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Ethical Credit Card Processing; Reviews of Westlaw, Loislaw, TrialDirector, Tabs3; Archiving Case-Related Outlook Email

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, October 14, 2010

Today's issue of Answers to Questions contains these articles:

Beverly Michaelis, How to Accept Credit Cards Without Violating Ethics Rules

Ay Uaxe, Review: Westlaw and Loislaw

Edward Zohn, Tip: Another Way to Archive Case-Related Outlook Email

Edward Schoenecker, Review: TrialDirector and Total Recorder

Michael Jones, Review: Tabs3 for Time-Billing

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LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer: Read Our Exclusive Report

By Eliza Sarasohn | Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers a new verdict and settlement research service (see article below), the world's first tabletphone, an automated discovery document review tool, an an iPhone calendar app. Don't miss the next issue.

Set the Right Course for Your Cases Before They Begin

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You might be able to find your high-school sweetheart using a free search engine, but you're unlikely to find much in the way of settlements and verdicts from cases similar to yours. Such invaluable information enables you to advise your client in the earliest stages of litigation — press the pedal to the metal, slam on the brakes, or maintain cruise control. Studies show that early case assessment results in more favorable outcomes in 76 percent of cases and reduces litigation costs in 50 percent of cases, on average, yet a whopping 64 percent of litigators report they don't conduct such research.

LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer … in One Sentence
LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer enables you to research the history of past settlements and verdicts in cases similar to yours.

The Killer Feature
Rather than just list settlements and verdicts, LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer displays information using interactive charts and graphs. This visual representation of information better enables you to figure out how best to proceed with a case. It also saves you time because you can quickly zero in on the most relevant data such as recent settlements and verdicts in your jurisdiction.

"Verdict & Settlement Analyzer enables litigators to review the range of possible case outcomes in just seconds, delivering trusted answers drawn from the largest available online collection of verdict and settlement documents," Bob Romeo, senior vice president and managing director of LexisNexis' Research and Litigation Solutions, told us.

Other Notable Features
You use Verdict & Settlement Analyzer by entering case facts and selecting filters such as amount awarded, jurisdiction, method of resolution, and timeframe. You can change the variables to graphically see how they change the results. At any point, you can produce a professional report in PDF format to show and discuss with your client.

You can drill down and change variables as often as you want at no extra charge. LexisNexis automatically saves your search results for 24 hours.

What Else Should You Know?
Verdict & Settlement Analyzer requires a lexis.com account. LexisNexis charges $125 to generate a report, which includes access to the charts and graphs, unlimited filtering capabilities to help narrow search results, and access to the underlying list of documents. Depending on your subscription, additional charges may apply. Learn more about LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Analyzer.

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Review: TrialDirector 6

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Juries and judges render their decisions primarily based on what they see and hear. As a litigator, it's your job to make sure they see and hear what you want them to see and hear. Trial presentation software can help with this essential task. In this TechnoFeature, trial presentation consultant Timothy Piganelli reviews TrialDirector 6, the new version of inData's popular trial presentation software. In Tim's review, you'll learn about all the new features, how well they work, and whether or not your firm should purchase TrialDirector 6.

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Mobile Practice Management Apps; Reviews of Kodak ScanMate, PaperPort, KCY220 Monitor Mount; Windows 7-to-XP Downgrade; Email and Document Archiving Tip

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, August 19, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Aaron Craft provides three reasons why the major players in practice management software don't have iPhone apps, Jay Macedon reviews the Kodak ScanMate i1120 and PaperPort, Kurt Walberg reviews dual monitors and his Chief KCY220 mount, Karl Willard shares a tip for those that must use Windows 7 but still prefer XP, and Matt Horn discusses a solution for archiving email. Don't miss this issue.

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Reviews of PCLaw, CaseMap, and X1; Practice Management Software Advice; ScanSnap Tip

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, August 12, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Steven J. Best discusses Time Matters, Amicus Attorney, and the dos and don'ts of practice management software, Ed Detlie shares how to save to JPEG with a Fujitsu ScanSnap, Caren Schwartz compares PCLaw and Outlook for case management, Ben Ballard reviews the CaseMap Suite, and Robin Meadow reviews X1 for desktop searching plus she shares her file naming convention. Don't miss this issue.

