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AbacusLaw's Family Law Software Delivers
Over the years, case management software has become more and more refined. However, there are still several programs that don't take into consideration the fact that most attorneys need a program that is more adept at their particular practice area. Attorney and consultant Alan Pearlman reviews AbacusLaw's family law software.
Leading In-House Lawyers Find Way to Make Alternative Fees Work
Should your law firm continue to bill by the hour -- or would alternative billing work better? That's the question that was posed to four in-house counsel at the American Bar Association's midyear meeting. Despite the potential advantages of alternative billing -- and lawyers' dislike of having to track their time by the hour -- firms have been slow to adapt.
Building Ethical Walls in Microsoft SharePoint
Ethical walls between client data and attorneys to comply with professional rules should be exclusionary, keeping certain individuals out but allowing all others. Fenwick & West's Mark Gerow supplies a work-around to overcome SharePoint's inability to set up exclusionary walls for compliance.
Europe Takes on Tech Giants and Their Tax Havens
Governments are accusing tech giants such as Google and Amazon of incorporating themselves in low-tax countries so they can avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars to countries such as Germany, Britain, and France.
Negotiating the Risks of Click-, Shrink- and Browse-Wrap User Agreements
Employees often encounter "wrap" agreements during online transactions. Employers who do not supervise acceptance of such agreements could subject their companies to legal headaches.
How to Keep Sensitive Data Blacked Out
Webster defines redaction as "an act or instance of editing." Sound simple? Not according to paralegal Kim Walker, who defines it as "one of the scariest tasks performed in a law office." She lists steps to redact properly in two of the most widely used law office programs. Do it carefully.
DOJ Probes IBM's Mainframe Market Conduct
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into allegations that IBM abused its dominant position in the mainframe computer market. The claims stem from IBM rivals who say that they've been frozen out of the market because Big Blue refused to allow its mainframe OS to run on non-IBM computers.
A New Breed of Attorney Enters the Fray
The volume of electronically stored information involved in litigation today, combined with the complexity and varieties of technology used to store and retrieve it, has created a need for attorneys who specialize in e-discovery rather than deal with it in an ancillary way.Trending Stories
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