TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming April 21, 2005 to Answers to Questions: William Egger provides the most comprehensive review of CompuLaw we've ever seen (he also reviews Amicus Attorney for good measure); James Covington reports that he has found a replacement for HP's beloved but star-crossed CapShare handheld scanner, Mark Klarich explains why he uses two computers and which ones he chose, and Brent Riggs notes the distinction between Reveal Codes and Reveal Formatting while Alan Garber explains why both have become passe — relics of a bygone era. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming April 18, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Paul Waldron reviews a new product that eliminates the need to "babysit" your scanner, Roger Boyell explains what to look for in the new crop of digital audio recorders (for dictation), Howard Raab discusses why he disagrees with my recent advice about Dell, Hugh Tedder reviews a useful accessory that raises your laptop to an ergonomically appropriate height, and Jeanetta Stewart compares Word's "Reveal Formatting" to WordPerfect's "Reveal Codes." Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a twice 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 April 19, 2005 to TechnoFeature: Phil Rhodes and his colleague, who practice law in Northern California, recently moved their four-lawyer, three-staff office to new quarters in the same city. In this article, Phil chronicles some of the larger issues they faced. In doing so, he provides some invaluable suggestions for planning a smooth office move that interrupts revenue generation as little as possible.

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Coming April 14, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Sean Tierney reviews an alternative to extranets for collaborating with clients, John Heckman discusses the pros and cons of using CompuLaw, David Silverman explains how to get more out of your digital copier with software add-ons, Susan Rosenberg provides an easy way to track trust accounts with QuickBooks, and Nick Kaczun discusses products that can automatically route your scanned documents to your document management system and to clients, colleagues, and others. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a twice 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 April 11, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Clyde Ahlquist reviews the necessary equipment for setting up a VPN in a law firm, Mark Deal explains what to do when Time Matters Enterprise slows down, and Neil Chap and William Shilling discuss case management options for the Macintosh platform. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
Published Mondays and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a twice 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 April 15, 2005 to Fat Friday: Quite possibly the best Fat Friday newsletter ever, Kevin Grierson explores whether legal blogs are worth the effort, Yvonne Renfrew discusses Acrobat's 7's little-known killer feature for lawyers, and David Swanner sets forth 12 technology tips for trial lawyers (most of the tips apply to all lawyers not to mention law firm administrators). 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.

Coming April 11, 2005 to IP Memes: You'll get the scoop on what the mainstream media didn't report about the Grokster case, read about a unique case involving common law copyright, and learn about the latest greatest site for downloading IP-related MP3 lectures and discussions (better known these days as a podcast). All that plus the IP Memes IP Blog of the Week.

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Published on Mondays, IP Memes is a biweekly newsletter that explores emerging technology-related intellectual property issues — or "memes" as we call them. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming April 12, 2005 to TechnoFeature: Trial presentations were complex long before the technology revolution of the 1990s, but since that time, the choices for presenting e vidence in the courtroom have multiplied considerably. Despite having more options available, the fundamentals of trial advocacy remain unchanged: you must present a believable story to a jury using relevant evidence, and convince them to decide in your favor. In this article, trial presentation expert Barry Brian Wheeler takes a look at the considerations necessary for choosing and using technology that can turn a good trial presentation into a winning trial presentation.

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An incredible 67.8% of TechnoLawyer members use Adobe Acrobat.  If you use Acrobat, listen up — tomorrow's edition of our TechnoFeature newsletter will contain an exclusive review of Acrobat 7. Here is the synopsis:

Acrobat 7's Seven Most Notable New Features
In this article, CaseSoft CEO Greg Krehel reviews the seven new features of Adobe Acrobat 7 likely to generate the greatest interest among lawyers, paralegals, and legal assistants. Additionally, Greg also explores the differences among the five different products in the Acrobat family. This article contains 1,301 words.

Incidentally, for those of you who use both Acrobat and CaseMap, Greg asked me to pass along the following: "There's a new "Send-to-CaseMap" Plug-in for Acrobat 7. You can obtain it at no-charge. The behavior of the Plug-in remains the same."

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Published on Tuesdays, TechnoFeature is a weekly newsletter that contains in-depth articles written by leading legal technology and practice management experts. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.