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Cloud Preservation: Read Our Exclusive Report

By Eliza Sarasohn | Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers an eDiscovery archiving service for blogs and social media (see article below), an online service for legal holds, a multifunction inkjet printer, electronic discovery document review software, and a voice control app for Android smartphones. Don't miss the next issue.

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Reining in the Cloud

The childhood rhyme "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" may have once applied to life on the playground. But as in-house counsel and litigators know, words can result in dire consequences, particularly in today's increasingly wired world. For corporations, the rising use of social media — blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and the like — represent an explosive new area of electronic data to manage and for your adversaries to mine in the event of litigation. But until now electronic discovery tools have focused almost exclusively on archiving email messages as opposed to social media. Fortunately, help has finally arrived.

Cloud Preservation … in One Sentence
Nextpoint's Cloud Preservation is an online eDiscovery service that archives and preserves content from Web sites, blogs, and social media.

The Killer Feature
The people who work at your company (your clients for those of you who serve as outside counsel) continually add to, delete from, update, and refine your corporate Web sites, blogs, Facebook fan pages, Twitter accounts, and more. Nextpoint designed Cloud Preservation to automatically crawl these online properties at predefined intervals, creating a comprehensive and searchable archive of this content, including HTML source code and images.

"We are very excited to bring this product to the marketplace," CEO Rakesh Madhava told us. "We heard from our customers there was a need for a simple archiving solution for their intellectual assets on the Web and we are pleased to provide them with the progressive technology and expertise to fill this need."

Other Notable Features
Cloud Preservation is Web-based, requiring no installation. Sign up, identify what you want preserved, and set a weekly, monthly, semi-monthly, or annual crawling schedule to begin building your archive. The search engine facilitates Boolean queries. You can add filters to your searches such as date range as well as conduct account-specific or crawl-specific searches.

Cloud Preservation supports multiple levels of data exportation, ranging from PDF files of any page to comprehensive batch exporting into popular file formats such as Concordance and Summation load files, EDRM XML, Trial Director, and more.

Nextpoint offers several other SaaS products such as Discovery Cloud and Trial Cloud, all of which integrate with Cloud Preservation for a comprehensive eDiscovery solution from preservation through trial.

What Else Should You Know?
Monthly pricing plans for Cloud Preservation begin at $9 for five feeds and up to 1 GB of storage. Companies with more complex needs can obtain a customized quote. Learn more about Cloud Preservation.

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Small Versus Big Firms Plus 101 More Articles

By Sara Skiff | Monday, August 9, 2010

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 102 articles from the past week worthy of your attention, including our Post of the Week. Here's a sample:

Adobe's Advice on Purging PDF Documents of Metadata

A Frugal Attorney Reviews the Motorola i1

Nail Non-Verbal Negotiation by Mirroring Your Opponent

Law Firm's Ad Derides Service It Uses

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Document Management Software Reviews; Software Upgrades; PhoneSlips Review; Dual Monitors; Security Tip

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, July 22, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Eric Zaidins reviews PaperPort and Worldox for document management, Laura Hills clarifies her previous Post on software updates versus upgrades, Ronald Cappuccio reviews Phoneslips for cheap case management, Michael St. George discusses dual monitors, and Daniel Fennick discusses alternative ways to destroy a hard drive. Don't miss this issue.

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Review: Intella 1.3.1 eDiscovery Software

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Coming today to TechnoFeature: You ask your client for all responsive documents. Your client hands you a DVD. Easy, right? Not if that DVD contains tens of thousands of email messages and other electronic documents. How can you access and cull the data to find the relevant documents? Vound Software claims that Intella, its eDiscovery software, can help litigation teams with this task. But how well does Intella work? In this TechnoFeature, trial technology and computer forensics consultant Bruce Olson reviews Intella and reports on his experience using it in his practice.

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Email Archiving; VMWare Fusion on Two Monitors; Word Macros; Wikis for Case Chronologies; KeePass Review

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, July 8, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: William Brown discusses the pitfalls of Microsoft's macros, David Service reviews Thunderbird, Harry Burris explains how to use dual monitors to run Windows on Mac, Miriam Jacobson explains how to use wikis for case chronologies, and Stephen Lander reviews KeePass. Don't miss this issue.

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