Information relevant to a claim or defense in a legal matter is discoverable if:

When managing an e-discovery project, it is essential to accurately determine the scope of the project from the outset. 

It is necessary to implement a litigation hold:

Data mapping is the process of creating a list of the IT and data storage systems within an organization. 

During the processing stage of an e-discovery project, the metadata and text of documents are extracted so that the documents are fully text searchable. 

When preparing for a document review it is essential to formulate a strategy for the review and develop a plan for executing on that strategy. 

ESI is an acronym for :

The number of custodians involved in an e-discovery project has no impact on the cost of the project. 

A legal hold is the process during which an organization is required to preserve and not delete information that is relevant to a pending or anticipated legal action. 

It is not an acceptable practice to produce large volumes of ESI with no attempt to search for and withhold privileged information.