Modern Ediscovery Blog

The latest in ediscovery software news, product updates, and best practices.
  • Tricia Boguslawski

Document Review Strategies That Work
Document Review Strategies That Work 150 150 Tricia Boguslawski

No matter how well a litigator plans and organizes a new case, some new wrinkle or challenge will interfere with their plans. Next month, Nextpoint will introduce our Client Success Summer Camp, a free, three-part webinar that will offer all of the tips, workflows, and guidance you need to manage any matter from start to…

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  • Jason Krause

Awesome Trial Presentations – Science Behind Better Trial Prep
Awesome Trial Presentations – Science Behind Better Trial Prep 150 150 Jason Krause

The bad news for any courtroom litigator is that no matter how hard you work, how many facts you gather, and how much you obsess over your content, the jury will forget most of the information you present to them. Fortunately, there is a ton of great research into retention and how to make your…

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  • Jason Krause

How to Thrive as a Mac Lawyer
How to Thrive as a Mac Lawyer 150 150 Jason Krause

According to most surveys, more than half of lawyers use an Apple device or computer every day. Three quarters use an iPhone. Meanwhile, much of the legal software world is still wedded to the Windows/PC/Internet Explorer world. But in our experience, its easy to put together a suite of applications that give you all of…

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  • Tricia Boguslawski

Meet and Confer: Pre-trial Strategies and Negotiations That Work
Meet and Confer: Pre-trial Strategies and Negotiations That Work 150 150 Tricia Boguslawski

By now, every lawyer knows that they have an obligation to meet and confer with opposing counsel to discuss eDiscovery at the start of litigation. At Nextpoint, we don’t see the Rule 26f Conference as an obligation, but an opportunity. How to Negotiate the Meet and Confer Lawyers going into litigation are ready to do…

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  • Jason Krause

Law Firm Evolution: Scopelitis Chooses Nextpoint to Provide Litigation Service
Law Firm Evolution: Scopelitis Chooses Nextpoint to Provide Litigation Service 150 150 Jason Krause

National Transportation Law Firm Joins Nextpoint Select Program to Help Manage Fast-Moving Matters The Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary law firm has chosen Nextpoint to be a firm-wide provider of in-house eDiscovery collections, review, and trial presentation technology. By joining the Nextpoint Select Partner Program, Scopelitis simplifies litigation for small and medium-sized clients. With…

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DeNISTing Ediscovery Data

DeNISTing in Ediscovery: What It Is and Why You Should Care
DeNISTing in Ediscovery: What It Is and Why You Should Care 1921 1080 Elizabeth Guthrie

DeNISTing in ediscovery is one of the many technical strategies utilized during the processing stage to eliminate irrelevant data from a document collection. With the high volume of legal data seen in most litigation today, eliminating irrelevant files at the outset of a case is essential to maintaining a feasible workload for review. DeNISTing gets…

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  • Jason Krause

Welcome Back to Nextpoint.com, Your Litigation Technology Home
Welcome Back to Nextpoint.com, Your Litigation Technology Home 150 150 Jason Krause

If you’re an experienced Nextpoint user, our site and our service will look superficially different. But as you know, there is still just one name you need to know for complete litigation support service. Nextpoint features are always organized to fit the way you work. Everything you need to manage any matter is there: Data collections Advanced…

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  • Jason Krause

LinkedIn for Lawyers: 10 Minutes to a Better LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn for Lawyers: 10 Minutes to a Better LinkedIn Profile 150 150 Jason Krause

Fix up your LinkedIn Profile, make big bucks. According to an ABA Journal story, attorney Mark Poniatowski beefed up his LinkedIn profile and quickly got referrals worth $12,000 by connecting with colleagues, friends, and new clients. How important is LinkedIn for networking? Try a Google search on your own name, and you’ll probably find that your LinkedIn Profile ranks…

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  • Jason Krause

Social Media Archiving: What to Tell Clients
Social Media Archiving: What to Tell Clients 150 150 Jason Krause

Here are some statistics that will make most employers want to ban social media: According to survey by DLA Piper, 31 percent of employers have taken disciplinary action against an employee for improper social media usage, but only 14 percent of employers have a social media policy. That means many of those companies taking disciplinary action have no protection…

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  • Jason Krause

How to Use iPads in the Courtroom: Tips for Litigators
How to Use iPads in the Courtroom: Tips for Litigators 150 150 Jason Krause

According to the American Bar Association’s Annual Legal Technology Report almost 50 percent of all attorneys use a tablet, and 9 out of 10 lawyers using tablets are using an iPad. That’s almost 400,000 lawyers using an iPad to do their work. But the real power of any iPad or tablet computer is in the courtroom, where the size, power,…

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