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5 Simple Steps to Deposition Designations
  • Jason Krause

5 Simple Steps to Better Deposition Designations
5 Simple Steps to Better Deposition Designations 1024 683 Jason Krause

This guide explains how to use deposition designations to your advantage for a smooth case planning and trial prep process. Testimony from a living, breathing person is always better than recorded testimony in any legal matter. But given the cost and scheduling conflicts that come with a trial, recorded depositions are often a necessity. The…

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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

Attorney-Client Privilege Review Made Easy
Attorney-Client Privilege Review Made Easy 150 150 Jason Krause

Last week, I had the fortune to co-host the Legal Geeks podcast with Josh Gilliland, talking about attorney-client privilege. In the conversation, I made the point that protecting attorney-client privilege is a matter of hard work, vigilance, and due diligence. As we discussed, while it is possible for parties to agree to a limitation of waiver…

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  • Jason Krause

Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege: Nextpoint on Legal Geeks Podcast
Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege: Nextpoint on Legal Geeks Podcast 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint is going geek. Last week I had the pleasure of joining Josh Gilliland on the Legal Geeks podcast to discuss protecting attorney-client privilege in litigation. Josh and his frequent collaborator Jessica Mederson have done a great job blending discussions of the law with deep conversations about Star Trek and other topics- sometimes in Starfleet uniforms.…

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  • Jason Krause

Why eDiscovery Must be Taught in Law Schools
Why eDiscovery Must be Taught in Law Schools 150 150 Jason Krause

Law schools are in trouble. There are a lot of reasons why this is true, many having to do with wrenching change in the practice of law itself. There is certainly no easy fix for what ails law schools, but we do know that nothing will get better without changing the way young lawyers are…

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  • Jason Krause

Why You Must Archive Website Content
Why You Must Archive Website Content 150 150 Jason Krause

Digital historians everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. The first web page in the history of the Internet has been found. You can see the page in all its hypertext glory or see a small screen-capture below. Just look at all those font sizes! The story of the first web page is that Tim Berners-Lee…

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  • Jason Krause

eDiscovery Pricing Make no Sense, and The Courts Seem to Agree
eDiscovery Pricing Make no Sense, and The Courts Seem to Agree 150 150 Jason Krause

Want to know why litigation is increasingly expensive and complicated? Take a look at eDiscovery pricing and unpredictable costs. Thanks to a recent federal Appeals Court ruling, Vinter v. Gallo, we get a clear look under the hood to find out what parties are being charged for eDiscovery services in a fairly routine infringement suit.…

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  • Jason Krause

What Lawyers Can Learn from Google About eDiscovery
What Lawyers Can Learn from Google About eDiscovery 150 150 Jason Krause

Google, the company that keeps track of everything people search for on the Internet, doesn’t want you to know how they search for information. At least, that’s what is happening in the ongoing Apple v. Samsung, saga, where Google—a non-party in the case—has been ordered to reveal the search terms it has used to find…

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  • Jason Krause

Social Media Discovery: 8 Ways Social Media Gets Lawyers in Trouble
Social Media Discovery: 8 Ways Social Media Gets Lawyers in Trouble 150 150 Jason Krause

We get it. Social media is not something most lawyers think about every day. According to the most recent ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, only 11 percent of attorneys use Twitter professionally. But as social media is now central to more and more matters, lawyers need to think about the ways Facebook, Twitter, and other sites…

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  • Jason Krause

Understanding Cloud eDiscovery Software
Understanding Cloud eDiscovery Software 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint began as a nimble trial support company, so we love powerful graphics that make your case. We’ve been talking for years about why it’s important that our services are cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service applications, but it’s not easy to explain succinctly. We started a trend. As more eDiscovery software companies jump on our cloud eDiscovery bandwagon, it’s hard to separate…

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