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Do-It-Yourself, Affordable eDiscovery is Possible
Do-It-Yourself, Affordable eDiscovery is Possible 1000 563 Jason Krause

<h4 “>Can you find affordable eDiscovery? The American Bar Association published a couple of useful guides on affordable eDiscovery recently, one by Bruce Olson and another by Tom O’Connor, both well-known litigation and eDiscovery experts. The general thrust of these articles is that lawyers can and should take advantage of the reasonably priced or free software tools…

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Social Media in the Law – Facebook Now Serving Subpoenas
Social Media in the Law – Facebook Now Serving Subpoenas 150 150 Jason Krause

As we’ve noted before, being Facebook friends with lawyers and judges can have all kinds of unexpected ethical implications. Now, it could get you served with legal summons. Social media is becoming increasingly important to the practice of law. A proposed bill in Texas would allow defendants to be served notice of a lawsuit through social…

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The Case for eDiscovery Analytics
The Case for eDiscovery Analytics 150 150 Jason Krause

The mountains of digital evidence seen in modern litigation make it easy for legal teams to become overwhelmed. Unfortunately, courts have shown no patience for lawyers who lose track of their eDiscovery projects. In an extreme case of lawyerly ignorance, Branhaven, LLC v. Beeftek, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist., (D. Md. Jan. 4, 2013), Maryland Magistrate Judge…

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Florida eDiscovery Rules Webinar: All Your Questions Answered
Florida eDiscovery Rules Webinar: All Your Questions Answered 150 150 Jason Krause

On Wednesday, March 6, Nextpoint hosted the live webinar, “Understanding the eDiscovery Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.” If you missed the event, a recording is available here. Florida attorney and eDiscovery guru Jason Molder presented the session along with Nextpoint CEO Rakesh Madhava, describing all of the ways the newly codified Florida…

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Law Schools Try to Revolutionize the Law Firm Business Model
Law Schools Try to Revolutionize the Law Firm Business Model 150 150 Jason Krause

According to the The New York Times, law schools are taking some bold steps to address the challenges facing their graduates. The piece talks about a new law school innovation described as, “a teaching hospital for law school graduates.” The idea is to create clinics and law firms that employ new law school graduates, offering services to low-…

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Why Does eDiscovery Cost So Darn Much?
Why Does eDiscovery Cost So Darn Much? 150 150 Jason Krause

Writing for Canadian Lawyer, Toronto attorney Dera Nevin asks a simple question, “Why Does eDiscovery Cost so Much?” We’ve earlier talked about eDiscovery costs here as well. That is a very good question, and one we think needs to be answered. Dera hits the obvious points, that there are enormous volumes of data that are discoverable,…

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Can Courts be Friends with Facebook?
Can Courts be Friends with Facebook? 150 150 Jason Krause

Sometimes it seems like the legal profession will always have a tortured relationship with social media. Writing for the ABA Journal, Deb Cassens Weiss quipped that “judges have to be judicious” when using Facebook. To underscore that fact, the ABA has now published an ethics opinion, warning that judges who use social networking have to follow the…

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How to Get Social Media Evidence Into Court
How to Get Social Media Evidence Into Court 150 150 Jason Krause

One of the worst things that can happen to a case in its early stages is to have a judge deny a discovery request. Evidence is the foundation of any matter, and to lose any source of information is a potential case killer. Unfortunately, in a number of reported cases, lawyers are making basic mistakes…

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Social Media Case Law: The Sequel
Social Media Case Law: The Sequel 150 150 Jason Krause

The big budget movies playing right now include the fifth Die Hard movie, the 23rd James Bond movie, the fourth Hobbit-themed movie, and a 3D re-release of 1986’s Top Gun. Clearly, Hollywood has little interest in originality. Lawyers don’t get much credit for being original or daring thinkers; but in fact, when there is a new area…

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Legal Data Security: It’s Time for Law Firms to Freak Out About Hackers
Legal Data Security: It’s Time for Law Firms to Freak Out About Hackers 150 150 Jason Krause

Law firms need to wake up to the legal data security risks. The newspaper industry is in full freakout mode, with revelations that Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S.-based newspapers. The New York Times recently revealed Chinese hackers gained entry to the newspaper’s internal systems and accessed the personal computers of 53 employees- including David Barboza, Shanghai bureau chief…

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