This IDC study provides IDC's initial 2005 market size and 2006-2010 forecast for the legal discovery and litigation support infrastructure market. It evaluates how developments in the regulatory and legal environment would impact growth and market dynamics in this area in 2006 through 2010.

"The impending amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for electronic discovery, which are expected to take effect on December 1, 2006, are forcing a shift in how organizations approach their in-house litigation-readiness programs," says Vivian Tero, senior research analyst for Compliance Infrastructure. "The legal discovery and litigation support infrastructure market will be redefined to include spending on records retention programs in addition to the classic electronic and paper-based discovery and litigation support."