Extract from Charles Toutant’s article “Judge Won’t Impose New E-Discovery Methods in Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litigation”
A special master in the Mercedes-Benz emissions test class action has declined to compel the use of technology-assisted review to identify responsive documents.
In the suit claiming the defendants rigged vehicles to cheat on emissions tests, the plaintiffs sought to have Mercedes-Benz and co-defendant Robert Bosch identify responsive documents through an interactive process where human reviewers “train” a computer based on properties and characteristics beyond simple search terms.
