Legal Case Studies

Relativity uses dtSearch for advanced text retrieval. As a feature-rich, web-based platform, Relativity provides centralized legal hold management, forensic and targeted collections, complete processing capabilities, image and native file review, diverse coding options, flexible workflow capabilities including computer-assisted review, integrated productions, Unicode and foreign language support, text analytics, and mobile case preparation—all delivered in a highly scalable solution. “We've worked with dtSearch since the early days of Relativity, and we've always received the highest levels of support from the dtSearch team ... Providing easy-to-use, intuitive search options within Relativity is important to us. We're pleased to offer dtSearch's powerful searching technology to our users.” Learn More

QuikData comprehensive eDiscovery solution incorporates dtSearch. QuikData is the all-in-one eDiscovery processing engine for service providers, law firms and corporate legal. "Some of the largest (and most risk-averse) organizations, including the Fortune 500, large law firms, and government agencies depend on QuikData." QuikData has flexible SaaS, cloud, and on-premise deployment options. "Quickly and efficiently finding critical case information is a key need of our legal clients. We use dtSearch as an integral part of our data processing technologies to index and search across millions of files and a multitude of file types to enable teams to find the information they need to deliver legal services to their clients." Learn More

Delium uses dtSearch for fast retrieval of evidence in the courtroom and beyond. Delium is a cloud-based solution for litigators and courts, supporting review, discovery and presentation of evidence at trial. With an acclaimed evidence presentation environment, Delium delivers unique capability that is changing the face of trials internationally, making it the perfect choice for etrial and arbitration software. “dtSearch has been a core component of Delium since the beginning. With dtSearch, Delium does not skip a beat as users analyse their position and prepare for trial ... At trial, or during deposition, seconds count when presenting evidence and if an examination goes off on an unexpected tangent, harnessing the power of dtSearch to find a document quickly is wonderful.” Learn More

E-Discovery Market — Global Forecast to 2021 taps dtSearch for insight. From the report: “Electronic discovery or E-Discovery, is used to define all the processes by which electronic data, digital data, or any type of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is gathered, compiled, stored, processed, and reviewed as evidence in a law suit or legal investigation.” From “Key Industry Insights” quoting dtSearch Corp.: “‘In our capacity as a search engine, the major e-discovery trend we see is the ever-growing amount of litigation data in an ever-expanding number of data formats.’” Learn More

dtSearch embedded into eDiscovery module of Gimmal Discover. From Inside Counsel: “‘This software allows the legal team actively analyze, review and support projects where hands on view or management of customer data is needed.’”  “‘Without competent search technologies, the effectiveness of the legal team grinds to a halt.’” From Processor:  The is “built specifically for in-house teams to manage legal hold notifications, search and collection for legal discovery requests, compliance requirements, or internal investigations.” “‘Our customers are finding enormous cost and time savings by conducting electronic discovery searches in-house ... "It is critical that we provide them with the most thorough search competencies on the market, and that’s what we get with dtSearch.’” Discovery Attender™ discovers dtSearch. Discovery Attender makes viewing and supervising electronic data easy and efficient. “dtSearch nicely complements Discovery Attender’s existing capabilities by providing an efficient, robust and stable platform to execute searches within a variety of file formats. As a result of the dtSearch integration, Discovery Attender has improved search performance, increased the speed and accuracy of its searches while accessing file types previously inaccessible.” Learn More

dtSearch e-discovery customers CloudNine and ONE Discovery discuss the importance of search (both embedding dtSearch) with Inside Counsel. From Inside Counsel: “The ability to quickly and effectively search through data stores that are growing exponentially has become more important than ever to meet discovery obligations within reasonable costs.  dtSearch, a text retrieval software embedded in legal trial prep and e-discovery software, works to alleviate problems with searching large data collections. Customers of dtSearch” — CloudNine and ONE Discovery — “sat down with Inside Counsel to discuss why search is so important in the world of law.”

