{"id":9247,"date":"2014-09-11T06:05:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2014-09-09T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T23:00:30","slug":"predictive-coding-litigating-force-majeure-clauses-construction-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/predictive-coding-litigating-force-majeure-clauses-construction-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictive Coding and Litigating Force Majeure Clauses in Construction Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drew Lewis, Esq. – Recommind – August 29, 2014<\/p>\n

Construction lawyers understand the importance of a comprehensive force majeure clause.\u00a0 But in an increasingly tumultuous world where extraordinary events are difficult to predict, where can litigators find the evidence to support (or refute) claims of impossibility or impracticability?\u00a0 Increasingly, the answer is in their client\u2019s own data.\u00a0 And with data volumes increasing on a daily basis lawyers are turning more frequently to predictive coding as their tool of choice.<\/p>\n

Predictive coding, at the most basic level, is a machine learning system where exemplar documents are provided and the system retrieves other documents that are conceptually similar to the exemplar(s).\u00a0 The system is language agnostic so it is not simply returning other documents that use the same words; rather it is returning documents regardless of how dissimilar they might appear based on key word analysis alone.\u00a0 The use of predictive coding was first approved by a court in Da Silva Moore v. Publicas Groupe SA, 2012 WL 607412 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2012); since that time it has become the subject of comment (and controversy) in the eDiscovery community.<\/p>\n

The ultimate benefit of predictive coding, and other advanced machine learning techniques, is not simply the decrease in labor hours (and subsequent cost to your client).\u00a0 Instead, the ultimate benefit is to extrapolate the lawyer\u2019s knowledge and insight to data volumes once thought unimaginable.\u00a0 This extrapolation results in the ability to rapidly find what actually matters in the case, and leverage that information in a strategic manner.<\/p>\n

In the construction context it can be vitally important for a party trying to prove (and even disprove) a claim of impossibility of performance by providing deep insight into the digital conversations of key players in the case.\u00a0 In several instances, the party claiming unforeseen circumstances made performance impossible has produced documents \u2013 without the aid of this technology \u2013 only to have those documents examined using advanced technologies such as predictive coding, and having their entire theory undone by the data.\u00a0 Predictive coding can isolate the key documents that showed what the performing party knew at the time of contract formation, and more importantly what they did to explore alternative performance.\u00a0 The data often stands in stark contrast to the claims made in the pleadings, and it becomes clear what the performing party really knew (and when they knew it).<\/p>\n

Predictive coding, as part of a system of search techniques provides deep insight into what actually happened once performance became impracticable, but does so in a fraction of the time generally associated with the review process.\u00a0 Parties on either side of the line in construction cases are well advised to discuss the use of this technology with their clients.<\/p>\n

via The Dispute Resolver: Predictive coding and litigating force majeure clauses in construction contracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drew Lewis, Esq. – Recommind – August 29, 2014 Construction lawyers understand the importance of a comprehensive force majeure clause.\u00a0 But in an increasingly tumultuous world where extraordinary events are difficult to predict, where can litigators find the evidence to support (or refute) claims of impossibility or impracticability?\u00a0 Increasingly, the answer is in their client\u2019s… Continue reading Predictive Coding and Litigating Force Majeure Clauses in Construction Contracts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,172],"tags":[72,1080],"class_list":["post-9247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-contracts","category-construction-law-2","tag-construction-contracts-2","tag-predictive-coding","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nPredictive Coding and Litigating Force Majeure Clauses in Construction Contracts - 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