TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming August 1, 2008 to Fat Friday: Paul Easton reviews a number of multiple calendar solutions, including Exchange, SharePoint, Google Calendar, etc., Philip Franckel discusses the risks of spam filters and reviews QuickFile4Outlook—Lawyer's Edition, Douglas Thomas adds his two cents to the software design discussion (plus he recommends a book on the subject), David Abell shares his experience as a righty mousing left-handed, and Ross Kodner writes in with his vote for the best Microsoft Word resource for lawyers. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 31, 2008 to Answers to Questions: Neil Packard shares tips for Bates stamping documents and explains which format generally works best for discovery documents, Francis Jackson compares Amicus Attorney to Prevail for practice management, Simon Berglund discusses the difference between MP3 and Digital Speech Standard (DSS) devices and how to choose between them, Kerry Hubick reviews Copernic Desktop Search, and Michael Markovitz reviews PaperPort, including how he uses it with his scanner. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 29, 2008 to TechnoFeature: Forgetting a date usually doesn't have serious repercussions — a dentist appointment, a kid's soccer game, your anniversary ... well, maybe not that last one. But missing a court deadline can get you fired, sued, and/or disciplined by your state bar. In this article, patent attorney Norman Van Treeck reviews CompuLaw Vision for keeping track of court-imposed deadlines. Norman explains how his firm uses CompuLaw Vision and assesses the performance of the current version. If your firm has contemplated investing in technology to help with calendaring and docketing, read Norman's comprehensive review to see if CompuLaw Vision can serve your needs.

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Coming July 25, 2008 to Fat Friday: Robert Bass reviews Jott for BlackBerry (and we report on other Jott reviews), Director of CLE for the Nebraska State Bar Kathryn Bellman discusses the challenges CLE providers face, Ron Murphy explains why he thinks multiple calendars are a big mistake (and we explain why we agree and disagree), Jeff Wyatt reviews the Virtual Training Company's online training programs for Microsoft Word 2007, and Tom Trottier rants about Apple fanboys (and we rush to their defense). Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 24, 2008 to Answers to Questions: Kevin Kirlin reviews his experience running Windows XP on a MacBook Pro, Ina Kay Zimmerman reviews Netmass for online backup, Ted Harper explains how to use multiple monitors with multiple computers (and why he still loves his old CRT), Nicholas Richter provides an update on his recent Question about whether he should upgrade to Amicus Attorney 2008, and Bertrand Zalinsky explains how to create a Paste Special macro in Word 2007. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 22, 2008 to TechnoFeature: De-duplication is a necessary but confusing concept in eDiscovery. Many vendors are quick to claim their expertise in de-duplicating a collection of email and electronic documents, but the results often disappoint. In this review, eDiscovery expert Brett Burney evaluates Equivio, which claims that its "near-duplicate" approach is much more efficient at culling down a document collection. How does this unique software work and what does Brett think about it? Read his comprehensive review to find out.

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Coming July 15, 2008 to TechnoFeature: The American Bar Association (ABA) recently published Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell's book The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together. Jordan Furlong, Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Bar Association's National Magazine, describes the book as "a thoughtful, comprehensive, strategic guide for 21st-century lawyers to understand and appreciate the significance of collaboration, and how it can be integrated into real-world legal practices." We also think it's terrific and a worthwhile investment. Thanks to the ABA and the authors, below you'll find a reprint of Chapter 17, which focuses on using Microsoft SharePoint as a collaboration tool. If you like this excerpt, you'll love the book, which you can order from the ABA.

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Coming July 18, 2008 to Fat Friday: Sam Gibson reviews Windows Small Business Server's Remote Web Workplace and LogMeIn for remote control, Brian Cluxton discusses why you may want to think twice about switching to Macs if you work in a small city, Carroll Straus reminisces about good and bad times with Microsoft Word, Mark Klarich reviews the Wacom CTE-440 pen tablet (especially for those with repetetive stress injuries), and Tom Trottier discusses three free alternatives to ActiveWords. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 17, 2008 to Answers to Questions: John Ahern reviews his firm's Xerox DocuMate 252 scanner as well as PaperPort and Snappy Fax, Aaron Craft reviews Cisco's Unified Communications 520 system for VoIP at the office, Gerard Stubbert discusses the technical issues lawyers face when dealing with native files during discovery, Jim Grennan reviews Trumba for case docketing, and William Lloyd reviews Eudora and discusses alternatives Penelope and Thunderbird. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming July 11, 2008 to Fat Friday: Ross Kodner responds to Martin Dean's recent rebuttal regarding email confidentiality, Bruce Vermeychuk provides a brief history of WordPerfect and points to a free eBook about the early days of the company by one of WordPerfect's founding fathers, Andrew Weltchek discusses spam and challenge response software, Paul Lepine points to a unique mouse and shares two tips for more comfortable mousing, and Thomas Fitzpatrick comes to Apple's defense regarding its cinema displays and the elusive built-in iSight camera. Don't miss this issue.

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Published on Fridays, Fat Friday is a weekly newsletter that features a grab bag full of genuinely useful product reviews and tips on a wide variety of topics. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.