Resource: dtSearch search tips primer from Inside Counsel. From Inside Counsel: “Optimize Searching to Find Every Smoking Gun”: “Search engines like dtSearch sift through terabytes of random data ... Although dtSearch is not itself forensics or e-discovery-specific, many forensics and e-discovery products do embed dtSearch’s core developer module, the dtSearch Engine, both for data support (so-called document filters) and for search functionality.” However, “a flawed search request may fail to retrieve a key ‘smoking gun’ ... This article seeks to provide search tips to reduce the chances this will happen.” Learn More

“Trial Technology Saves Last Man Standing” relies on dtSearch directly and embedded in third-party applications.  From Law Technology News: ”To contain those costs and meet the 12-month review target, our litigation support department used ingenuity, and a mix of products ... Among our tools were ... a full-text search engine, dtSearch, from dtSearch.” Learn More

NEXPERT uses dtSearch for legal case management application.  NEXPERT is an interdisciplinary team of network specialists, lawyers and software developers offering comprehensive IT solutions to law firms and financial services providers. Located in Switzerland, NEXPERT developed and integrated an advanced document indexing and search tool joining database information from a legal case management system and document information into the same search results.  “After evaluating several full-text engines, we found that dtSearch is simply today’s best available search engine. The efficient and good support as well as dtSearch’s complete documentation allowed us to develop an advanced search tool that exceeded the expectation of our clients.” Learn More

CaseFinder® Virginia legal research system finds dtSearch. CaseFinder is a complete Virginia legal research system. “dtSearch’s search speed is nearly instantaneous, even through our massive databases ... No other software could give us the flexibility we got with dtSearch.” Learn More

AppsPlus applies dtSearch for major West Coast firm. AppsPlus has developed database solutions for over a dozen years; its president has authored many programming books, including: Database Programming with Visual Basic® .NET and ADO.NET: Tips Tutorials and Code. “With the law firm’s technical team, I went through a number of different search engine demos and even met with representatives from the companies. dtSearch came out as the winner with the most concise, yet robust data model.” Learn More

haiNa embeds dtSearch to make the legal resources of the Philippines instantly searchable from a desktop. haiNa is a unique legal research software specifically designed for independent or collaborative case preparationRunning from a desktop, haiNa covers a wide variety of Philippines legal resources haiNa uses the “superfast,” “robust and feature-rich search engine, dtSearch ... It can retrieve relevant documents in a fraction of a secondThe power, reliability and versatility of dtSearch enables the deployment of customized solutions with constantly evolving features depending on the needs of the user.” Learn More

Contegra enhances the Public Defense Case Management System (PCDMS) of the New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA) with custom dtSearch implementation. Contegra Systems is a leading third-party expert in dtSearch Engine custom development work. A not-for-profit membership organization,  the NYSDA has been providing support to New York's public defense community since 1967. Its mission is to improve the quality and scope of publicly supported legal representation to low income people. Over 70 public defense offices across New York State use NYSDA’s PDCMS to manage cases and serve clients more effectively “Effective searching is an integral part of the case research and document management ... Contegra used the dtSearch Engine’s Java interface for instant searching of both PDCMS metadata and documents across the system.” Learn More From Legaltech News:  "The updated search functions in the case and document management tools will better assist state public defenders in finding necessary information across many disparate local and statewide databases and repositories." Learn More

Ringtail™ web-based e-discovery products and hosted solutions rings in dtSearch. Ringtail™ encompasses a range of “on premises” and SaaS-hosted e-discovery solutions. “dtSearch is an industry leading keyword search application ... We did a pretty thorough evaluation of search engines and dtSearch is clearly a best of breed tool with the best search engine API.” Learn More

Lumix platform embeds dtSearch to instantly search terabytes of emails, documents and other eDiscovery data. Lumix eDiscovery platform works both for cloud-based or on-premises use. Lumix delivers the power of machine learning and predictive analysis in one integrated easy-to-use solution. “Integrating the dtSearch Engine into Lumix was a no-brainer, it really is the industry-standard when it comes to running complex keyword searches.” Learn More

bmi airline can "thoroughly recommend" dtSearch for finding legally-critical emails and other data.  bmi is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest and best-connected international airports. From its Heathrow hub, bmi services Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. "I can thoroughly recommend dtSearch as without it the identification of certain emails/files on bmi’s network which were vital for litigation would not have been possible."

