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October 18, 2013 | Legaltech News

Tech Circuit: 'I'll Take $400 in F-Word' Edition

The Electronic Discovery Institute's Leadership Summit wraps up after tackling "Legal Jeopardy! Throwdown," Billing Dilemmas, and Diversity.

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January 17, 2012 | Legaltech News

New Book Takes On the Vagaries of Criminal Discovery

Discovery in criminal law is limited, with few meaningful publications on the topic. A new book, however, covers the breadth of federal criminal discovery -- with supporting cases.

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February 06, 2012 | Legaltech News

What's the 'Coolest' Product From LegalTech New York?

Shortly after LegalTech New York, LTN Technology Editor Sean Doherty was asked what the "coolest" thing was that he saw at the show. Although legal technology is not designed with a "cool" factor, Doherty recounts some practical new tools.

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December 31, 2008 | Legaltech News

Civil E-Filing in Philadelphia To Go Mandatory

Electronic filing of court papers will become mandatory in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' civil division on Jan. 5. After years of planning and six months of optional e-filing, court leaders, court employees and the bar are preparing to make the move to a mandatory computer-based system.

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April 25, 2005 | Legaltech News

Next-Gen Internet: How Fast Is It?

Is your broadband just not fast enough anymore? The next-generation Internet is out there, but unless you work at a high-tech company or university with access to Canada's CA net 4 or its U.S. counterpart, Internet2, you probably won't get a chance to use it anytime soon. For now, you can merely read about why Canada's model appears to be the faster of the two.

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October 14, 2011 | Legaltech News

ILTA's LitCon'11 to Tackle Information Governance

The International Legal Technology Association is again partnering with ARMA to offer LitCon -- the Legal Information Technology Conference 2011. (The ARMA acronym doesn't stand for anything anymore, but this is the group that focuses on information governance, n�e records management.) LitCon'11 kicks off ARMA's 56th annual meeting, with a daylong program Sunday at the Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center near Washington, D.C. (Bring your sneakers, this hotel rivals its sister venue ... [MORE]

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May 03, 2011 | Legaltech News

Bin Laden's Death Is Twitter's Moment

By now, the world knows about Osama bin Laden's passing at the hands of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six -- but late on Sunday, first word came not from mainstream media, but from Twitter. I can attest to its pedigree as a breaking news source. When I saw a bulletin on The New York Times homepage that President Obama was about to speak on an urgent matter, I rushed, like many folks, to Twitter. Tweets about bin Laden set a record, running that night at an average rate of 3,440-per-second and peaking at 5,106 ... [MORE]

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October 01, 2003 | Legaltech News

It's Not a Place Anymore

Law libraries are no longer contained by four walls.

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