tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975994155298551802024-03-13T22:33:03.273-07:00Law Office ComputingLive your life and practice law at the same time. Talking about the 21st Century lawyer and law firm.Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-77480194698565798512012-09-03T14:10:00.001-07:002012-09-03T14:10:03.472-07:00The Mean Economy: Even law firms hit hard by recession - Washington Times<a href="http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/27/marlton-nj-terri-a-doring-used-to-take-her-comfort/?page=2">The Mean Economy: Even law firms hit hard by recession - Washington Times</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-846924337093372722012-03-06T14:55:00.003-08:002012-03-06T14:55:57.896-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">Since most of the first biglaw jobs appear most often to be in doc review a new case should be of interest. If this Federal Judge is correct in his assessment of the state of computerized document review (and I think he is) then traditional doc review jobs will be 21st century buggy whip makers. If those doc review jobs disappear in the next 18 months the job market will be further contracted:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>" This Opinion appears to be the first in which a Court has approved of the use of computer-assisted review. That does not mean computer-assisted review must be used in all cases, or that the exact ESI protocol approved here will be appropriate in all future cases that utilize computer-assisted review. Nor does this Opinion endorse any vendor … nor any particular computer-assisted review tool. What the Bar should take away from this Opinion is that computer-assisted review is an available tool and should be seriously considered for use in large-data-volume cases where it may save the producing party (or both parties) significant amounts of legal fees in document review. Counsel no longer have to worry about being the “first” or “guinea pig” for judicial acceptance of computer-assisted review. As with keywords or any other technological solution to e-discovery, counsel must design an appropriate process, including use of available technology, with appropriate quality control testing, to review and produce relevant ESI while adhering to Rule 1 and Rule 26(b)(2)(C) proportionality. Computer-assisted review now can be considered judicially-approved for use in appropriate cases."</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/uploads/file/Da%20Silva%20Moore%20Opinion.pdf</span>
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Failures Explained - NYTimes.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-71442851377840885852011-10-27T15:43:00.000-07:002011-10-27T15:43:01.647-07:00Dropbox Aims to Solidify Its Place With Businesses - NYTimes.comMore on Dropbox and some discussion of the security issues. Bottomline: you need a strong password, something like !Xy1. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/technology/dropbox-aims-to-solidify-its-place-with-businesses.html?ref=technology">Dropbox Aims to Solidify Its Place With Businesses - NYTimes.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-70168682299161325912011-10-25T10:45:00.000-07:002011-10-25T10:45:21.096-07:00Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary? - NYTimes.comThe following piece suggests that deregulation of law practice should and will occur. As I have suggested elsewhere, technology is already driving legal business away from traditional law firms and toward other entities. I believe that dramatic, revolutionary change is happening in regard to the structure of law firms. This blog is an effort to shine a light on the way forward for young lawyers and small law firms. Here is the article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/opinion/are-law-schools-and-bar-exams-necessary.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print">Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary? - NYTimes.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-39747664990258849212011-10-24T15:06:00.000-07:002011-10-24T15:06:12.541-07:00equivio.com/files/LJN Baker and McKenzie.pdfHere is the future of big litigation. There are even firms now that are employing lawyers to work on these kind of document review jobs for law firms on a contract basis. This is one of the highly disruptive technologies of our day. <a href="http://equivio.com/files/LJN%20Baker%20and%20McKenzie.pdf">equivio.com/files/LJN Baker and McKenzie.pdf</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-4214696906170276872011-10-23T21:37:00.000-07:002011-10-23T21:37:30.895-07:00Will Dropouts Save America? - NYTimes.comI agree with most all of the observations in the following piece. Much of the creativity that goes into the creation of a virtual law firm is exactly in line with the author's observations. Does this article talk about you? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/will-dropouts-save-america.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB">Will Dropouts Save America? - NYTimes.