Lit support is everywhere! "H7b1, the Swiss firm innovating litigation technology practice in Europe, announces it celebrated two years of providing European litigation technology services."Litigation support technology is a combination of software, techniques and expertise that allows legal professionals from corporations and law firms to manage all information related to a legal...
Yeah, electronic formats are almost always better -- find out why in this article from The Connecticut Law Tribune: "Most lawyers are familiar with the standard types of transcripts for depositions. Generally, you can get a full-sized copy, condensed copy (mini), or a copy on diskette. If you prefer to get transcripts electronically, you are probably used to getting the diskette, which is...
Well, I'd never heard of law firm help desks before, but it makes sense: "Keno Kozie Associates completed the design and implementation of the Gloor Law Group's entire IT infrastructure when the firm announced its formation in early 2006. The new environment includes Interwoven WorkSite document management, Summation iBlaze litigation support and Juris legal accounting as well as other law...
Big change! "Lee Ann Bellon, who started Atlanta's first legal recruitment service 23 years ago, has a new boss. She has sold her company to Ajilon Professional Services, a subsidiary of staffing giant Adecco. "The sale of Bellon & Associates, for a price Bellon would not disclose, is another milestone in legal recruiting's evolution from a business lawyers once knew little about...
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...
New EDD software announcement: “According to the Fulbright and Jaworski law firm, U.S. corporations spend, on average, $8 million annually on litigation cases. Many of these involve the recovery of digital information including emails. ZANTAZ Digital Safe is a compliant, on-demand email and file archiving solution allowing companies to easily move archived data into ZANTAZ Introspect for...
Congratulations to former legal assistant Sandra Humenny on her career move! "Esquire Deposition Services, the leading provider of local court reporting and legal support services in the U.S., today announced that it has named Sandra Humenny as its General Manager in Michigan. "In her new position, Humenny will oversee day-to-day operations and business development initiatives for...
Another point of view about saving information. This article is in favor, but that might have something to do with the subject of this publication from Jupitermedia: "Archiving is certainly one of the hottest areas of storage right now. It lies at the heart of a subject that is near, though perhaps not so dear, to the heart of every storage manager — retaining a legion of records to comply...
Good overview of the surging e-discovery field. Reporting by the Los Angeles Times: "Day and night, rows of whirring, blinking computers sock away enormous batches of digital records sent by companies involved in lawsuits. Other data are discovered deep in hard drives — wedged between personal e-mails, pornography and other files— by Kroll Ontrack forensic teams whose code names keep...
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