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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
August/September 2005 Print Edition
FEATURE: David Takes Goliath
COLUMNS:
• Tech Setters
• Search Snippets
• Consultant's Challenge
• MS Tip of the Month
• WP Tip of the Month
DEPARTMENTS:
• Product Reviews
• News
• Just Released
• Fresh Pick of the Month
• Calendar
- Readers' Choice Awards
- Cost Recovery Solutions
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- Unique Extranet Technology
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David Takes Goliath
Small firm leverages technology to win $96 million suit.
Complex, multilayered megacases with millions of documents and millions of dollars at stake, once the bastion of large law firms, now are an open market for tech-smart, smaller law firms in the wake of a $96 million win by Rose Walker in Interstate Southwest Ltd. v. Textron Lycoming. Read Full Story
The Law Offices of Adam M. Spence is a two-attorney firm focusing on litigation in the areas of commercial disputes, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, commercial landlord and tenant law, equipment leasing, and trust and estate litigation. Read Full Story
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What employers should know.
Chris O’Keefe, a former technology manager for the Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund, knows the cost of making a poor hiring decision. Read Full Story
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Technology helps capture attention.
Creating a clear, lasting impression of your story during trial is critical to the success of a case. When the jury doesn’t understand an issue or starts dozing off, the entire case can be jeopardized. Read Full Story
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Presentation Pointers
I recently realized that clicking on a hyperlink in a regular Microsoft PowerPoint slide doesn’t work as expected. Hyperlinks in PowerPoint only are active when running a slide show. Read Full Story
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Professional Publishing
Many publications begin articles with a drop cap (i.e., a large capital letter next to the first paragraph of an article or a section of an article). You easily can insert a drop cap into a paragraph using Corel WordPerfect and create a professional look for your newsletter or other publication. Read Full Story
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I have used a laptop as my primary computer for about 18 months. I love its portability and would never consider going back to a desktop model. My only complaint is I always have to keep track of whether the most current version of a file resides on my laptop’s hard drive or on the server. Now, with Network Unplugged by Mobiliti Inc., I no longer have that concern. Read Full Review
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Have you ever felt more like a project manager than a legal professional? Organizing people, coordinating meetings and juggling multiple tasks throughout the day doesn’t sound like traditional legal work. Bulky day planners help many people get through their busy days, while others use personal information managers such as Microsoft Outlook to keep track of tasks and projects. Professional project management software applications such as Microsoft Project might be appealing to some, but it takes time to learn the program and understand concepts, such as Gantt charts and Program Evaluation and Review Technique charts. Read Full Review
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The days of using free file-sharing services to download unauthorized copies of movies and songs might be going the way of the floppy disk and dot-matrix printer. Read Full Story
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A shooting spree in an Atlanta county courthouse, the murder of a Chicago judge’s family and death threats against Florida Judge George Greer, whose rulings on the Terri Schiavo case upset right-to-life groups, place the same question on the lips of America’s legal community — how safe are our courthouses? Read Full Story
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Legal technology pioneer James I. Keane died of lung cancer June 10. Born in Cheverly, Md., in 1944, Keane followed a long family tradition of lawyers, prosecutors and judges into law, but it was technology that continued to fascinate him. Read Full Story
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Online Resource Center
AXS-One launched the Electronic Records Compliance Information Center, an online resource center that provides free access to a wide range of cross-functional information, links and commentary on compliance, corporate governance and discovery. It provides a single destination for anyone in the fields of Information Technology, legal, compliance, records management and the media who deal with issues of electronic records management. Access to the online center is free.
Essential Security Software released Essential Taceo, a content protection solution designed to enable small firms and lawyers to securely distribute sensitive e-mail messages and documents while protecting the privacy, integrity and authenticity of their content. Taceo prevents unauthorized distribution and document editing. Users can set expiration times and dates on e-mails and documents. Encryption technology protects e-mails and files no matter where the content is sent or stored. Taceo FE is free and Taceo Pro is $34.95 for a single-user license. For more information, call (888) 454-2632.
Discovery Management Services
Fios Inc. announced the formation of its Discovery Management Services team, which will address the needs of corporate legal departments to minimize risks and costs associated with litigation and compliance response. The services team will help reduce costs, ensure defensibility in court and increase the likelihood of success by leveraging and managing electronic evidence. The services team also helps meet preservation obligations when litigation is anticipated by quickly and accurately identifying relevant documents, storing them in a central evidence repository and making sure they are not inadvertently destroyed. For additional information, call (877) 700-3467.
Browser Update
AskSam released an update to the free askSam Viewer. The askSam Viewer allows users to browse and search manuals, catalogs, research notes, legal texts, government regulations, resumes or any other information distributed in askSam databases. The new browser view displays saved Web pages in askSam just as you would see them in your browser with graphics, formats and frames. The search results window is displayed as a floating window that you can place next to your askSam file. You also can dock the search results window to save space on the screen. The Viewer is free and can be downloaded from the askSam Web site. For additional information, call (850) 584-6590.
Internet Tools for Lawyers
The Internet Tools for Lawyers Web site is an online resource center and forum featuring trends in legal technology. The site includes links to information on legal research, marketing, Internet applications and more. Other resources on the site include links to seminars in legal technology and a link to a legal blog section. Also featured are guides on how to create virtual communities. Internet Tool for Lawyers was honored with a five-star rating in the second edition of Bob Ambrogi’s “The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web.”
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Aug. 4 through Aug. 10
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Chicago Marriott Downtown
Chicago
This year’s meeting will include discussion titles such as “Current Issues in Court Technology” and “CSI Meets the Courts: The Brave New World of Forensic Technology.” Attendees also will have access to the ABA Expo, which will feature 150 exhibitors of legal products, technology and services. For more information or to register, visit https://reg.itsmeetings.com/Its/0508ABAORD/choices.asp.
Aug. 22 through Aug. 25
International Legal Technology Association ’05:
An Empowering Experience
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
Phoenix
The International Legal Technology Association (formerly LawNet) is hosting its 28th Annual Conference. The conference is set to cover business strategy, communications, professional development, technology advancements and more. There also are two hands-on ILTA University labs and several special forums planned for the conference, including a finance forum and a project management forum. For more information, visit https://conference.iltanet.org.
Click here to view the entire calendar of events.
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