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February 04, 2011 | Legaltech News

Heavy Cloud Cover

Misconceptions about cloud computing and its uses in law firms and legal departments abound. The "cloud" couldn't be much more vague. It can come into play in so many different ways. One law firm may limit its use to archiving e-mail online; another might employ software as a service for all sorts of tasks -- everything from shipping to document management to payroll. At the recent LegalTech New York tradeshow, as LTN's technology editor, Sean Doherty, points out in his comprehensive show wrap-up, some folks ... [MORE]
12 minute read
August 13, 2007 | Legaltech News

Authenticating E-Mail Discovery as Evidence

At some point, e-discovery needs to be converted into e-evidence for summary judgment or trial. Attorneys Beatrice O'Donnell and Thomas A. Lincoln suggest practical methods to employ the rules of evidence to confront the special admissibility problems posed by e-mail.
8 minute read
June 01, 2013 | Legaltech News

Android Apps in One Hour

Sean Doherty says Daniel Siegel's new book is a good buy at $40 for lawyers to get up to speed quickly.
6 minute read
December 01, 2010 | Legaltech News

Mad Money

Cost concerns permeate law firm agendas.
10 minute read
April 22, 2011 | Legaltech News

N.J. Candidate for Bar Trustee Stripped of E-Mail Privileges

Sara Cores, a candidate for a New Jersey Bar Association trustee seat who sent campaign literature via the organization's e-mail distributor, has been banned from using it for the rest of the election, while her opponent gets one shot at a fair response. Cores says she sent only one campaign-related e-mail using the distributor and that the policy on campaign e-mails is unclear.
4 minute read
October 26, 2005 | Legaltech News

Moving Computer Chips Beyond Moore's Law

Gordon Moore's famous 1965 proclamation, which implied microprocessing chip speed could double every two years, is nearly obsolete, says our commentator. With no new way to wring more performance from today's standard technology, he says, the wave of the future is multiple-core processors. They will break up different tasks currently handled by one microprocessor -- encryption, decryption, data flow -- and do them in parallel.
10 minute read
August 01, 2010 | Legaltech News

Monitoring Money

OuRSite helps clients track work in progress.
7 minute read
August 16, 2012 | Legaltech News

GCs and Directors Now See Cybersecurity as No. 1 Risk

A new survey of 1,957 general counsel and 11,340 corporate directors at public companies shows that data security issues are now the top concern at many corporations, but what are companies doing about the need to secure their data and networks?
5 minute read
September 17, 2007 | Legaltech News

Web 2.0 Puts Lawyers Online With Clients

With the emergence of Web 2.0 services, Stacey Higginbotham takes a look at five Internet entrepreneurs whose innovations make them magnets for venture capital, good bets for public offerings, and suppliers of tools that could help put lawyers up front and online with clients.
8 minute read
November 22, 2010 | Legaltech News

N.Y. Suspect's Right to One Call Needs Cell Tech

Attorney Ken Strutin writes that New York amended the Criminal Procedure Law to give arrestees the right to a phone call, but the law does not address the fact that cellular devices are lifelines, and particularly important for suspects who seek help from counsel, family or friends.
14 minute read

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