Estimating the size of the eDiscovery market is notoriously difficult, which helps explain why there have been three vastly different recent estimates of its size:
• In May,Gartner pegged the global market for eDiscovery software at an estimated $1.8 billion .
• This month, Markets and Markets, a research report publishing company, looked at the global market for eDiscovery software and services and came up with a $7.01 billion figure, which it projected would increase to $14.26 billion by 2020.
• Last week, Robert Hilson estimated the eDiscovery market connected to U.S. litigation alone, including everything but preservation, is about $41.2 billion — slightly higher than the ...