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-36997850011963162682011-10-20T17:02:00.000-07:002011-10-20T17:02:50.020-07:00Tweets And Status Updates Meet The Courtroom: How Social Media Continues To Be A Challenge For E-Discovery In 2011Electronic discovery is a very large part of the technical/electronic revolution that has swept over law practice in the last decade. Even if you are not directly involved in litigation your clients may be and you may be required to take action to protect their information. Here are some cautionary tales about Facebook and other social media that have become important issues in law practice. <a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/litigationresourcecenter/blogs/e-discovery/archive/2011/09/08/tweets-and-status-updates-meet-the-courtroom-how-social-media-continues-to-be-a-challenge-for-e-discovery-in-2011.aspx">Tweets And Status Updates Meet The Courtroom: How Social Media Continues To Be A Challenge For E-Discovery In 2011</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-43932886204954690162011-10-20T16:41:00.000-07:002011-10-20T16:41:29.473-07:00Dropbox Will Simplify Your Life - NYTimes.comSome people have raised questions about the security of Dropbox when used by lawyers for protected client information. Everybody needs to make their own decision about that, but in my opinion modest and reasonable precautions can be taken. This is a truly wonderful product for mobile lawyers. <a href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/dropbox-will-simplify-your-life/?ref=personaltechemail&nl=technology&emc=cta1">Dropbox Will Simplify Your Life - NYTimes.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-5515616547021074012011-10-20T10:57:00.000-07:002011-10-20T10:57:06.479-07:003 reasons cloud app development is taking off | Cloud Computing - InfoWorldThis can be a huge development for law firms. Lower IT costs means more competition. <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/3-reasons-cloud-app-development-taking-176439?source=IFWNLE_nlt_cloud_2011-10-20">3 reasons cloud app development is taking off | Cloud Computing - InfoWorld</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-54273471558182955932011-10-17T19:44:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:44:23.047-07:00A New View of Review: Predictive Coding Vows to Cut E-Discovery Drudgery - Magazine - ABA JournalOne thing this new development means is that there can be a level playing field for the small office that is up against a large defendant or who represents a large client who has a large number of electronic discoverable documents.<a href="http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_new_view_of_review_predictive_coding_vows_to_cut_e-discovery_drudgery/">A New View of Review: Predictive Coding Vows to Cut E-Discovery Drudgery - Magazine - ABA Journal</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-24105607170187995532011-10-17T19:43:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:43:18.768-07:00A New View, Part 2: E-Discovery Changes Have Some Seeing a Career in Document Review - Magazine - ABA JournalThe second part of the previous story. Here a home based lawyer is making a good living in e-discovery using new tools that obviate much of the existing stigma. <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_new_view_part_2_e-discovery_changes_have_some_seeing_a_career_in_document/">A New View, Part 2: E-Discovery Changes Have Some Seeing a Career in Document Review - Magazine - ABA Journal</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-37437033194273079152011-10-17T19:39:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:39:06.239-07:00A New View of Review: Predictive Coding Vows to Cut E-Discovery Drudgery - Magazine - ABA JournalOne thing this new development means is that there can be a level playing field for the small office that is up against a large defendant or who represents a large client who has a large number of electronic discoverable documents.<a href="http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_new_view_of_review_predictive_coding_vows_to_cut_e-discovery_drudgery/">A New View of Review: Predictive Coding Vows to Cut E-Discovery Drudgery - Magazine - ABA Journal</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-3919584544738067512011-10-17T17:55:00.000-07:002011-10-17T17:55:42.335-07:00Evernote For Lawyers – 9 Productivity TipsI am a long time fan of Evernote. Here is an outstanding Blog post that describes some of the best features of this terrific product. One tip, however, it is so easy to use that you can fill up your Notebooks very quickly with stuff you don't really need to save. Evernote does have a strong search capability, though, that can save you from yourself. <a href="http://www.theinspiredsolo.com/evernote-for-lawyers-productivity-tips/">Evernote For Lawyers – 9 Productivity Tips</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-24273549838663010382011-10-12T14:51:00.000-07:002011-10-12T14:51:07.144-07:00The franchised future of small law firmsThis is not directly about virtual law firms, but the concept certainly applies. As usual, England and Wales thinking is far ahead of the ABA. <div><a href="http://www.law21.ca/2011/10/12/the-franchised-future-of-small-law-firms/">The franchised future of small law