DLS Discovery offers premium end-to-end litigation support in cases big and small, using dtSearch in two capacities along the way. DLS Discovery is a leading provider of eDiscovery, managed document review, trial and legal support services. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the DLS team supports AM Law100 law firms, Fortune 500 Companies and more. “DLS utilizes analytics to increase the throughput and organize records for consistent coding results. Beyond review, DLS can provide hands-on support and training to help your team investigate and understand datasets while uncovering hidden facts. “In offering its unique blend of litigation support services, DLS relies on dtSearch in two different capacities. (i) Data collection and forensics, using the dtSearch product line directly. "We’ve worked with dtSearch for years and years, and have become experts in leveraging the dtSearch product line’s own indexing and searching options in our collections work. Collections work for most of our clients involves a broad mixture of cloud-based and on-site data. Our job is to tailor the dtSearch implementation and search functionality to get exactly the results you need.” (ii) Review and hosting, relying on Relativity embedding the dtSearch Engine SDK as a search option. “Relativity is the gold standard for eDiscovery … We can help maximize our clients’ own Relativity implementations – or employ our own cloud-based Relativity hosting.” Learn More

“How UnitedLex uses dtSearch for better e-discovery.” From Inside Counsel: “UnitedLex is a global leader in legal and data solutions ... Every day, UnitedLex provides solutions resulting in risk mitigation, efficiency improvements and cost optimization for its clients internationally — including offerings like Questio, a managed service that changes the traditional approach to e‑discovery and data management. The company’s more than 1,800 attorneys, engineers and consultants focus on the areas of litigation, contracting and intellectual property.” “‘The dtSearch engine plays a critical role in our ability to efficiently locate key evidence required by our clients in litigation and investigations ... Integrating dtSearch into our Questio discovery service platform enables UnitedLex to minimize our clients’ cost associated with finding what they are looking for ... dtSearch does a great job of indexing the languages we encounter, which maximizes our ability to find what our clients are looking for irrespective of the language.’”

Driven embeds dtSearch in its flagship hosted e-discovery solution.  Driven's e-discovery hosted solution covers the entire span of litigation support, from early case assessment to review preparation, to review management, to production, to trial preparation. “The dtSearch Engine provides our powerful searching, from simple keyword searches to complex queries."  In one case, "after Driven’s early case assessment, the client removed another 90% of data universe prior to full native processing" using search, "effectively "cull[ing] an initial 4 terabytes worth of data down to 100 GB for native review.” Learn More

iCONECT embeds dtSearch in SQL Server Connector.  iCONECT offers “experience in supporting most of the largest e-discovery review projects in the world. If you need to power through terabytes of e-review, we can help.” Further, “iCONECT builds bridges that link leading litigation support products to provide you with a reliable end-to-end workflow from collection to analysis to presentation.” “dtSearch is embedded in iCONECT’s SQL Server Connector (available with iCONECT’s 820 release) and is used to execute indexing and searching.”   In addition to dtSearch, iCONECT also lists alliances with a number of other companies described in more detail on this page and on other pages throughout the dtSearch Case Studies & 3rd Party Solutions section. Learn More

SafeCopy 2 provides dtSearch users an electronically stored information (ESI) chain of custody. Pinpoint Labs addresses many of the issues facing forensically sound file collection, preservation and EED processing for corporate IT department, law firms, and other legal professionals. Pinpoint’s SafeCopy 2 provides dtSearch users a chain of custody for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) productions, enabling easy production of relevant data sources identified in the search results. “I’ve been fortunate enough to work with the products and staff at dtSearch Corp. for more than 8 years. It is no wonder why so many software developers and legal professionals rely on dtSearch to quickly and effectively index and search native files. Importing dtSearch hit lists into SafeCopy 2 provides several advantages to our mutual clients.” Learn More

