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Nextpoint Preserves Websites and Social Media for the Record
Many organizations have learned to preserve forms of electronic data like e-mail for litigation, but websites and social media content can be an archival problem when it comes to e-discovery and compliance. Enter Nextpoint, a trial support software and services provider, whose Cloud Preservation product creates an archive of content from cloud-based resources like websites, blogs, and Facebook.
Mining Web 2.0 as a Source of Evidence
Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook or Twitter represent a vast new source of evidence for the attentive lawyer and innovative tools for the savvy litigator. Lawyers need to effectively sift through this massive data store and find the evidence most useful for their clients.
Apple Calls Truce in Nokia Smartphone Battle
Apple all but conceded defeat Monday in its center-ring showdown with Nokia in the ever-expanding smartphone patent wars, agreeing to settle claims that its core iPhone technology infringes Nokia patents. In the U.S, the settlement resolves four federal district court suits and four U.S. International Trade Commission proceedings.In Praise of Indiana, India and Outsourcing
In a past article, EDD special master Craig Ball chose Indiana as an ideal state for outsourcing for "its alliterative tie to India," offending one reader. He apologizes for any offense to Hoosiers, but defends outsourcing to both alliterative and nonalliterative states and countries.
Son of Napster: The Inevitable Sequel
Just as plaintiffs shut down Napster in 2000, they are now seeking to close down its mutated progeny. If the plaintiffs win, it seems inevitable that a new generation of technology will bring copyright holders back to the courts seeking a legal cure for a new technological malady.
Quinn Emanuel Partner Defending Samsung at Odds With Federal Judge
Ninth Circuit Judge Lucy Koh forced Quinn Emanuel managing partner John Quinn to file a declaration defending his decision to share evidence with reporters covering the Apple-Samsung patent trial.
Locate Smoking Guns in Cryptic Messaging
In struggling to respond well to litigation discovery requests, litigants already deal with the problems of handling high volume and finding obscure data. But another challenge has emerged. How do you sort through short messages sent from portable devices? Like the telegrams of old, these messages use the fewest possible characters and even code to express ideas, directives and responses. Find out how to decipher these cryptic dispatches.
AT&T's Bid for T-Mobile Officially Dead
What would have been a landmark U.S. telecommunications merger finally succumbed to litigation and regulatory pressure as AT&T officially abandoned its $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA.
Evolving Trends in Law Firm Disaster Recovery
The world changed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and disaster recovery in law firms changed with it. More recent natural disasters have added urgency. Technologies such as bidirectional wide-area replication, flash memory arrays, and online storage services are becoming mainstream in IT departments, Evan Koblentz reports.Trending Stories
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