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Managing Your Outlook Calendar
Going out of your mind trying to keep up with a hectic schedule and the mounds of Post-its accumulating around your desk? Join the club. Sarita Livit has some tricks to help cope by using Microsoft Outlook. Combined, her scheduling tips promise to improve productivity in the workplace. And productivity, of course, equals more billable hours. What more could you ask for?
Baker & McKenzie Releases iOS App for IPOs, Cross-Border Listings
Baker & McKenzie today launched an iOS app for in-house counsel, investment bankers, and executive management teams to research IPOs and review requirements for cross-border listings in key international exchanges.
Complex E-Discovery Projects Require Effective Planning and Communication
Today, cases can be won or lost in the electronic-discovery phase of litigation. In fact, in the recent Morgan Stanley case, damages exceeded $1 billion because of a botched electronic-discovery project. That's why it's essential that people remain involved in the process, no matter how sophisticated the new forms of technology for gathering and organizing information have become. Deciding who will staff the discovery project, and who will manage it, are just two of the key issues to consider.Make an Old Building Wireless Broadband-Ready on the Cheap
Wiring an old building for wireless Internet access can easily cost more than $1 million in construction and cabling costs. Some people have found a way around the problem using power line communications. "It did not make sense for us to pull cable," says Salim Kassam, vice president of marketing for Canada's Sandman Hotels, Inns & Suites chain. "We're market leaders ... and we didn't want to inconvenience our guests and lose revenue because of construction."
Does Your Law Department Use Matter-Management Software?
Rees Morrison, founder of General Counsel Metrics, writes that while many U.S. law departments have licensed matter-management software, most smaller departments have not.
There's a Storm Coming Over the Cloud
Microsoft GC Brad Smith says a storm is blowing in over the regulation of cloud computing -- the technology that lets users store data on remote servers. The company is proposing legislation to address data privacy and security and update the current law on electronic communications.
Mock Trial at RSA Conference: Trust, but Verify Authenticated Users
The theme of the RSA Conference USA 2012, under way in San Francisco, is "The Great Cipher, Mightier Than the Sword." On Tuesday, federal judges Andrew Peck and John M. Facciola instructed the audience on the potential liability for errors in identifying database users.Redact This: Preserving Secrets on Appeal in the Digital Age
As many have learned to their dismay, Internet anonymity is much harder to attain than it appears. In this time of executive branch eavesdropping on overseas communications and Department of Justice subpoenas to Internet search providers, some may wonder where the judicial branch stands on keeping secrets online. The answer is generally encouraging, says attorney Howard J. Bashman, although some courts and electronic filers could be more attuned to the privacy issues that electronic filing presents.Trending Stories
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