TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming September 25, 2007 to TechnoFeature: One of the definitions of "concordance" is agreement  — something all litigators hope to gain from judges and jurors during trial. Fittingly, a year after acquiring Dataflight, LexisNexis has released Concordance 2007. In this review, litigation support expert Paul Easton evaluates Concordance 2007's significant new features and minor tweaks  — and of course rates it using our TechnoScore system.

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Coming September 28, 2007 to Fat Friday: Steven Schwaber implores general counsel to hire more small law firms, Mazyar Hedayat shares his thoughts on the new lawyer-rating Web site Avvo, Anna Marie Sossong reviews the Cirque Touchpad, Philip Franckel describes his document naming system, and Joyce Kawahata explains why her firm uses both WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 27, 2007 to Answers to Questions: Gerard Stubbert reviews his Sony Vaios as well as his son's HP Compaq Tablet PC, Peter Bender reviews Amicus Small Firm, Michael Dowden provides three helpful tips for more secure WiFi in a law firm, Corey Rich explains how to use Acrobat 8 Professional with transcripts, and Cynthia Zook explains how to fix a WordPerfect X3 bug when comparing documents. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 18, 2007 to TechnoFeature: Document Comparison. Document Security. Years ago, these terms didn't exist. However, today if you don't have a solution for these issues, you're likely collaborating on documents inefficiently and needlessly exposing some secrets. In this article, document assembly expert Marc Lauritsen takes a look at the latest version of Workshare Professional and its place in the bustling ecosystem of document technologies. Before you save one more Word document or create one more PDF file, read Marc's review to see if Workshare Professional 5 could benefit your firm. As an added bonus, Workshare weighs in on Marc's review.

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Coming September 21, 2007 to Fat Friday: Mark Klarich shares his thoughts on the current state of CLE and how to improve it, Philip Franckel provides some Yellow Pages adverting tips, Andrew Weltchek reviews several Outlook add-ins and general productivity-boosting utilities, Harold Goldner reviews Qipit for mobile scanning, and John Winkelman recounts his first experience with Dell's laptop repair services. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 20, 2007 to Answers to Questions: Kurt Schoettler discusses the Windows XP versus Vista issue, Andrea Cannavina reviews Express Scribe and Winscribe, Alvin Thomas explains the ins and outs of buying Tabs3 from a reseller, Martin Dean explains how to convert PDF files to Word format and add text to PDF files, and Cynthia Zook shares her low-tech password management solution. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 14, 2007 to Fat Friday: Stephen Seldin continues the Word v. WordPerfect debate comparing cost, metadata issues, formatting, and more, Michelle Niemeyer takes on law firm age discrimination, Greg Goodrich explains why he (probably) won't switch from his Treo 650 to an iPhone (and our publisher updates his iPhone review), Diane Hopkins describes her "Backups3" method and how it can save your firm from disaster, and Sanjay Singh explains why lawyers need to worry about more than just size limitations when it comes to Rules in Outlook. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 13, 2007 to Answers to Questions: Carlton Barnes reviews Copernic Desktop Search 1.7 and 2.0, Adam Drennen reviews StartStop dictation software with the Olympus DS-2300 digital recorder, Edward Poll reviews his Lenovo ThinkPad X60 and shares his thoughts on PDAs, Kermit Lowery, VP & Lead Customer Solutions Counsel at LexisNexis, responds to a recent Post about LexisNexis' terms of service, and Jill McLean provides a quick workaround for PDF printing problems. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 11, 2007 to TechnoFeature: Most lawyers are so busy with their current case loads, they don't have time to seek new clients. Without a client development strategy and the tools and resources needed to execute it, law firms can miss out on numerous opportunities. In this article, managing partner David Stevenson discusses how his firm addressed this all-too-common problem by implementing Client Relationship Management (CRM) software.

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Coming September 4, 2007 to TechnoFeature: Bob Dylan once said "Chaos is a friend of mine." But for most trial lawyers, the opposite is true. Organization is key to a litigator's success — and that's where trial presentation software comes in handy. In this article, trial attorney and legal technology expert Bruce Olson reviews the new features and enhancements of TrialDirector 5.1. Whether you currently use an older version of TrialDirector, a competing product, or nothing at all, Bruce's comprehensive review will help you decide whether TrialDirector 5.1 can bring some order to your litigation practice.

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