ICFECI employs dtSearch in its litigation arsenal and in forensics training. The Institute of Computer Forensic Examinations and Criminal Investigations (ICFECI) was established as a a resource to the Criminal Justice Act Panel and the United States District Courts. The ICFECI specializes in preparing for civil and criminal litigation, typically involving civil fraud and criminal schemes with large volumes of data. The ICFECI also assists with computer forensics lab software and hardware selection, installation, configuration and training. “I handle massive discovery on just about any type of computer data case. I always use dtSearch ... to glean relevant discovery data.”  “Once the raw data is processed ... I use dtSearch Web with Spider. dtSeach provides unique characteristics that fit perfectly the handling of discovery and making the discovery available in a manageable and searchable format.” Learn More

Discovery Assistant embeds dtSearch for a full-featured solution. ImageMAKER specializes in document imaging and eDiscovery solutions including OCR search and document deduplication. The company's flagship product, Discovery Assistant, is a feature-rich scalable and easy to use e-discovery processing solution designed for litigation support professionals to capture, search, and process Windows-based electronic documents and emails. Among many other features, Discovery Assistant also embeds ImageMAKER's Near Duplication Detection technology. "Customers tell us that the embedded search technology is a ‘lifesaver.’” Learn More

California criminal defense specialist and litigation IT expert adds dtSearch to seminars and practice. “I picked dtSearch because I could use it right out of the box ... I mean, how many times have you known that you’ve briefed an issue but you just can’t remember on which case ... The ability to index government websites is also invaluable.” Learn More

AppsPlus and VersusLaw release new legal research Web application using dtSearch. AppsPlus is a highly-experienced database developer firm. Versus Law is a leader in the electronic distribution of legal research materials over the Web. Together, the two have collaborated on a new Web-based legal research tool. “dtSearch worked flawlessly with ASP.NET ... With a couple lines of code we had all the search engine properties and methods available, along with the current search query, including the results table, as displayed in the data grid on the page here.” Learn More

MHC embeds dtSearch in legal resource site for European bar association. Located in Belgium, MHC offers technical assistance and development services with a focus on global solutions. MHC assisted a bar association in making legal content ranging from jurisprudence to bar regulations instantly searchable online. "We particularly liked dtSearch's ability to process a long series of logical operators, and display original documents with highlighted hits. We also relied on the dtSearch Engine's ability to restrict access to different sets of document depending on the particular classification of the end-user." Learn More

For town government, “SmartSearch with dtSearch search engine makes finding key documents easier.” From a Government Security News case study:  “The Town of Centerville, TN, is a municipal organization that manages critical government functions and handles paperwork for a variety of vital services, including police department and court documents.” For this, Centerville turned to “SmartSearch, an award‑wining content management solutionDesigned by Square 9 and built on .NET, SmartSearch delivers enterprise‑class Web forms management and workflow automation capabilities, extending access to content in a highly secure environment.” “The SmartSearch solution uses the dtSearch Engine to simplify document retrieval, delivering proprietary document filters and instant search capabilities across terabytes of data and supporting database, Web data and popular productivity file searches.”  The result:  “streamlined document storage, instant retrieval.” From KMWorld : "Streamlining access to police, court and other government documents":  "SmartSearch provides enterprise Web forms management and workflow automation capabilities in a secure environment."  "Officials decide to implement SmartSearch, which uses the dtSearch Engine to simplify document retrieval."  The result:  SmartSearch "has made searching for relevant documents easier," and the town clerk "estimates that she saves about 15 hours a week." Learn More

“Upgrading Litigation Support Tech for Massive EDD Matters” discusses FTI Consulting and dtSearch. From Legal Tech Newsletter: Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a firm of more than 600 lawyers with a litigation and arbitration practice, including offices in the United States, London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The newsletter describes how Dorsey turned to FTI Consulting and FTI Ringtail’s ASP hosted and other solutions for a massive international EDD matter, including the embedded dtSearch Engine. “The combined features of conventional field-based and text-based searching via the dtSearch engine were integral in the sorting and culling of this unwieldy data set ... Dorsey’s use of the dtSearch engine built into [FTI Ringtail’s solution] allowed for the filtering and sifting of the data and, subsequently, record review in as efficient a manner as I could imagine.” Further, the solution “set itself apart from competing software applications by enabling the seamless inclusion of this content and, most important, the ability to exploit the search engine for text searches in Kanji.”

