Suggesting preservation notice and survey recipients in an electronic discovery system

An apparatus for suggesting potential preservation notice recipients in an electronic discovery system, the apparatus comprising:

• a computing platform including a memory and at least one processor;
• an electronic discovery manager application stored in the memory, executable by the at one processor and configured to receive first inputs that define a case and receive second inputs that add a plurality of potential custodians to the case;
• and
• a suggested preservation notice recipient application stored in the memory, executable by the at least one processor and including a suggested preservation notice recipient routine configured to determine one or more suggested recipients of a preservation notice from amongst the potential custodians, wherein the determination is based on an association between one of the potential custodians and one or more previously identified recipients of the preservation notice.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• a first set of codes for causing a computer to receive first inputs that define a case;
• a second set of codes for causing a computer to receiving second inputs that add a plurality of potential custodians to the case;
• a third set of codes for causing a computer to determine, from among the potential custodians, one or more suggested recipients of one or more preservation notices associated with the case, wherein the determination is based on an association between one of the potential custodians and one or more previously identified recipients of the preservation notice;
• and
• a fourth set of codes for causing the computer to communicate the one or more preservation notices to one or more of the one or more suggested recipients.