(Portland, Oregon) October 27, 2004:  discover-e Legal, a leading electronic discovery software developer, has announced the much anticipated release of discover-e 5.0. "Having access to the expertise of over 40 discover-e "Premier Plus" Partners throughout the U.S. and Canada has played a substantial role in the development and release of discover-e 5.0", says Rob Oliver, President of discover-e. "Our latest version of software provides every one of our clients with an un-paralleled level of functionality coupled with the most user friendly interface available on the market."

Among the many new features included in discover-e 5.0 is the integration of the dtSearch engine. This search tool gives discover-e clients the capacity to index data forensically and subsequently to search the indexes for relevant documents. The searching options include word lists, Booleans, fuzzy searching, synonyms, and proximity-based functionality. "Searching an electronic discover collection is a fundamental necessity when working on large-scale electronic discovery productions," says Joshua Derting, Director of Business Development for discover-e. "This release will empower our partners with the flexibility needed to deploy a sharpshooter's approach to the large electronic discovery collections. "

About discover-e Legal
discover-e Legal is the premier provider of litigation-grade electronic discovery services to law firms, corporations and litigation support professionals. Our innovative and powerful software solutions empower legal professionals with tools required to cost effectively streamline the discovery process. discover-e continues to develop relationships with partners who share our commitment to client driven technology solutions. Each of our discover-e "Premium Plus" Business Partners has completed and extensive electronic discovery production training course, which included testing and an earned certification. Although each of our discover-e partners is certified, they will continue to have unfettered around-the-clock access to discover-e technical support and the product development team. This collaboration of professionals has proved to be an invaluable resource in the development of consistent products which are rich in practical features.