Overview

The following German-language report explores the relationship between developments in the way the legal profession locates, identifies and recovers this new breed of ‘digital evidence’ and the ever growing amounts of data organisations are expected to store.

Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is fast becoming a critical source of evidence to support a wide range of legal actions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Yet is the challenge of picking through thousands or even millions of electronic files to assemble a case or action at risk of slowing down the legal process?

A recent study of 5,000 lawyers in ten countries highlighted that problems related to ESI are impacting the legal process right across EMEA. These problems were found to have affected every single lawyer questioned, as they struggled to cope with up to 50% more ESI per case than just five years ago.