In the recent Legaltech News article, “3 Ways Keyword Search Might be Failing Lawyers in E-Discovery,” Martin Tully discusses how increased use of collaboration platforms highlights the need to move beyond keyword search approaches to eDiscovery.

To be sure, keyword searches will have a role in lawyers’ data reviews, noted Redgrave partner Martin Tully. “Keywords aren’t going away, you use them in Outlook and Relativity,” he said. Still, as relevant data is created and stored on more collaboration platforms, keyword search limitations are exposed, he added.

“There are so many tools to use that are dynamic that aren’t based on a character there or a character here. [With Microsoft Teams and Slack] and countless environments, it’s all more important to levy something that can do a much better job,” Tully said.

The emergence of additional collaboration platforms also coincides with the enactment of various data privacy laws that extend data breach notification requirements to its citizens’ data. As regulation intensifies, Tully noted keyword searches could significantly slow down the process of finding and notifying breached users.

“Keywords are terrible with broad definitions of personally identifiable information [under the] California Consumer Privacy Act. …. [But] the clock is ticking with data breach notification,” Tully said.

Access the Legaltech News article here.