Not sure the "end of the paper chase" will ever occur, but it is getting closer: "Sarah Borders is not a fan of paper -- at least not reams and reams and reams of it. The leader of the Financial Restructuring Group at King & Spalding helps her clients buy and sell distressed assets, which is document-intensive work. These days, though, she never has to worry about getting a...
Now this is a MOST interesting article from Legal Marketing Technology: "Wikis. Topping the 'heard about them, not sure what they are' list are wikis — Web sites to which anyone can add content or revise what already is there. 'It’s like Word on the Web,' said Steve Rubel, senior vice president of CooperKatz & Co., a public relations firm in New York, speaking at the Beyond Blogs...
Sounds smart, but what do corporate paralegals think? "The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has convinced 17 companies to participate in a new pilot program to use interactive data in their financial statement filings—compared to nine under an initiative launched last year. The companies will help the agency explore how new Internet-based reporting technologies can improve the...
Ouch! "Keylogging" is bad! "It seems like every time you click your mouse these days, there's another computer security threat to worry about. Many of you in larger law firms pay good folks to keep on top of the latest digital dangers. But for the rest of us, self-education is the only option we have to protect ourselves from the latest viruses and spyware. "Most of us are...
Good advice from The National Law Journal: "Disgruntled employees beware. Erasing files on your company laptop as you leave the firm could trigger expensive civil liability under a federal anti-hacker law, according to a recent 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. "Since 1984, Congress has expanded the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act -- which was originally intended to punish hackers...
Interesting article from MIT's Technology Review that's sure to get IP folks fired up: "In monetary terms, the Supreme Court case being heard next Wednesday -- pitting online retail giant eBay Inc. against its left-in-the-dust competitor MercExchange -- might seem trivial. MercExchange, which won the original suit in 2003, by proving to a Virginia jury that eBay's 'Buy it Now' direct...
Really, this news is too much! "The latest version of the Bagle mass mailer worm attempts to threaten potential victims by posing as a lawsuit against the recipient. "The body text of infected messages vary, but all claim to refer to supposedly pending legal action against the recipient. Examples include emails that claims the recipient's firm sent an unsolicited commercial fax...
Good to-think-about article from Legal Technology. After clicking on the article link, be sure to scroll down to the section titled "Surfing Anonymously in the Legal World": "Anonymity is a scarce treasure in this day and age. Considering all the information associated with credit cards, mortgage documents and frequent buyer cards at your local grocery store, it's alarming how much...
Another helpful tip from The Virtual Chase: "LexisNexis last week introduced a toolbar for Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. The toolbar lets you set up your query before launching an online session. You may also use it to conduct searches in Google, MSN Search or Wikipedia."The toolbar comes with several different interfaces designed to focus on different uses of the research...
A review of the new & improved search capability on FirstGov sounds very good. This government site offers access to content from U.S. federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial sources. Find access to the single search box either via a link on the FirstGov.gov home page or by going directly to Firstgovsearch.gov. Some of what's new: + Larger DatabaseDatabase grows from about 8 million...