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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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Sensationalism and Cloud Computing
Sensationalism and Cloud Computing 150 150 Nextpoint

By this point, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of sensationalist news about cloud computing. That’s to be expected, as cloud computing represents a huge technological shift and will continue to demand a lot of attention. Yesterday, the Washington Post published this gem of an article based on a power outage that impacted one of…

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Apps that Supercharge Cloud Computing
Apps that Supercharge Cloud Computing 150 150 Nextpoint

Cloud computing has clearly changed the technology landscape. Most users are familiar with the decreased storage costs and productivity gains found in cloud solutions, but there are other, more subtle ways cloud platforms take advantage of the efficiencies of the Internet. One of the most liberating aspects of adopting a cloud solution for hosting your…

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  • Jason Krause

Value vs. Savings in Legal Cloud Computing
Value vs. Savings in Legal Cloud Computing 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint is not a private jet kind of company. That didn’t stop a boutique private jet firm from trying to pitch us on the value of buying time on one, promising to cut, “hourly rates, outrageous fuel surcharges, expiring prepaid hours and annoying peak day restrictions.”                  …

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Cloud Computing Guidelines Gloss Over eDiscovery
Cloud Computing Guidelines Gloss Over eDiscovery 150 150 Jason Krause

Law Technology News noted that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the long-awaited “Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations.” The document is meant to provide guidelines for using cloud computing platforms so that organizations and government agencies can feel comfortable migrating data to these platforms. Most of the recommendations are common sense and…

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The Weakest Link in Data Security
The Weakest Link in Data Security 150 150 Jason Krause

As reported earlier this week, Verizon recently released a detailed analysis of hundreds of data breaches. One interesting statistic was that the amount of reported social engineering hacks- the polite way of saying “tricking people into giving you their password” – was down from last year. That’s misleading though, because social tactics remain the most…

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  • Michael Beumer

Data Security Report: Hacking by the Numbers
Data Security Report: Hacking by the Numbers 150 150 Michael Beumer

Verizon’s “Hacktivism” 2012 report analyzed 855 data security breaches in 2011, finding that both small and large businesses are experiencing the second highest data loss since the report’s inception in 2004. Written to help prevent future breaches in 2012, the report carefully breaks down and analyzes global data breach statistics from 2011 and offers recommended solutions. So…

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ABA Techshow: Cloud Computing Grows Up
ABA Techshow: Cloud Computing Grows Up 150 150 Jason Krause

One of our ongoing challenges has been to explain the obvious benefits of cloud computing in the legal environment. Judging from last week’s ABA Techshow in Chicago, it seems that the world has finally caught up. It was great to see other cloud computing vendors getting recognition, as well as meeting some of newcomers to…

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The Power of Litigation Support on the iPad
The Power of Litigation Support on the iPad 150 150 Jason Krause

Josh Barrett recently noted on the Tablet Legal blog that lawyers don’t always seem to use many applications on their iPad. In talking to attorneys with a small, iPad-using firm, the attorneys noted that they only use one or two apps regularly. At first, this seemed shockingly low, but on further introspection, Josh realized he…

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