TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 40 articles from the past week worthy of your attention, including our Post of the Week. Here's a sample:

Twittering the LegalTech Trade Show

Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms

How Proskauer Rose Capitalized on the Madoff Scandal

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Coming today to Fat Friday: David Hirsch discusses Macs in the law office, Thomas Daly shares the details of his comprehensive backup routine, Tom Trottier explains the differences between laptops and smartphones and what hybrids he'd like to see in the future, Alan Schaaf discusses the ROI of building versus buying your firm's PCs, and Robert Copeland reviews upgrading to Time Matters 9.0. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming today to Answers to Questions: Thomas Hutto reviews AdvologixPM for online practice management, Michael Schley explains three ways to archive Outlook messages, Wandal Winn reviews Google Calendar for client appointments, Robert Johnson compares the BlackBerry Storm to the iPhone while musing about the yet-to-be-released Palm Pre, and Robert Levinson reviews several Nuance products. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming today in the first ever issue of BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 50 articles from the past month worthy of your attention, including our Post of the Week. Here's a sample:

What's the Verdict on Verdical?

Kill the Billable Hour

Video Marketing Tip: Check Your Ego at the Door

This issue also contains links to every article in the January 2009 issues of Law Practice Today and Law Technology News. Don't miss this issue or future issues.

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, law firm marketing, and electronic discovery, but not the only coverage. To stay on top of all the noteworthy articles published in blogs and other online publications you could either hire a research assistant or simply subscribe to BlawgWorld. The BlawgWorld newsletter has received rave reviews and is free. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to Fat Friday: David Ventker explains why his firm's backup system lets him sleep at night, Douglas Shachtman reviews Norton 360 and its online tech support, Fred Kruck reviews ActiveWords and its interaction with Worldox, John Ryan shares some paperless office words of wisdom as well as the scanners he prefers, and Claude Morgan comments on the power of community (and shares an upcoming book on the subject). Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive Fat Friday
Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Bob Walsh shares the details of his firm's paperless workflow and backup strategy, Ivan Frockt reviews RTG Bills, Eric Harris reviews the Workrite Sierra adjustable desk, Brooks Miller explains how to create table of authorities in WordPerfect, and Michael O'Byrne shares his top four reasons to upgrade to digital dictation. Don't miss this issue.

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Published on Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to TechnoFeature: No longer a joke, the paperless law office has become a reality thanks to advances in scanners. In this article, attorney and technology enthusiast Jeffrey Allen reviews Fujitsu's ScanSnap S300, putting it through the paces at his general practice law firm and on the road. In the course of his review, Jeff identifies the pros and cons, and explains what he would like to see in future versions. Can the ScanSnap S300 help your law firm become paperless? Read Jeff's review to find out.

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Coming today to Fat Friday: Andrew Flusche reviews Pathagoras for document assembly, Gregory Harper shares seven pearls of wisdom about the legal profession, Ted Brooks reviews BlackBerry Professional Software, Kathy Mergulhao reviews DocXchange, and Patrick Gann writes in with his experience sharing office space with a non-legal professional. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming today to Answers to Questions: Roger Mullins reviews the pros and cons of using Zotero for archiving legal research and other Web pages, Ralph Stoker clarifies some misconceptions about the security of reformatting a hard drive, Morris Tabush discusses the BlackBerry Storm, Barron Henley reviews OmniPage Standard versus Pro as well as Nuance tech support, and Jonathan Warshay reviews STRIP for password management. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: With the recent state of the economy, many companies are tightening their belt — and law firms are no exception. But sometimes you have to spend money to make money. According to legal technology consultant Seth Rowland, now is the time to redouble legal document automation initiatives. In this comprehensive two-part series, Seth explores document automation, first from a technology perspective, and then from a business case perspective. Published on November 25, 2008, Part 1 explained how to get started. Today in Part 2, Seth returns to discuss the Return on Investment ("ROI") for document automation initiatives.

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