OSCN uses dtSearch for instant Web-based searching of enormous legal database. Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN) has an enormous legal research database, spanning Oklahoma legal documents, Wyoming legal documents, and even federal case materials. “dtSearch is the best performance product by a long way. Searching is pretty much instantaneous ... OSCN’s new search engine is one of the most powerful in existence.” Learn More From Government Technology : “Sifting through legal databases with pages of online documents can be cumbersome despite the search functionality available in many legal databases — but the Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN) has found a tool to simplify legal searches.” dtSearch “enables full-text searches through the database for locating specific documents more quickly.”

CloudNine™ engages dtSearch for streamlined SaaS-hosted eDiscovery. Currently used by over 50 of the top 250 law firms, CloudNine’s cloud-based eDiscovery software specializes in the collection, processing and review of large volumes of data. “dtSearch is a key component of [CloudNine’s] advanced searching and culling.” “The programmatic control that dtSearch gives us over the source files makes it easier to manage terabytes of data and still deliver search results fast.” “In addition to its speed, our clients love the robustness of the search engine. The ability to perform complex searches ... via the dtSearch Engine enables our clients to strike the best balance possible between recall and precision in their searches.” Learn More From KMWorld: “CloudNine is designed to be simple to use, with a straightforward online process for uploading, reviewing and producing electronically stored information for litigation and investigations.” CloudNine relies on “‘a private infrastructure, and the data is highly secure, residing on dedicated servers on a dedicated network in a Tier 4 data center.’” “CloudNine uses dtSearch as its search software. ‘It indexes very quickly ... and handles a range of file types from e-mail to documents and database information.’”

LAW adds in dtSearch. Now a CloudNine product, LAW provides document capture, image processing and data export into a variety of litigation support applications. “We chose dtSearch because of its ability to simultaneously query textual content and databases. The result is an excellent tool for full-text retrieval, and searching our backend database.”  “Engineers reviewed various applications for indexing speed, search speed, accuracy and search options … dtSearch was the hands down winner.” “We were amazed at how much quicker and more ‘intelligent’ the dtSearch Engine was.” Learn More

SmartAdvocate® adds dtSearch to its award-winning legal case management software. Incredibly feature-rich, SmartAdvocate is a litigation case management software “on steroids.” With options for both cloud and on-premises deployment, the new release provides law practices with the most effective and efficient litigation and other case management to date. Beyond caseload management, SmartAdvocate provides general legal industry productivity enhancers covering everything from document templates to calendar coordination. SmartAdvocate even streamlines a firm’s legal practice, including overall financial and operational details. “When searching for a company to help us with full-text search, dtSearch was our CEO’s first choice. With dtSearch’s extensive list of features and their advanced knowledge of the legal space, it was the perfect fit for SmartAdvocate.” Learn More

The International Justice Analysis Forum finds dtSearch a “close to perfect answer.” The  International Justice Analysis Forum (IJAF) offers training in computer-aided data analysis; monitoring, evaluation and analysis in justice, politics and law-making; consultancy in digital forensics and evidence; confidential analysis of evidentiary (digital) data in large crime cases; and an information platform on investigative and crime analysis. From a paper on the IJAF site entitled Big Data, Electronic Evidence and Criminal Defence: : “Big Data electronic evidence predominates more and more the evidentiary procedure in serious and organised crime cases in European criminal courts ... One close to perfect answer is offered by dtSearch” which can “integrate terabytes of different types of data into one holistic database” that is “quickly searchable” including “special functions for forensic searches.”  Learn More

