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Rakesh Madhava

A Message on Cybersecurity from CEO, Rakesh Madhava

A Message on Cybersecurity from CEO, Rakesh Madhava https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/About-Header.png 1920 1280 Rakesh Madhava Rakesh Madhava https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18c889ef7011e5f9213c29f8c9483c19?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 11, 2020 March 17, 2022

To All Nextpoint Clients: After the news that Epiq Global had suffered a ransomware attack, it is appropriate that many will have data security at top of mind, and may be curious about Nextpoint security provisioning. Our sincere sympathies go out to our clients who have been affected as well as to the staff of…

Michael Beumer

Billing for Ediscovery: Fully Recover Costs and Meet ABA Ethical Standards

Billing for Ediscovery: Fully Recover Costs and Meet ABA Ethical Standards https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Billing-for-Ediscovery-e1574808510881.jpg 1000 625 Michael Beumer Michael Beumer https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6bc8c45dd498b5a340bedd2570a6fa99?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 1, 2019 March 31, 2022

Ediscovery software is indispensable in modern, internet-era civil litigation. Here’s how you can recover ediscovery software costs. Attorneys are under increasing pressure to invest in legal technology in order to provide effective counsel to their clients. Additionally, in recent years the majority of state bars have modified their guidelines related to an attorney’s duty of…

Rakesh Madhava

What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions?

What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions? https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/42396505391_76b147ca88_k.jpg 2048 1244 Rakesh Madhava Rakesh Madhava https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18c889ef7011e5f9213c29f8c9483c19?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 10, 2019 March 19, 2021

Lawyers working for former Trump Campaign manager and convicted felon, Paul Manafort filed a document yesterday that contains the clearest public evidence to date of coordination between the Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russians. The lawyers did not intend to release this evidence. The admissions are located deep in a court filing prepared in response to…

Michael Beumer

Webinar: Collaboration Tips for Deposition and Motion Prep

Webinar: Collaboration Tips for Deposition and Motion Prep https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Deposition-Practice.jpg 1000 667 Michael Beumer Michael Beumer https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6bc8c45dd498b5a340bedd2570a6fa99?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 1, 2016 March 18, 2021

Daniel D’Angelo – Nextpoint This free, recorded webinar gives you everything you need for deposition preparation. After the review and production phases of discovery are complete, a lot of people must collaboratively work with produced evidence to prepare a strong case. Keeping them coordinated is often a challenge, particularly when you’re working with expert witnesses…

Michael Beumer

Chicago-Kent Law Students Get Hands-on eDiscovery Experience

Chicago-Kent Law Students Get Hands-on eDiscovery Experience https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ChicagoKent.jpg 1000 667 Michael Beumer Michael Beumer https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6bc8c45dd498b5a340bedd2570a6fa99?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 11, 2016 November 14, 2021

If Bo knows sports, you could say Ko knows legal tech. Mike Ko, a former attorney and the owner of Groundwork Trial Consulting in Chicago (see: Obrycka v. City of Chicago and Goldberg v. Donald Trump), helps lawyers incorporate technology into their practices from mediation to trial. He also teaches Litigation Technology, an advanced trial advocacy…

Rakesh Madhava

Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology

Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Rakesh Madhava Rakesh Madhava https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18c889ef7011e5f9213c29f8c9483c19?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 15, 2016 March 8, 2022

For lawyers, there is a decided focus on the past. Precedent is the godhead. Show a lawyer technology that helps them better present their argument (PowerPoint, tablets, laser pointers), and they want it. NOW. Introduce telephony that improves the speed of lawyer-client communication (Blackberry, iPhone), and they will embrace it wholly. The legal industry has…

Rakesh Madhava

Does Legal Tech Really Need More Lawyers?

Does Legal Tech Really Need More Lawyers? https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Legal-technology.jpg 1000 667 Rakesh Madhava Rakesh Madhava https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18c889ef7011e5f9213c29f8c9483c19?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 10, 2016 October 31, 2022

Software built for lawyers by lawyers — a number of legal tech startups have recently etched this on their marketing sandwich boards. And, a recent thought-provoking post on Lawyerist.com suggested the underlying problem with legal technology is that there aren’t enough lawyers actually employed by companies in the legal tech space. Sam Harden writes that until we “see…

Michael Beumer

Free Webinars: Learn Strategic eDiscovery Skills for Attorneys

Free Webinars: Learn Strategic eDiscovery Skills for Attorneys https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Michael Beumer Michael Beumer https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6bc8c45dd498b5a340bedd2570a6fa99?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 28, 2016 May 25, 2021

As a litigator, you may view eDiscovery is a necessary evil; and discovery software as a basic and necessary remedy. The use of document review software has become ubiquitous at law firms of every size, and most teams are leaning on technology in some way to organize data and automate repetitive tasks. But can technology…

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