Relativity

Relativity is an enterprise software company that provides a platform for legal discovery, investigations, and compliance workflows, with a focus on managing large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI).

• Cloud-based and on-premises (on-prem) e-discovery and investigations platform for legal, compliance, and regulatory teams (e-discovery software).
• Data processing, early case assessment, review, and production capabilities for litigation and investigations (legal data management).
• AI- and analytics-enabled document classification, search, and workflow automation for case teams and investigators (legal analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)).
• Information governance, data retention, and compliance support for corporate legal and risk departments (governance, risk, and compliance).
• APIs, extensibility, and marketplace ecosystem for integrating third-party tools and building custom applications on the Relativity platform (platform-as-a-service / legal tech ecosystem).

More About Relativity

Relativity focuses on software for e-discovery, investigations, and compliance that is used by law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and service providers to manage large and complex datasets involved in litigation and regulatory matters. Its core offering is a platform that supports the full lifecycle of discovery, from ingesting electronically stored information (ESI) through review and production, and is available as a cloud service and through deployment options hosted by partners or in customer-controlled environments.

The platform is positioned as an integrated workspace where legal and investigations teams can centralize data collection, processing, early case assessment, document review, legal hold, and production. Users commonly work with email, documents, chat data, and other structured and unstructured content, applying search, filtering, deduplication, and analytics to narrow large datasets into review-ready subsets. Reviewers and case teams use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), work queues, coding layouts, and audit trails to manage multi-party workflows and document decisions in a manner that supports defensibility and compliance with procedural rules.

Relativity incorporates analytics and AI (legal analytics and AI) to assist with tasks such as email threading, near-duplicate detection, concept searching, and technology-assisted review. These capabilities are used to prioritize documents, group related materials, and improve consistency and efficiency in large review projects. The platform supports custom workflows and automation, allowing organizations to standardize processes for different matter types, regulatory requests, internal investigations, or cross-border data reviews, including support for multiple languages and region-specific data handling requirements where configured.

From an architectural perspective, Relativity is designed as a multi-tier web application with database, processing, and review components, accessible through a browser-based interface and extensible via APIs and an application framework (platform-as-a-service / legal tech ecosystem). Partner and customer developers can build custom applications, integrations, and connectors to external systems such as document repositories, matter management tools, or identity providers. This extensibility enables organizations to embed Relativity into broader enterprise workflows and to integrate with authentication standards such as Single Sign-On (SSO) implemented through common identity platforms.

In the enterprise IT landscape, Relativity is categorized within e-discovery software, legal data management, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tooling. It is used alongside systems for records management, archiving, and security, but focuses specifically on workflows related to discovery, investigations, and regulatory response. Its capabilities support organizations in meeting procedural and regulatory expectations for preserving, reviewing, and producing electronic information while maintaining detailed auditing and chain-of-custody records.