Tulane Law School’s Copyright Lab leverages dtSearch with Contegra development work for Durationator® Worldwide Copyright System. Tulane Law School's Copyright Research Lab is spearheading a multi-year project chronicling worldwide copyright law and records. The Lab employed Contegra Systems — a leading third-party expert in dtSearch Engine custom development work — to develop a search portal using the dtSearch Engine to tackle reviewing older U.S. Copyright Office records, an often necessary step to determining the copyright status of many works in the United States. “dtSearch provided the tool to take on the challenge of searching the records. Then, Contegra ... took us over the top ... With this final tool in place, we believe this will open up determining the status of art, music, poetry, newspapers, literature and film, for both those hoping the works in the public domain, as well as content owners confirming the status of older works.” Learn More

dtSearch chosen for Australian Office of Director of Public Prosecutions. From HT Syndication with permission from Pivotal Sources:   "Australia based MicroWay Pty Ltd has secured contract from Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Acquisition of Legal Search Tool - dtSearch." Learn More (contact MicroWay)

ONE Discovery’s all-encompassing eDiscovery platform embeds dtSearch. The ONE Discovery enterprise class eDiscovery platform can run both in the cloud and on-premises. Scalability is a key feature of the ONE Discovery platform embedding the dtSearch Engine. “With near-infinite scalability, no project is too small or too big.”  The ONE Discovery platform also provides the ability to manage every project element in a single dashboard. From applying security permissions through user management to system resource management, users are given complete control without having to log in to extraneous modules. “dtSearch is a significant building block in the foundation of ONE Discovery’s true, unified eDiscovery platform. From indexing colossal datasets to lightening quick text retrieval, the power of dtSearch enables ONE Discovery to deliver accuracy and efficiency.” Learn More

Eclipse Legal Systems uses dtSearch for “powerful” text retrieval in its Proclaim Case Management Software. Eclipse is the UK’s leading provider of case management software. The company, and its Proclaim Case Management Software, have won multiple awards. “dtSearch provides us with a powerful and flexible tool which enables our professional clients to rapidly locate keyword data from huge document libraries.” The result is “a fully searchable, central document library and knowledge / precedent store.” Learn More

CACJ/CPDA Capital Case Seminar uses dtSearch in distribution of conference materials. The California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (“CACJ”) and the California Public Defenders Association (“CPDA”) hold an annual seminar addressing the representation of clients facing capital litigation. For “approximately 10 years ... dtSearch has been an easy to use and reliable vehicle to distribute our voluminous conference materials ... dtSearch has retained its easy to use and rock steady attributes and performance. Additionally, because of the added storage available on flash drives we were able to combine our seminar and manual materials.” Learn More

National Litigation Support Blog offers dtSearch overview video for CJA panel attorneys. From the National Litigation Support Blog for Federal / Community Defenders and CJA Practitioners: “dtSearch is a popular search and retrieval program. Here is a brief 12 minute video that demonstrates how to setup a new dtSearch index and how to run searches within an index.”  dtSearch “provides great functionality in searching both electronic documents and paper documents that are subsequently scanned and converted to a text searchable format, especially since it can search and retrieve information in many different file types ... As electronic discovery in federal criminal matters continues to grow in volume and in the variety of formats, dtSearch is a useful tool for CJA panel attorneys faced with the daunting task of organizing and searching through their case material.” Learn More

