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BUYING O' THE GREEN

Posted on March 17, 2010
In the spirit of all things green on Parade Day in New York City, here a few kewl gadgets that you might rationalize buying as honoring St. Patrick. We took a quick visit to ThinkGeek and found the gems below. ? JuiceBar Portable Solar Charger: No, it's not "the newest health drink franchise trend sweeping the country," says ThinkGeek...

TOSS THE TIES? THE VERDICT

Posted on March 09, 2010
A few posts down, I invited you to give me guidance on Law Technology News' photo policies ? and I was thrilled that the question generated such a robust discussion here and in your private messages to me. I asked the question of whether or not it was time to change our long-standing policy governing photos submitted for our President's Corner feature and People column...

HAPPY DAY

Posted on March 08, 2010
Ring the Bell: Victoria Pynchon, author of the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog and the founder of the IP ADR Blog is asking all women bloggers, as well as women who are active on social networking sites such as Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook, "to proclaim and celebrate March as Women's History Month...

FAST LANE ON VIDEO

Posted on March 01, 2010
Austin lawyer/forensics special master Craig Ball, author of Law Technology News' "Ball in Your Court" e-discovery column, recently joined me to discuss how e-discovery expertise can help women "end run" the glass ceiling, and take leadership roles in their organization...

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RICHARDSON JOINS BLOG NETWORK

Posted on February 26, 2010
Heads up Apple Addicts: Jeff Richardson joins ALM's Law.com Blog Network, with the iPhone JD blog. It targets lawyers who use Apple's iPhone. Richardson is a partner in the New Orleans office of Adams and Reese, where his practice focuses on representing defendants in class action and complex litigation, as well as appellate, products liability, and constitutional litigation...

YOUR OPINION PLEASE!

Posted on February 24, 2010
As frequent readers of Law Technology News know, a key mission of our publication is to champion the members of our legal technology community ? IT leaders, paralegals, lit support and e-discovery professionals, firm executives, vendors, et al. I am constantly on my soap box hounding law firm managing partners and corporate GC to fix gender pay inequity, and preaching the power of diversity...

Technology Satisfaction Survey

Posted on February 23, 2010
I turn the mic over to my colleague Sean Doherty, about some exciting news: ALM has recently launched its 2010 Technology Vendor Satisfaction Survey to measure law firm satisfaction with technology across nine attributes in 25 categories. The survey has pre-populated the categories from the winners of the last two years of Law Technology News awards...

WOMEN IN E-DISCOVERY: N.J. MTG POSTPONED

Posted on February 15, 2010
With yet another snowstorm expected to hit the tri-state area today and tomorrow, the inaugural meeting of the New Jersey chapter of Women in E-Discovery has been postponed. I'm so disappointed as I was looking forward to the event (I was scheduled to speak on social networking)...

TWO CHOICES

Posted on February 11, 2010
Law Technology News' first-ever Compliance Showcase includes a helpful article from Toyko-based Thomas Shaw, discussing how companies can vet vendors. Carefully choosing vendors to help global company process data requires finesse and a lot of knowledge...

LET IT SNOW

Posted on February 10, 2010
I've been based in New York City for 12 years now, but I'm still a California girl at heart. So I'm acting like a kid today because ? for the first time since I moved here ? ALM has declared a Snow Day for its NYC offices. When I lived in San Francisco, we had "appointment" snow -- weekend trips to Tahoe, with the joy of driving over the Donner Summit and experiencing the Sierras' sheer majesty...

CONQUER COMPLIANCE

Posted on February 10, 2010
A dominant theme in many discussions at LegalTech New York was the emergence of compliance as a key concern to firms, law departments, and government organizations. To address this trend, Law Technology News presents our first-ever Compliance Showcase, in our February issue...

LTN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Posted on February 09, 2010
At our LTN Awards ceremonies at LegalTech New York, I was honored to present our inaugural Law Technology News Lifetime Achievement Awards to three wonderful members of our legal technology . John Alber, Thomas Burke, and M. Thomas Collins have all demonstrated leadership and a fierce commitment to technology innovation, customer service, and the legal technology community throughout their careers...

#LTNY WRAPUP

Posted on February 04, 2010
Whirlwind: The booths are dismantled but the buzz remains intense, as we wrap up LegalTech New York. We saw significant new releases from companies large (Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis) and small (Rosen Technologies); learned a lot about Judge Shira Scheindlin's important new ruling on legal holds; listened with awe as Malcolm Gladwell and Lisa Sanders (right with David Craig) compared the legal and medical professions; felt more confident about drafting social networking policies; quietly cried as the Cambodia Ambassador to the United Nations, Sea Kosal, accepted the award to the Cambodia Tribunal for its creative technology; networked with established and new friends; and had such energetic conversations that we are all losing our voices...

GENTLE RAIN

Posted on February 04, 2010
Inspiring Words: Monday night, at LegalTech New York, we recognized the winners of the 2009 LTN Awards ? leaders of our community who showed creativity and innovation to develop technology tools to help legal professionals. It was wonderful to be able to present the awards to such stellar members of our community...

#LTNY: LTN AWARDS PARTY!

