Extract from Rhys Dipshan’s article “Legal Tech’s Predictions for E-discovery in 2025”
Experts are split on whether 2025 will see gen AI become a staple in e-discovery—boosted by the case law and processes already in place for technology assisted review (TAR)—or struggle to gain traction because of its potential high costs, risks and immaturity as an emerging technology.
Where gen AI may have a more immediate impact, however, is creating more discoverable content, with some predicting that the data from AI assistants could soon face preservation and production requests.
Aside from AI-related developments, the e-discovery space is still likely to struggle with ongoing challenges that have persisted for some time, including the difficulty accounting for new data types such as off-channel communications, social media content and messaging data. What’s more, practitioners and courts will still be dealing with the unresolved issue of whether hyperlinks are attachments when it comes to preserving and producing evidence.
Here’s a look at experts’ predictions for what’s in store for the e-discovery industry in 2025, whether it be potential generative AI impacts or the data and hiring challenges many will have to contend with.
