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A disaster recovery site is a necessity to keep going in worst-case scenarios, but its cost makes law firms wary to implement it. A critical step in the initial disaster planning process is to educate management on multipurpose, co-location sites and get true buy-in for your proposals.
Showing himself to be funny, combative, charming and surprisingly personal, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is thriving in the media limelight as he promotes his new book and holds forth on wide-ranging topics, including whether he'll wind up as John McCain's running mate. Sales of "Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges" have clearly benefited from the publicity; on Monday, the book's official publication date, it vaulted from the prior day's No. 522 to No. 6 on Amazon's best-seller list.
A Philadelphia attorney filed a lawsuit Monday against Tyco Healthcare on behalf of the family of a Missouri man who died after allegedly suffering adverse reactions to tainted heparin that originated in China. According to attorney Jeffrey Killino, the FDA is investigating 81 other deaths that have been linked to tainted heparin. Killino said he believes this is the first suit filed in the matter. The wrongful-death action alleges claims of strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty and fraud.
Two grief counselors were at Paul Hastings' Atlanta location Monday, as the firm responded to Friday's murder-suicide. "We've had a lot of traffic," said managing partner Philip J. Marzetti. "When I was up in the lobby at noon there were probably 10 people up there sitting and waiting to speak with the grief counselors." The firm has planned a memorial service for legal secretary Raven Buckley, who police say was killed by a man she had dated, a temporary agency employee in the firm's records center.
Whether as attorneys, IT administrators or otherwise, we're all project managers. IT veteran Mark Gerow shows how legal professionals can use Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to create a simple yet powerful tool to streamline project management at law firms. No programming required!
In , Magistrate Judge Randolph F. Treece detangled the thorny issue of who pays for electronic discovery when the production of electronically stored information goes awry -- specifically, when e-mails are produced without attachments.
The debate over "network neutrality" -- legislation to force network owners like cable and telecommunications companies to treat all traffic equally -- has divided Congress, with Democrats largely in favor and Republicans mostly opposed. Which side are you on?
An advertiser sued Google in federal court claiming the company deceived him and charged for ads
displayed on third-party Web sites, even though he left blank an "optional" box that seemed to
address the issue. Lawyers using Google as their ad base might want to exercise caution.
E-discovery is here to stay in litigation. So, Computer Forensics/EDD Special Master Craig Ball advises lawyers to stay their fear of "the science of search" and add it to their education. They can then learn to distinguish noisy terms from effective ones and zero in on relevant ESI.
Ave Maria School of Law, apparently unable to sell naming rights to its planned new building in Ave Maria, Fla., will instead move to an older building in nearby Naples. The school cited "declining national economy and ongoing high construction costs due to the rising prices of raw materials" as reasons for the change in location. Earlier this month, Eugene Milhizer was named interim dean of the law school -- just days after again ranked Ave Maria in the lowest fourth tier.
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