Big Data Analytics in U.S. Courts Uses, Challenges, and Implications /

• Main Authors: Steward, Dwight (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cavazos, Roberto (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Technology,
• Subjects: Law and economics.; Economic policy.; Public finance.; Law and Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Public Economics.

This Palgrave Pivot identifies the key legal, economic, and policy issues surrounding the allowance to use and interpret electronic data consistently and in a scientifically valid manner in U.S. courts. Evidence based on the analysis of large amounts of electronic data ("Big Data") plays a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Data Analytics and Litigation
• 2. History of Data Analysis in US Courts
• 3. Examples of Litigation Involving Big Data Analytics
• 4. The Courts as Gatekeeper of Big Data Evidence
• 5. Indirect Use of Big Data Analytics in US Courts
• 6. Future Challenges and Recommendations.