Law Technology Today :: Vol 1 :: Issue 5

The New Federal Rules on E-Discovery: The First 180 Days

EDITED by John C. Tredennick, Jr.

Now that we have some perspective on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, what impact has it had in the last six months? In this roundtable, experts in electronic discovery discuss their experiences with the new rules and what they anticipate for the future.

Ab Initio: Practical Technology Advice for the Newly Solo or Small Firm Lawyer

by Joe Kashi

For all those law firms without a large IT budget, Kashi explains how to design and specify a new network infrastructure for the entire office.

THE DIGITAL EDGE: LAWYERS AND TECHNOLOGY PODCAST SERIES

Courtroom Technology: Lawyers Go Hollywood

by Sharon D. Nelson and Jim Calloway

The use of technology in courtrooms has greatly increased in terms of displaying evidence to juries and putting on presentations even in non-jury trials. Learn how to use courtroom technology to deliver an powerful and effective story. Jim Calloway and Sharon Nelson discuss the best practices of electronic courtroom presentations. Lights… camera…action!

Fixing Text Reflow Issues When You Copy and Paste Text from PDFs

by Rick Borstein

You're going to want to save this article. Rick Borstein has provided clear instruction for transferring text from PDF files - a lesson that is sure to save you a lot of time and frustration.

Get Back to the REAL World of Security: Ensuring Proper Physical Data Security and Destruction Throughout the E-discovery Process

by Christy Burke

How do you properly and efficiently secure and dispose of physical and electronic data, such as hard drives, emails and backup tapes? Let the shredding and melting begin.

FIRE WIRE

Searching Foreign Language: A Primer

by John C. Tredennick, Jr.

In this second article of a two part series, Tredennick offers additional advice on handling foreign language documents. Learn how your computer searches a document, what tokenization means and most importantly, how you will manage documents in pictorial languages, such as Chinese, and even multiple languages.