The primary culprits behind rising litigation costs are the increase in e-discovery requests and the corresponding volume of electronic data this produces. Most legal departments today are trying to reduce costs from outside counsel and trim e-discovery costs. Both of these goals are furthered by the trend to bring more areas of e-discovery in-house. By expanding in-house legal departments and encouraging in-house e-discovery, enterprises can gain control over rising litigation costs.

According to a recent management consulting firm survey, “cost…