Posted on January 27, 2010
Celebrate! On Monday, February 1, we will honor the winners of the 2009 LTN Awards, at a gala party at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., during LegalTech New York. It will be held in the Mercury Ballroom. Come enjoy the fellowship of our wonderful legal technology community, along great food and plenty of beverages...

#LTNY: BLOGGERS BREAKFAST & FREEBIES

Posted on January 27, 2010
LegalTech once again is offering a full conference complimentary pass to non-vendor bloggers. For more information about the show you can go to www.legaltechshow.com. To facilitate effective blogging and tweeting, the front rows in all the meeting rooms will be reserved for bloggers and will have electricity available...

#LTNY: SOCIAL NETWORKING X2

Posted on January 27, 2010
Social Networking x2: I will be moderating not one, but two panels addressing social networking during LegalTech New York at the Hilton (midtown) next week. The first will be held on Monday, Feb. 1, from 2:30-3:45, "Designing your Social Media Policy to Protect and Enhance Your Company...

WEXIS REVAMPS

Posted on January 26, 2010
The New York Times posted this article about changes in Westlaw and LexisNexis. Both companies are expected to make significant announcements at LegalTech New York; Thomson Reuter has a 9 am press conference scheduled for Feb. 1 at LTNY. Keep an eye on our LTN website (and this blog) for details during LegalTech...

LTN TV

Posted on January 25, 2010
LTN TV: Back by popular demand, I will be again be taping short YouTube webcasts during LegalTech New York. We had such a blast doing them last year, we decided to reprise them again this year. (Here are a few from LTNY09: with Michael Kraft, Mary Mack, and Dan Berlin...

LEGALTECH PREVIEW

Posted on January 24, 2010
I turn the mic over to my colleague Sean Doherty, tech editor of Law.com: LegalTech impacts how we provide legal services and manage the business of law. With technology we can provide better legal services with research tools from LexisNexis and Westlaw, and software that cull and review data for evidence, assemble documents, and manage trial notebooks...

LTNY EDITORS' BREAKFAST

Posted on January 24, 2010
Countdown: We're in total overdrive here in New York getting ready for LegalTech New York, which unofficially starts on Sunday, January 31, and officially launches on Monday, February 1. Law.com's technology editor Sean Doherty and I will be at the show, and we are excited about introducing LTN's new editorial assistant, Heather Schultz, at our traditional Editors' Breakfast on Tuesday Feb...

LTNY VENDOR BRIEFINGS

Posted on January 24, 2010
I again turn the mic over to Law.com technology editor Sean Doherty: LegalTech New York is approaching fast and I am sure you are busy scheduling to maximize your time at the biggest legal technology event of the year. I am. In fact, I am scheduling briefings with vendors to get more information on the products and services they provide the legal community...

Just Equal #2

Posted on January 22, 2010
Huge thanks to Craig Ball -- and to the Women in E-Discovery's NYC Chapter -- for a wonderful lunch at the organization's January meeting -- where Craig and I spoke about how women can use e-discovery training to end run the "glass ceiling." I'm in the process of writing about the event for the next issue of LTN -- and because we have recently merged the LTN and Law...

HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING

Posted on January 18, 2010
Today, we take a day to reflect on the dreams and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. Here are a few links to frame the day: ? MLK's Nobel Prize biography (and photo, right). ? Wikipedia biography. ? The King Center. ? "I Have a Dream" speech (YouTube)...

RUDOY & MAHONEY: "SWIM OR SINK"

Posted on January 17, 2010
As law firms and law departments struggle to thrive in the new economy, they look to technology to help them navigate. George Rudoy, director of global practice technology and information services at Shearman & Sterling, predicts key trends for the year ahead ? one of our new videos on our newly revamped Law Technology News website...

DOCS v. LAWYERS RE: E-RECORDS

Posted on January 17, 2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allocated $19 billion to help doctors and other health care providers buy and install electronic health record systems, with the agenda of creating an integrated national Health Information Network to improve health care and reduce costs...

CRAIG BALL: EDD FOR EVERYBODY

Posted on January 17, 2010
Most discussions about e-discovery focus on big firm, big budget litigation, but even small cases involve electronically stored information. What's a small firm attorney to do when she faces the courtroom with a relatively small matter? Craig Ball comes to the rescue with the help of key players in our legal technology community...

END GAME

Posted on January 17, 2010
Terminating legal holds is easier said than done, says John Jablonski. But it's also "an essential part of a defensible legal hold business process." In "End Game," Jablonski, a partner with Goldberg Segalla, and co-author of ARMA's new book, 7 Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents, says that "timely release of legal holds can help corporations escape from the legal hold purgatory...

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Posted on January 17, 2010
It's been three years now since the electronic data discovery rules were added to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the number of reported cases involving electronically stored information has skyrocketed. But some lawyers still "simply do not anticipate (or woefully underestimate) issues related to ESI," says Cecil Lynn, of counsel to Ryley Carlock and Applewhite...

E-DISCOVERY BILL OF RIGHTS

Posted on January 17, 2010
In January's Ball in Your Court column, Craig Ball argues that it's time for a "Bill of Rights" for requesting parties who seek electronically stored information from their opponents. Requesting parties, he insists, have rights -- and duties -- during litigation...

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