⚖️ Legal · Data Flow
E-Discovery Data Pipeline
How electronic evidence is collected and reviewed in litigation: legal hold, collection, processing, review and production to the other side.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Legal hold stops relevant data being deleted
- Processing removes duplicates and system files before review
- Privileged documents are withheld and logged
Prompt used
Data flow for e-discovery (EDRM): legal hold notices go to custodians, data is collected forensically from email, file shares, chat and laptops, processing extracts text and metadata, removes duplicates and system files, and applies date and keyword filters. Analytics (threading, technology-assisted review) prioritise documents for reviewers, who code them as relevant, not relevant or privileged. Relevant non-privileged documents are produced to opposing counsel; privileged ones go on a privilege log.
Mermaid code
flowchart LR LH[Legal Hold Notices] --> CUS[Custodians] CUS -->|Email, files, chat, laptops| COL[Forensic Collection] COL --> PROC[Processing: text, metadata, de-duplication] PROC -->|Date and keyword filters| REVDB[(Review Database)] REVDB --> AN[Analytics: threading, TAR] AN -->|Prioritised batches| REV[Reviewers] REV -->|Relevant| PROD[Production to Opposing Counsel] REV -->|Privileged| PLOG[Privilege Log] REV -->|Not relevant| ARCH[(Archive)]
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