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  • Rakesh Madhava

Big Law, Hedgehogs & Low-Cost eDiscovery
Big Law, Hedgehogs & Low-Cost eDiscovery 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

Providing more evidence of the continued restructuring of Big Law, the Wall Street Journal’s front page reported that Weil Gotschal has announced layoffs, followed up by Above The Law’s continuing reports of ‘stealth’ layoffs in law firms — mostly of staff and legal secretaries. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with basic business…

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  • Jason Krause

eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud
eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud 150 150 Jason Krause

Since Nextpoint introduced Trial Cloud in 2007 and Discovery Cloud in 2009, one of the main questions we get from law firms regarding our cloud-based litigation software is about security. We’ve pointed out as often as possible that cloud applications like ours offer inherent security advantages over traditional, locally installed litigation software. That’s because cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft,…

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  • Jason Krause

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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  • Jason Krause

Nextpoint’s Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013
Nextpoint’s Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013 150 150 Jason Krause

One of the most useful rules in the history of economics is called Stein’s Law. Named after Nixon’s chairman of the Counsel of Economic Advisors, Herbert Stein, the rule says “Trends that can’t continue forever, won’t.” That may sound too simplistic to be of much use, but the fact is, humans are bad at trend…

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  • Rakesh Madhava

Autonomy’s Lesson For Information Governance
Autonomy’s Lesson For Information Governance 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

The ongoing collapse of Autonomy is just the latest verification that big, installed software packages for the enterprise are doomed. Everything Autonomy stood for – in-sourcing sophisticated technology for highly specialized tasks – has proven to be a sham. Just look at the allegations of accounting irregularities. According to Hewlett Packard, Autonomy’s commoditized hardware expenses were co-mingled…

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  • Jason Krause

Cloud Computing Confuses Lawmakers
Cloud Computing Confuses Lawmakers 150 150 Jason Krause

Lawmakers have a talent for confusing issues and scaring people unnecessarily. The current example is the proposed Cloud Computing Act of 2012. As Professor Eric Goldman at the Santa Clara University School of Law says of the Act, “I have no idea what problem this bill purports to solve.” The laws regarding criminal trespass in…

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  • Rakesh Madhava

Is The Legal Industry Doomed to Newspaper-like Contraction?
Is The Legal Industry Doomed to Newspaper-like Contraction? 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

Back in January of 2010, we published a post that the legal industry could be in for a technology disruption on the scale of newspapers. The signs abound that a disruption is now underway. I recently ran across this chart in The Business Insider from famed internet analyst Henry Blodgett that provides vivid detail as…

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  • Jason Krause

News Flash: Technology Upgrades Suck
News Flash: Technology Upgrades Suck 150 150 Jason Krause

According to last years’ Midlevel Associates Survey at Law.com, associates were excited about all of the new gadgets and software being made available to them. For a brief period, it seemed like new devices, software, and even the latest Windows upgrade might finally give overworked associates the technology they needed. Predictably, this year’s survey found…

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How to work with a hotseater, trial technician or hot seat operator

The Hotseat: 5 Considerations When Hiring A Trial Technician
The Hotseat: 5 Considerations When Hiring A Trial Technician 1200 650 Annie Johnson

A “hotseater,” or trial technician, will allow you to focus on delivering a winning argument by taking care of the technical aspects of trial presentation. You can’t practice law without a legitimate license, and you can’t go to trial without a compelling presentation. But how do you find time to put slides and documents together?…

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  • Jason Krause

iPads and Macs for Power Litigators
iPads and Macs for Power Litigators 150 150 Jason Krause

The iPad is now the primary computer for many people, and is rapidly growing up as a business tool. According to the new 2012 ABA Legal Technology Survey, over 28 percent of all litigators now use a tablet device in the courtroom, mostly for checking email, although roughly 10 percent use it for presentation and…

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