Proper Wildcard Searching: Why You Should Give a Dam* – eDiscovery Best Practices
Proper Wildcard Searching: Why You Should Give a Dam* – eDiscovery Best Practices https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 CloudNine https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpgWhen we launched eDiscoveryDaily over two years ago, I relayed a story where I provided search strategy assistance to a client that had already agreed upon several searches with opposing counsel. One search related to mining activities, so the attorney decided to use a wildcard of “min*” to retrieve variations like “mine”, “mines” and “mining”. That one search retrieved over 300,000 files with hits.
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