Michael H Payne

September 10, 2019 | Pro Mid Market

The release of a new operating system exclusively for iPads could make comparative review of documents and multitasking even easier for attorneys.

By Michael H. Payne

5 minute read

August 21, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Significant changes are coming with the expected September 2019 release of a new operating system exclusively for iPads that could make comparative review of documents and multitasking even easier for attorneys.

By Michael H. Payne

5 minute read

May 15, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Among the many people making that prediction, Richard Susskind put it best in "Tomorrow's Lawyers" by observing that “we are at the beginning of a period of fundamental transformation in law: a time in which we will see greater change than we have seen in the past two centuries.

By Michael H. Payne

6 minute read

March 29, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Information Age has brought about an explosion of digital information that is stored on computers, mobile devices and in the cloud. Is it any wonder that this has led to the coining of the term “infobesity” (referring to information overload)?

By Michael H. Payne

5 minute read

January 22, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

I find it interesting that some of the younger attorneys I know, and most of the older ones too, do not share my fascination with computer technology. Perhaps my interest is not shared by younger attorneys because they find no novelty in something they have lived with for most of their lives.

By Michael H. Payne

6 minute read

November 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 2008, Richard Susskind, the noted author of books predicting upcoming changes in the legal profession, wrote the "End of Lawyers: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services." It was a fascinating warning about the need for lawyers to adapt to emerging technologies that are affecting the delivery of legal services.

By Michael H. Payne

9 minute read

June 13, 2011 | Legaltech News

Do attorneys really believe print-based law library research is more efficient? Probably not, but many are behind the times when it comes to tablet-based computing as a legal tool. Desktop and laptop computers are giving way to tablets, led by the iPad, and the numerous apps that are game changers in their impact, says Michael H. Payne, author of the iPad Lawyering blog.

By Michael H. Payne

28 minute read

June 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

It was not that many years ago, after Lexis and Westlaw came on the scene, that many attorneys were heard to say "I don't trust computer-based legal research," and, "I like to hold books in my hands and spread books in front of me on a table."

By Michael H. Payne

14 minute read

July 06, 2011 | New York Law Journal

It was not that many years ago, after Lexis and Westlaw came on the scene, that many attorneys were heard to say "I don't trust computer-based legal research" and "I like to hold books in my hands and spread books in front of me on a table." Is there any attorney today who would like to go back to the paper-based law library days, or who thinks that form of legal research is more efficient?

By Michael H. Payne

14 minute read

June 27, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

It was not that many years ago, after Lexis and Westlaw came on the scene, that many attorneys were heard to say "I don't trust computer-based legal research" and "I like to hold books in my hands and spread books in front of me on a table." Is there any attorney today who would like to go back to the paper-based law library days, or who thinks that form of legal research is more efficient?

By Michael H. Payne

14 minute read