Profile: H5 (PDF)
February 2009
Independent analyst firm IDC discusses H5’s unique combination of technology and human expertise for search and review. [read]
The Professionalization of Search and Review in E-Discovery (PDF)
KMWorld (February 2009)
This article discusses the need to recognize legal "search" as a professional expert discipline and ways in which information retrieval expertise can reduce costs and mitigate risks. It also explains the leading role of TREC in developing standards for e-discovery search methods. [read]
Court Opinions Show Path toward More Defensible Document Review (PDF)
H5 White Paper
This paper analyzes three recent opinions by Judge Paul Grimm and Judge John Facciola. Together these opinions provide useful guidance as to how discovery of electronically stored information should be conducted today in order to successfully defend against challenges and thereby avoid incurring
the massive costs and legal risks that come with losing such challenges. [read]
Concept Search: Perceived Security, Actual Risk (PDF)
H5 White Paper
This paper reviews the academic literature on query-based approaches to
information retrieval, summarizes the limitations of these approaches,
and identifies the key challenges that a successful solution to document
review and management problems must overcome. [read]
Benchmarking the Document Review Process (PDF)
H5 White Paper
This paper discusses a framework for the quantitative evaluation of review solutions along the three key factors of time to completion, cost, and accuracy/risk of missing relevant documents. [read]
Performance and Knowledge of Performance: H5's Quality Assurance Protocol (PDF)
H5 White Paper
This paper gives a scientific explanation of how H5 maintains and ensures the quality of its results. [read]
Searching in All the Wrong Places: The Effectiveness of Search Tools in E-Discovery (PDF)
Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (January 2007)
This paper surveys academic studies of the performance of search tools and other information retrieval methodologies. [read]
Of Litigators and Butterflies: The Quest for a Quantum Leap in Large-Scale Document Review (PDF)
Digital Discovery & e-Evidence
July 2006
A discussion of the non-technological challenges to document review and
a proposed solution that emphasizes performance evaluation protocols.
[read]
The Metrics of E-Discovery: Proving What Your Document Review Is Worth (PDF)
International Legal Technology Association (March 2006)
Without quality assurance protocols with which
to appraise the effectiveness of document review, lawyers and their review teams
do not—and cannot—know whether or to what extent their document
review results fall short of their expectations—and of their legal
obligations. How do you know what you're missing?[read]
Automated Document Review Proves Its Reliability (PDF)
Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (November 2005)
The results of an extensive evaluation demonstrate that use of H5’s automated document review system reduced the risk of missing a responsive document by 90 percent vis-à-vis manual review by a team of contract attorneys and paralegals. [read]