firms</a></div>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-61937213168557209102011-10-11T19:27:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:27:13.139-07:00iPad apps | enterprise apps | tablet apps<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/apps-in-the-corridors-of-power-20111006-1lb84.html">iPad apps | enterprise apps | tablet apps</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-65774341758816859902011-10-06T14:44:00.000-07:002011-10-06T14:44:06.990-07:00Survey Shows Shift to Cloud-based Services, Despite Concerns | PCWorld Business Center<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/241333/survey_shows_shift_to_cloudbased_services_despite_concerns.html">Survey Shows Shift to Cloud-based Services, Despite Concerns | PCWorld Business Center</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-6574074241695198962011-10-06T10:27:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:27:05.218-07:00What Steve Jobs Understood That Our Politicians Don't - NYTimes.com<a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/what-steve-jobs-understood-that-our-politicians-dont/?hp">What Steve Jobs Understood That Our Politicians Don't - NYTimes.com</a> And this goes for law firms and young lawyers.Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-91652382068426352212011-10-03T08:46:00.000-07:002011-10-03T08:46:36.104-07:00The Misunderstood Virtual Law Office<a href="http://solopracticeuniversity.com/2011/10/03/the-misunderstood-virtual-law-office/">The Misunderstood Virtual Law Office</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-43812922748179664002011-10-03T08:21:00.000-07:002011-10-03T08:21:14.432-07:00Amazon Cloud Boosts Fire - WSJ.comAs I have been saying: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203405504576601241418786906.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews">Amazon Cloud Boosts Fire - WSJ.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-72388495720901238522011-10-01T10:13:00.000-07:002011-10-01T10:13:33.713-07:00Leaked Screenshot Shows New iOS 5 Nuance Integration -- AppAdviceHere is an indication that the new iphone, ipad operating system will have Dragon voice recognition built into it for purposes of texting and email. It probable that the integrated app will support any text based app on the system such as word processing and presentation software. <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/08/leaked-screenshot-shows-new-ios-5-nuance-integration">Leaked Screenshot Shows New iOS 5 Nuance Integration -- AppAdvice</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-16977148215148715402011-09-30T14:05:00.000-07:002011-09-30T14:05:56.224-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here is the text of an email I just sent to one of my former research associates who said:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><u>I like it.With good enough security, you could run the office management software from the cloud.</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"><u>But how will you <i>create</i> documents? No keyboard. It's hard to compose or write an email without a keyboard</u>.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Dragon software on my iPad runs in the cloud and is virtually flawless. Dragon has used the iPad software to develop a huge database of voices and words and that is why it is working so well. What does not work is the interface between Dragon and email so I don't use it very often. But, that is sort of beside the point because if you parse the language that Amazon has used in the announcement it indicates that they intend to run the Silk browser with other operating systems. Today the rumor is that Amazon is talking to HP about buying the Palm portfolio which includes WebOs, the best mobile operating system I have seen. The Fire is the first of many and we don't know much about what the single mini-usb port will support. In all events, this is I think the beginning of the next wave of mobile personal computing. And, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are not going to be sitting back with glazed eyes saying "ain't it cool"?</span></div>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-67720945542603054082011-09-30T12:18:00.000-07:002011-09-30T12:18:19.218-07:00Amazon Cloud Boosts Fire - WSJ.comHERE WE GO! While Apple fiddles with Samsung in Australia the Fire is burning: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203405504576601241418786906.html?mod=technology_newsreel">Amazon Cloud Boosts Fire - WSJ.com</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197599415529855180.post-89665311504641072202011-09-30T10:32:00.000-07:002011-09-30T10:32:59.923-07:00Can ‘Moneyball’ Principles Be Applied to the Valuation of Legal Services? - ABA JournalOne of the key concepts underlying virtual law firms is the substitution of "value" billing in the place of the hourly bill. Here is a distinctly current approach to the issue: <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/can_moneyball_principles_be_applied_to_the_valuation_of_legal_services">Can ‘Moneyball’ Principles Be Applied to the Valuation of Legal Services? - ABA Journal</a>Law Office Computinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741029082116341276noreply@blogger.com0