Intraspexion™ deep learning litigation prevention software embedding dtSearch allows enterprises to prevent potential lawsuits before they even start. Intraspexion’s technology provides an “early warning system” capable of flagging internal communications that can lead to litigation. Intraspexion's deep learning engine is a form of Artificial Intelligence consisting of a machine learning multi-layer neural network that Intraspexion “trains” to spot a specific category of potential litigation. Intraspexion’s initial litigation prevention target is employment discrimination lawsuits. “We use the dtSearch Engine to extract the enterprise email content. Then the system uses dtSearch to index and search the extracted content and passes the results to Intraspexion’s GPU instance residing in a cloud environment." "The amount of money saved by giving an enterprise the means to flag a potential employment discrimination matter before it turns into an actual lawsuit is staggering." Learn More From Legaltech News: “Among the new tools on the scene ... Intraspexion, a litigation risk solution powered by machine learning abilities that was recently launched by startup Intraspexion and [embedding] enterprise search and retrieve software dtSearch ... the platform aims to ‘track enterprise emails [and] manage the flow of the data’ to uncover any employee risks that may spur litigation." From Artificial Lawyer :  “Preventive risk system, Intraspexion, has increased the capabilities of its ... legal review tech by integrating the strengths of the dtSearch engine. The combination allows document filters to parse a wide variety of information and document formats, and to search terabytes of company data for any signs [relevant to] a future law suit.” Learn More  From The Times USA: “Prevent Enterprise Lawsuits Before They Even Start.” Learn More From Price of Business: Intraspexion™ litigation prevention software embeds dtSearch.

“dtSearch ... does an excellent job of finding needles in haystacks that come in a wide variety of file formats ... works quickly with a wide variety of search modes ... But the most intriguing new feature I saw was the ability to index public sites on the Web ... Web sites often have a built in index or search program, but I’ve found that dtSearch lets me find things on some sites that I couldn’t find using the built-in program.” — Law Office Technology Review (reprinted at law.com)

dtSearch appeared in the “Top 10” in the Law Technology News (lawtechnews.com) survey of the most popular software programs for electronic data discovery (and was the first search engine on the list).

“I would recommend this product to anyone, but especially to lawyers who need to search through volumes of deposition transcripts for key issues. It is just great... dtSearch has clearly surpassed [its competition] and has become the market leader. Again, thanks for a well done product that really helps me in my work. It is one of my favorite programs!” — Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Litigator

“dtSearch allows instant, vast searches.” — Legal Management

“The best indexing program I’ve found is dtSearch” —  Effective Discovery of Email

“dtSearch is a clear winner.” — Legal Times

“LITIGATION SUPPORT... In a recent case, I used dtSearch on a document population that was close to 3 gigabytes in size; the program handled it very nicely ... Imagine having to search manually through the hard-copy equivalent of 3 gigs of data! It probably would take weeks... There is no quicker way to find a needle in a digital haystack.” — The Lawyer’s PC (Published by West Group)

“For finding data on my office systems, I use dtSearch.” dtSearch is a “search engine that creates indices of the files on your various hard drives, network drives, and CD drives, as well as websites of your choice.” —   California Lawyer (Technicalities column)

dtSearch can “create an indexed, fully searchable collection from the raw data you receive. You can search the collection by keyword or use more-advanced Boolean search techniques. Hits will be displayed in a list ordered by relevancy ... Individual items can be viewed with the dtSearch viewer.” — Law Practice

“More than a search tool, dtSearch is an application that lawyers can use for electronic discovery and management of electronic documents.”  dtSearch’s “power and versatility were the reasons I kept thinking of e-discovery as I tested dtSearch. The Dec. 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underscore the obligation of parties in litigation to provide electronic data in discovery. That means finding the data. And finding it requires a powerful and versatile search tool ... dtSearch includes features specifically designed for corporate and forensic applications ... Once the index is created, searching is every bit as fast as the company promises.” — LegalLine Blog

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“Regardless of what DMS you end up creating or buying, I would suggest that you give some thoughtful consideration to a full-text indexing system such as dtSearch ... I can tell you that there is no task too big for dtSearch ... You can choose to install dtSearch apps at each server and workstation. Alternatively ... you can install a .NET version on your servers which is accessible by a Web browser throughout your organization.” — TechnoLawyer Newsletter

dtSearch “is a must-have tool for anyone reviewing electronic information in native format ... dtSearch reduces costs of document production, narrows a collection to key electronic files for a document production vendor and copies files to an alternate repository for in-house native file production.” — Law Office Computing

“Results are returned in lightning speed even on multiple-indexed file server folders ... Everyone agrees that using the program was simple to learn and a great asset.” — Public Defense Backup Center REPORT

