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Calculating the total exact costs incurred for eDiscovery each year in the United States is no more possible than knowing exactly how many french fries Americans consume.
But assume you could gather information on potato crop yields to the ton, the percentage of potatoes likely to be fried, and statistics on how much food Americans tossed out each year. Now you’re getting somewhere.
What follows is an attempt to ballpark the average annual cost of eDiscovery in the US based on a compilation of academic studies conducted over the last five years, caseloads reported by US courts, and assumptions about if and how much discovery occurs in different types of legal matters.
Read the original article at: How much does eDiscovery cost the U.S. every year?