Very important article about paralegal regulation & how some firms might be taking advantage of certification to market services to their clients: "Since last summer, paralegals in North Carolina have been able to apply for certification as a North Carolina Certified Paralegal, or NCCP. The designation means they have met the standards set by the state for the minimum knowledge...
See the 2006 LegalTech Survey conducted at New York's LegalTech by LegalVoice. The survey includes these highlights: * 67 percent of law firms and corporate legal departments will have larger technology budgets in 2006 than they did in 2005. * 16 percent said budgets would remain the same. * 4 percent reported a decrease in their technology budget, while 13 percent were uncertain. You can find...
Yes, this whitepaper is from a vendor, CaseSoft, but the "best practices" outlined sure sound smart to me! For example: "Want to filter your chronology down to just those facts about a particular witness, organization or document? Even if you’re using a database program to develop your chronology, you’ve got a big problem if the same thing is referenced by different names. You...
Gosh, I hate when that happens!! Read the article for all the gory details: "Consider, for example, the high-profile, widely reported problems recently suffered by industry leaders Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo at annual trade shows. Last year, Bill Gates endured multiple crashes of his own products, and even suffered his own blue screen of death during his keynote address at the Consumer...
According to LegalTechnology, defense firms are finally catching up to the plaintiff's bar when it comes to snappy trial presentations: "Plaintiffs personal injury lawyers are making strong use of electronic visual aids to win the attention of drowsy jurors, and the defense bar and insurers are beginning to wake up, trial lawyers say. "In courtroom after courtroom in New Jersey,...
Hmm, more “paraprofessional” openings in SF? Read “we’re opening a new office” news from The Recorder: “After spending nearly a century tucked contentedly away on the East Coast, Boston's Goodwin Procter is following some of its rivals out to the Wild West. “The full-service firm has confirmed plans to open an office in San Francisco as early as this summer as part of its ongoing...
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The Recorder describes an interesting way to hire lawyers laterally. Wouldn't it be nice if firms approached hiring paralegals the same way? "Recognizing that young, promising lawyers can get lost in the shuffle at large firms, Kenneth Lund, managing partner of midmarket firm Holme Roberts & Owen, cherry-picks young guns from the state's biggest and best firms, enticing them with...
Another tidbit of news from The Virtual Chase: "LexisNexis this week introduced a new litigation tool called LexisNexis Service of Process. The service facilitates fast, reliable service of summonses, complaints, subpoenas and other documents via an established network of process servers. It is available through LexisNexis File & Serve, an Internet-based service provided to courts and...