Everything about a major eDiscovery / eDisclosure exercise has to be done quickly, but nothing causes as much stress and difficulty as an unexpected need to change eDiscovery providers.

Huron Legal managing director Ronke Ekwensi was formerly vice president for eDiscovery at a major corporation. She has written a paper called Planning for the unexpected: changing eDiscovery providers on short notice which describes the lessons which she learnt in managing providers and in moving into a new one.

The paper can be downloaded from here.