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KM Implementation at Reed Smith
Legal Tech Newsletter
Reed Smith hadn't invested enough in information infrastructure and processes such as document retrieval were taking too long. To take control of its data before it took hold of them, the firm implemented Recommind's MindServer Search platform as its knowledge management base.
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Communicating in Times of Crisis
The National Law Journal
How a company responds to a legal crisis will be used by the public, competitors, judges and public officials to take measure of the company. Without a cogent plan for coordinating legal and public relations strategies, calamity is possible and opportunity may be lost, says attorney George J. Terwilliger III. Lawyers and communications specialists working together can ensure that the company's message is effectively drawn and distributed and that the company's legal and reputational objectives can be reached.
California Finally Updates E-Discovery Rules
The Recorder
On Monday night, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quietly signed into law California's first set of electronic discovery regulations. They largely mirror federal regulations and for the first time offer state litigants specific definitions of what constitutes electronically stored information.
Should Lawyers Play Nice in E-Discovery?
Special to Law.com
Sedona Conference founder Richard Braman wants law schools to teach lawyers to collaborate during e-discovery and drop the gladiatorial style of litigation to deal with mounting volumes of data. Less adversarial EDD is the goal of his Cooperation Proclamation.
Social Networking Data Presents Challenges
New York Law Journal
H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, partners at Paul Weiss, advise that companies that use social networks should ensure they are prepared to preserve, collect and produce social networking data for cases and that their electronic communications policies cover social networking.
A Knowledge Base to Mentor IT Managers
Law Technology News
When IT pros are thrust into management, how do they make sense of all the options and standards for developing good management skills while drawing on the experience of others? This question led the International Legal Technology Association to develop a knowledge base for managers.
E-Books and 'Text-to-Speech' Technology
The Legal Intelligencer
Amazon's Kindle 2 recently hit the market, including a new feature called "text to speech" that had the publishing industry threatening suit for what it considered a threat to the audio book market. From a copyright point of view, does text-to-speech technology require a license?
Remote Wrap-Up of LTWC 2009
Law.com
From afar, Legal Technology Editor Sean Doherty monitored developments at LegalTech in Los Angeles. Among other highlights, Doherty notes that technology vendors focused on mobility while EDD providers touted early case assessment and advanced search and collection techniques.
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Time is often "of the essence." And since the legal profession is time-challenged to respond to a court or to a client, the time we take to keep current in the practice of law is compressed. Hence, our reliance on books has turned to articles and now to blogs. What's next: Twitter?