“In a networked law firm environment, and anywhere large, heterogeneous collections of text are stored, dtSearch installs easily, is usable by busy professionals with almost zero training, and reliably returns the right answers, FAST. Although I have worked with highly complex software tools and systems, I appreciate even more the complex tools such as dtSearch that accomplish demanding goals while making it appear rather simple.” — President, Consulting Company

“In talking to e-discovery vendors and consultants, document review software tends to rely on a handful of licensed technologies.These tools allow vendors to quickly build software platforms that can take a large collection of documents and extract files, index the data and text inside, and search those files. Some of the most common components used by vendors include: dtSearch text retrieval software. dtSearch is available as a desktop search tool, but the technology is also licensed to software vendors who need to large search document collections.” — Law Technology News (“Stop and Take a Look Under the EDD Hood”)

Published by the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section, the book Electronic Discovery for Small Cases: Managing Digital Evidence and ESI recommends dtSearch:  "For searching data, the book suggests dtSearch [which] allows users to search and view a mixed collection of raw data and email files ... Finally, the authors turn to the production of ESI ... They recommend dtSearch Publish, a software program that will produce the ESI on a CD, DVD or external hard drive that is immediately usable and does not require specialized litigation software or IT support.” (available at Amazon.com) — LegalNews.com, discussing Electronic Discovery for Small Cases: Managing Digital Evidence and ESI

“dtSearch ... editions are powerful text-searching tools for file-level identification and extraction.” — Computer Evidence: Collection and Preservation ( available at Amazon.com)

“Lawyers and their teams are always looking for information in hard-to-search documents, and dtSearch Corp. has solved their long-time headaches.” — Inside Counsel (“New dtSearch Release Offers More Support to Lawyers”)

“These days, legal research is one of the most time consuming tasks in the law industry. Although solutions are available to make legal search faster and easier, none are used as often as dtSearch, a company whose products help with legal research across statutes, regulations, and case law and can search web data.” — Inside Counsel

“dtSearch is a widely used indexing/searching tool. ” “Building Structured Searches ... Now we will look at using a structured methodology for building searches. We will work with dtSearch syntax.” — The Organization of Professionals' OLP eJournal (“The Best-Kept Secrets to Using Keyword Search Technologies”)

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“The American Law Division of the Library of Congress has been using dtSearch for a couple of years now to search for bills and other information at the request of Congress. Features we like are the speed of the searching and the ease of defining the criteria.” — Network Administrator, Library of Congress

“More than a search tool, dtSearch is an application that lawyers can use for electronic discovery and management of electronic documents.”  dtSearch’s “power and versatility were the reasons I kept thinking of e-discovery as I tested dtSearch. The Dec. 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underscore the obligation of parties in litigation to provide electronic data in discovery. That means finding the data. And finding it requires a powerful and versatile search tool ... dtSearch includes features specifically designed for corporate and forensic applications ... Once the index is created, searching is every bit as fast as the company promises.” — LegalLine Blog (by the author of The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web)

dtSearch “is simply the best search tool available ... I simply cannot begin to imagine doing any search of electronically stored information without having dtSearch in my forensic toolbox ... The ROI for dtSearch is practically as fast as the search results.” — Contributing Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

“dtSearch is the clear winner as a means to locate documents and text within those documents.” “Searching with dtSearch ... is more intuitive ... and faster too ... dtSearch was more than twice as fast [at indexing] and provides better information about located files. It also makes better use of the Windows environment.” — Law Office Computing (“Software Shoot-Out”) Editor’s Choice

“A fantastic program.” dtSearch now “lets you expand your research across multiple web sites. This is a great program and it keep getting better.” — The Docket

“I recommend dtSearch to everyone I meet... I recommend this because I love your product, use it frequently, and believe others should have the opportunity.” — Attorney

“There are several powerful software tools you should consider employing for searching large quantities of data. For example, dtSearch by dtSearch Corp. can index terabytes of digital data in many different formats and make it all text-searchable. Search results are relatively easy to review, and search terms are highlighted in the documents. ” — Corporate Counsel (posted at law.com)

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