TRIAL PREPARATION SERIES / PART ONE of THREE It is a fact of modern law that many litigators never actually try a case. And those who do rarely appear in a courtroom more than once or twice a year. But you must have a foundational strategy for trial preparation early in any case. Further, you…
read moreWhen coordinating multi–district litigation, many firms like to think that they can simply call on their existing in-house resources, including litigation support staff and paralegals, to take over the technology strategy. In some instances, this approach may be sufficient, but only at the early stages of the case. In our experience, this strategy never works over the…
read moremultidistrict litigation strategy Electronic data involved in multidistrict litigation (MDL) and mass actions is exploding in both volume and diversity, with no end in sight. Analysts project that the volumes of data being produced will double every two years, which is consistent with the growing volumes of pre-trial data hosted in the Nextpoint litigation platform.…
read morePreparing for an upcoming trial, hearing or arbitration is serious and complicated business. You’ve got to collaborate with your team and manage a plethora of electronic documents, transcripts, pleadings, and other case files. At Nextpoint, we’re relentless about simplifying trial preparation, and helping legal teams prepare for hearings and trials more quickly and efficiently. Longtime…
read moreWe are very pleased to announce our integration with OnCue. Litigation teams using Nextpoint to manage depositions, documents and video evidence during trial preparation can now easily export data directly into OnCue courtroom presentation software. Nextpoint is the leading cloud-based software for evidence management in collection, discovery and trial preparation. Litigation teams across the country…
read moreThe jury trial has been slowly disappearing. While that is true, any time a new matter comes to your firm, you should be thinking about the possible endgame – presenting evidence in a hearing, trial, settlement conference, or regulatory review. In particular, we are focused on moving evidence from the Review to Prep services within Nextpoint.…
read moreNo legal presentation is ever like another. Sometimes attorneys handle dry, complicated intellectual property matters; other times, emotional personal injury cases. But in many years of making dynamic presentations for all kinds of hearings and audiences, our team has learned that there are a few important steps that will ensure your slides have the weight…
read morePowerpoint is one of the more unfairly maligned tools in a lawyer’s arsenal. Yes, presentations that rely on the default color schemes and fonts are probably not going to look good. And presentations that are too wordy or have long lists of bullet points are going to bore your audience. But, PowerPoint is still a…
read moreNextpoint is a trial services company. We manage data for a lot of multi-district (MDL) and complex litigation, including many cases that last for years. Some of our earliest cases are still active, thanks to appeals or new actions. It might seem like a litigation support technology company would like long engagements and oppose shortened…
read moreIt’s easy to take the presentation of a video deposition for granted at a trial. To many litigators, it’s a convenience, a way to move their case along, to tell their story while working around difficult schedules. While video deposition disasters are rare, bad and uninspiring presentations are depressingly common. It doesn’t have to be…
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