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New Features, Content Added to Lexis Advance Research Platform
LexisNexis announced on Thursday a new release of its legal research platform, Lexis Advance. The legal information and software provider expanded the content available to subscribers with LexisNexis Verdict and Settlement Analyzer and LexisNexis e-Books.
Five IT Blind Spots That Shut Lawyers Out
Software is mostly designed or implemented by computer people for computer people, not legal professionals. Adherence to what Tom Ranalli, technology services manager at Kirkland & Ellis' L.A. office, calls "The Five Grand Assumptions" keeps IT professionals' heads in the sand. See how to get out.
Post-Trial Jury Interviews in the Internet Age
With the internet, computers, and blogs speedily available to jurors, the effort required to misbehave can be the touch of a button. Can counsel truly forgo engaging in juror interviews to uncover the potential that extraneous prejudicial information may have tainted the verdict?
With Portable Storage, Less Is More
Lawyers have a dizzying array of handheld portable storage options. With today's digital film cards, portable hard drives and USB flash drives (aka thumb drives), you can practically fit your whole life in the palm of your hand. There are some security risks if you're using the devices to store confidential information -- it's easy to misplace an item the size of a stick of gum -- but the uses for these portable storage devices are limited only by your imagination.
Western Digital Offers Free Software in Settlement
Western Digital Corp. is giving away software to about 1 million customers to settle a class action lawsuit. Consumers alleged the firm's hard drives stored less material than advertised. The free software is made to back up and recover computer files.Extradition Approved for Briton Accused of Hacking U.S. Government Computers
A British computer hacker facing extradition to the United States on charges of damaging U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems said Wednesday he never intended to cause harm. "I was looking for UFOs," said Gary McKinnon. But Judge Nicholas Evans noted that he left messages on one system protesting U.S. foreign policy.
Clumsy Redaction Can Spell Negligence
One method of electronic document redaction is so clumsy, it's alarming that anyone uses it, says computer forensics expert Craig Ball: Converting documents to TIFF images, blacking out content, then attempting to recreate searchability by optical character recognition. It simply doesn't work.Trending Stories
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