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In today’s fast-paced legal market, lawyers need to get out of the office. The challenge is to determine what mobile technology will work best for the firm. David Stevenson, managing partner of Williams Montgomery, discusses meeting the challenge and trying to save money in the process.

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A major fight over alleged spoliation of evidence and potential sanctions over electronic discovery may be shaping up in federal court in the Oracle securities class action. The dispute centers on a British author’s missing audio files of interviews with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

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Most law firms would prefer a relatively easy electronic discovery process so they could keep their focus on law. Enter Exterro Fusion, a portal for controlling the discovery process. John K. Waters draws on industry experts and law firms using Fusion to see if the product meets its promise.

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn asked Motorola Inc.’s shareholders to support his bid to win a seat on the company’s board. The company has been criticized for failing to innovate. Its Razr cell phone — once a high-priced model — is now being sold in high volumes at low prices.

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Thirty-five percent of firms surveyed in the International Legal Technology Association’s 2006 Technology Survey reported using some type of server virtualization software, a number likely to exceed 50 percent in 2007. James Moreo describes what it’s about and how it can help your firm.

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Blueprint Ventures has co-led a $6.5 million funding round in a business unit abandoned by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. in its acquisition of McData Corp. The deal establishes IntelliPath Corp., which will market connectivity switches that reduce cabling clutter in data centers.

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Chicago will be among the first U.S. cities to have access to a new high-speed wireless network that’s part of an emerging technology called WiMax. The regional network operated by Sprint Nextel Corp. will offer wireless Internet speeds that match DSL and cable TV modems.

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Remember the broken windows in Greenberg Traurig’s high-rise Miami headquarters in Hurricane Wilma’s aftermath? Firm leaders say if history repeats itself, Greenberg will continue to function. Daniel Ostrovsky reports on how ready South Florida firms (and solos) are for the worst.

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For today’s Big Firm lawyer, the BlackBerry or its equivalent is standard issue. The Snark remembers some of her fellow Cogs being a little giddy about this “perk.” Oh, silly, silly Cogs, the Snark laments. The “crack-berry” puts Cogs on call 24/7: at home, in the bathroom, at the beach.

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Software applications underlie such a large part of solo practitioner Rick Georges’ routine that he feels he’d be lost without them. Restricting himself to Windows-compatible products, he draws up a list of legal-centric apps to cut down your workload — and your costs.

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