For the past several years, Asia has represented one of the largest growing markets for e-discovery services. The increase in demand, though, has led to some issues with e-discovery software providers, both in translating East Asian languages for e-discovery tools, as well as complying with local discovery and data protection regulations.
Legal services company Epiq, one of the largest e-discovery companies in the industry, is tackling this issue through a method that is becoming increasingly common: M&A. On June 1, Epiq announced its acquisition of Tokyo-based Soliton Systems’ e-discovery business, formerly known as Ji2. Financial details for the transaction have not been announced.
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