On March 11, 2013, a New York District Court issued an order recognizing TAR as an acceptable search methodology, able to reduce discovery’s costs and burdens.
The court rejected a burden argument on the grounds that “[w]ith the advent of software, predictive coding, spreadsheets and similar advances, the time and cost to produce large reams of documents can be dramatically reduced.”
Harris v. Subcontracting Concepts, LLC, Case No. 1:12-MC-82, 2013 WL 951336 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2013) is available at http://cases.justia.com… Open PDF