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January 12, 2006 | Legaltech News

Data CSI: New Jersey Case Tests Limits of Spoliation Law

What began as a suit among former New Jersey business partners has become a test case of the obligation to preserve e-mails and electronic data that may become relevant to litigation. Plaintiff Joseph DeSantis alleges that his former partners destroyed evidence helpful to his case, although his attorney admits "We don't have a smoking gun, but we have extraordinarily detailed circumstantial evidence showing dates and times and documents." The defendants claim the allegations are "completely unfounded."
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December 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

Browser Wars

A vote for Firefox 2.0 over I.E. 7.
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March 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

Blogging Profs Assault Ivory Tower

As more law professors write legal blogs, they may be chipping away at the ivory tower. The proliferation of blogs is, in part, a reaction to dissatisfaction with law reviews as the primary means for scholarly publishing. But some suggest the immediacy of blogging dumbs it down. "Blogging has the presumption that you write something thoughtful, important and valuable. I don't think the medium allows that," says Katherine Litvak, a professor at the University of Texas Law School.
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October 01, 2003 | Legaltech News

The Future Ain't What it Used to Be

— Yogi Berra, baseball player & legal technology strategist
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October 01, 2010 | Legaltech News

Crash or Soar?

Will the legal community accept "predictive coding?"
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May 01, 2002 | Legaltech News

From Precarious to State-of-the-Art

Transforming a house of cards into a stable, 'zero admin' system.
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August 14, 2012 | Legaltech News

Is Your Law Firm Practicing Head-in-the-Sand Security?

"Believe It or Not, You've Been Hacked" -- that's the clever title of what should prove to be an important session at the International Legal Technology Association conference in Washington, D.C., later this month, says reporter Evan Koblentz.
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December 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

[email protected]

A holiday wish list, and a few words of thanks.
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July 15, 2005 | Legaltech News

Be Proactive on Backups

How, in the course of pretrial discovery, should a respondent treat the production of data from backup tapes? The question is rendered even more problematic when a discovery demand specifically requests such "backup" data, as it usually does, and the respondent cannot reasonably deny some likelihood that relevant evidence may be found on such tapes -- as is usually the scenario. Attorney and litigation consultant Robert Alan Eisenberg tackles the issue.
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November 18, 2004 | Legaltech News

The 'Lexmark' Effect

Computer programs have long enjoyed copyright protection as "literary works." Replacement parts for these goods often must use the proprietary software written for the device for which they are made. May manufacturers invoke the copyright laws to block use of such software, effectively forcing consumers to use only authorized parts and equipment? A 6th Circuit ruling concerning printer toner cartridges indicates that the courts will be hostile to such efforts.
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