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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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Apparently, having a market value of $143 billion breeds a good sense of humor. Senior executives at Google Inc. launched their annual April Fools’ Day prank, posting a link on Google’s home page to a site offering consumers free high-speed wireless Internet through their toilets.
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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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On Liner Yankelevitz’s e-mail blast for its yearly charitable project, techno music pumps and graphics pulse. The site, dedicated to the Los Angeles firm’s charitable efforts, is decidedly un-lawyerly, which might be why it received 12,000 hits in its first day and a half.
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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Many vendors want you to believe the world of electronic discovery has changed drastically. Consultant Sean Byrne sees exaggeration designed to stir up angst — and business. The amended Federal Rules on Civil Procedure do offer guidelines, but the trick is distinguishing fact from fiction.
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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Microsoft Corp. released an emergency security patch to plug a hole that allowed hackers to break into PCs and install malicious software in versions of Windows — including Vista. Microsoft was so worried about the hole that it pushed out the critical security fix a week early.
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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Behavioral security software startup Sana Security Inc. hired a new CEO and closed a $12 million Series E round of venture funding to expand sales of its network intrusion technology. Its lead product, Primary Response, uses behavioral heuristics to detect and prevent malware activity.
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Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Will law firms follow corporations in striving for leaner, meaner data centers? Companies face two seemingly countervailing forces: the desire to cut costs and the need for greater and more flexible capacity driven by heightening regulatory data storage and security requirements.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15th, 2006. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Solo attorney and Future Lawyer blogger Rick Georges is an open-source kind of guy. As such, he views Microsoft’s impending release of the Windows Vista operating system with skepticism. He offers 10 reasons to wait on an upgrade, plus criticisms of the OS’s licensing agreement.
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Posted on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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What Wikipedia — with its free-for-all social networking approach to producing content — says about a company could influence millions of would-be customers. Monitoring Wikipedia is crucial to managing a company’s brand. And if it looks bad, do you alter a negative entry? Do you sue?
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Posted on Friday, November 10th, 2006. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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Family lawyer Scott Andino digs deeply into the implications of data mining for matrimonial law. He delves into privacy issues, the importance of e-mail and the costs of e-discovery. Technology won’t mend marriages, but it can win trials.
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Posted on Friday, November 10th, 2006. Filed under: Law Misc, Legal Technology
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