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  • Jason Krause

Affordable eDiscovery: The Most Important Topic in Legal Technology
Affordable eDiscovery: The Most Important Topic in Legal Technology 150 150 Jason Krause

On Friday, I sat down with Josh Gilliland from the Legal Geeks podcast to talk about legal technology trends for 2014. Unlike most legal technologists, I decided NOT to talk about the usual legal technology trends. At least not directly. Instead, I wanted to talk about a broader issue that often gets lost in these kinds of…

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Berger Schatz Chooses Nextpoint Technology for eDiscovery
Berger Schatz Chooses Nextpoint Technology for eDiscovery 150 150 Jason Krause

Chicago Family Law Firm Adopts Nextpoint as enterprise technology for ediscovery and trial practice. Berger Schatz has chosen Nextpoint to be the firm-wide provider of in-house technology for eDiscovery collections, review, and trial presentation technology. By joining the Nextpoint Select Partner Program, Berger Schatz attorneys and litigation support staff now have the advanced legal technology…

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5 Tips to Keep Your Social Media-Addicted Clients Out of Jail
5 Tips to Keep Your Social Media-Addicted Clients Out of Jail 150 150 Jason Krause

Nicholas Emond says he is a misunderstood young man. Emond, aka “Sin Demon” says he is not a criminal, but has been unfairly maligned for his tattoos and general appearance. However, he chose the wrong way to defend himself- by commenting on his own wanted poster on Facebook. Emond was wanted for a relatively minor…

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Nine eDiscovery Tips to Turn Any Trial to Your Advantage
Nine eDiscovery Tips to Turn Any Trial to Your Advantage 150 150 Jason Krause

Lawyers like to put up a tough front. In fact, that’s their job – to be a zealous advocate for their clients. But underneath the tough facade, lawyers are only human and capable of making mistakes – especially when it comes to technology. Let’s be honest – no one can ever truly prepare for the…

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Social Media Archiving Gets Serious
Social Media Archiving Gets Serious 150 150 Jason Krause

In an era of NSA revelations, it’s easy to make jokes that the government has a copy of every phone call or email. But it is actually close to the truth. The National Security Administration is tracking social media connections, and according to Facebook’s recent report on government requests, the company received 11,000-12,000 requests from American agencies in first…

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The Collapse of Big Law, and the Rise of Small Law Firms
The Collapse of Big Law, and the Rise of Small Law Firms 150 150 Jason Krause

In the past decade, twelve major firms with more than 1,000 partners between them have collapsed entirely. That’s an unfortunate trend, but one that will likely only get worse. Noam Schreiber summarized the coming legal conflagration this way in the New Republic: There are currently between 150 and 250 firms in the United States that…

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Death of the PC: The Rise of the iPad Lawyer
Death of the PC: The Rise of the iPad Lawyer 150 150 Jason Krause

When we started the Nextpoint Evolution newsletter two years ago, the PC was still king and most lawyers were tied to their desktops. However, 2011 was also the first year that the U.S. market for personal computers shrank. It’s been a slow, painful decline ever since. The growth of tablet sales has been outstripping more traditional…

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Nextpoint Joins Forces with Curo Legal To Provide Innovative Litigation Support Services
Nextpoint Joins Forces with Curo Legal To Provide Innovative Litigation Support Services 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint, a leading provider of litigation support services, and Curo Legal, a practice operations firm focused on creating greater efficiencies and profitability for law firms, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide cost-efficient, technology-based trial support for law firms around the country. Nextpoint’s litigation software platform makes eDiscovery, trial, and…

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Free eBook: How to Protect Attorney Client Privilege
Free eBook: How to Protect Attorney Client Privilege 508 381 Jason Krause

Protecting the right to attorney client privilege is one of the most expensive and complicated parts of eDiscovery, but there is little guidance to help lawyers. To fill this void, Nextpoint has updated and expanded our Best Practices Guide for Protecting Privilege. In clear and straight-forward language, this free white paper breaks down the recent…

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Protect Attorney Client Privilege from Waiver
Protect Attorney Client Privilege from Waiver 150 150 Jason Krause

Executives from phone giant Nokia got a nasty surprise when they sat down to negotiate an important licensing agreement with competitor Samsung. Samsung representatives demanded that Nokia give them the same terms as Nokia had given Apple in an earlier agreement. The Apple agreement was supposed to be confidential, but Samsung executives allegedly bragged that…

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