.
Whether you are an in-house team trying to budget for a pending investigation or a service provider scoping preservation and collection, it is easy to fall into the Myth of a Gig is just a gig when estimating data volumes, cost, and timing in a matter. And having the right tools for the Jobs has never been more important.
