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"TECH-TUESDAYS" - Comes to Fort Worth...Lunch Time Seminar series starts in April!

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12 Ways to Mess Up your Electronic Discovery Project

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Invisible Ink...metadata from Word Document shows "Bank of America" was removed as a defendant and "DaimlerChrysler Corp." was inserted.

 

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Q. "My firm is considering spending more money on technology this year. I'm worried that we may be putting money into technologies already known to be on their way out, and locking up our data in proprietary systems. I don't want to have to bill a lot of extra hours to make up for bad technology purchases. What can I do to avoid this?"

A. Technology spending has grown to comprise 4 to 6% of the average law firm's budget. The sad story is that many law firms, despite their best plans and intentions, are throwing many of their technology dollars down the drain. We are talking about real money, not potential savings, not speculative productivity numbers, and not "potential" new clients from web sites or "knowledge management" efforts. There are many ways to toss away money on technology. How many of the following ways to waste your budget apply to your firm?

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Recent Electronic Discovery Decisions...

Plaintiff Fails to Make Spoliation Charges Stick.

Why didn't the spoliation charge succeed? The court explains that in order to prevail on this point, the defendant is required to make some showing that relevant evidence might have been deleted when computer hard drives that had been used by terminated employees were erased.

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"TECH-TUESDAYS" - Comes to Fort Worth...Lunch Time Seminar series starts in April!

We understand that technology keeps advancing faster than many legal professionals can keep abreast of the changes. Due to an ever increasing demand for USEFUL information regarding legal technology advances, we present "TECH-TUESDAYS."

THE TOPICS:- 2nd Tuesday in April; Simplified document review --Tagging for privilege in a Digital World-- 3rd Tuesday in April; --Adobe Acrobat for Legal Professionals-- 4th Tuesday in April; --Tame the Email Tiger; Handling Electronic Documents During Discovery-- (Complimentary lunch and parking is provided.)

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SUMMATION RELEASES WEB BLAZE -- Your Summation Cases over the internet!

Summation Legal Technologies, Inc., publisher of America's leading litigation support software, has released a new Web-based litigation software product called WebBlaze. WebBlaze provides quick, convenient access to case information hosted by a law firm or service bureau. At any time, from anywhere in the world, authorized persons can instantly search and retrieve case transcripts, documents, and notes over the Internet via Microsoft Internet Explorer.

An attorney or any litigation team member can be up and running on WebBlaze in a matter of minutes - all they need is a Web browser plus a username and password from their firm administrator. Administrators can also set the user permissions, such as limit case information available to an expert witness.

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12 Ways to Mess Up your Electronic Discovery Project

The big paperless case in the sky is coming your way and, believe it or not, you're going to embrace it. Instead of tripping over boxes of documents, you will be enjoying all the benefits of using highly compressed electronic documents.

Those who have learned the most efficient ways to manage electronic data recovery will have the easiest transition to paperless discovery. Instead of learning the hard way, as so many litigators have done, be alert to these common mistakes in the digital discovery industry.

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Invisible Ink...metadata from Word Document shows "Bank of America" was removed as a defendant and "DaimlerChrysler Corp." was inserted.

A Microsoft Word document of SCO's suit against DaimlerChrysler, seen by CNET News.com, originally identified Bank of America as the defendant instead of the automaker. This revision and others in the document can be seen through powerful but often forgotten features in Microsoft Word known as invisible electronic ink. Hidden text indicates that SCO spent considerable time building a case against the bank. As some have learned the hard way, Word can also display the original version of a document and all subsequent changes.

According to a study by research firm Vanson Bourne 90 percent of documents in circulation began as something else, but 57 percent of respondents were not aware that metadata may still exist in the their document.

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