The e-discovery market is in an interesting place right now. It’s in the middle of a rash of M&A deals—just look at everything that happened back in May—with razor-thin margins for many companies and a battle over an Am Law 200 and Fortune 500 set of client organizations that now have established e-discovery protocols.

And on top of that is the actual technology itself. With pretty much every segment of the EDRM having been picked apart, analyzed and mined for greater efficiencies, how can e-discovery companies truly be innovative today? To do so, takes some outside the box thinking, a healthy knowledge of the industry, and perhaps even a little luck and timing.