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Sidley Austin had a legacy network connecting its 17 offices in the U.S., Asia and Europe, resulting in slow data transfers and limiting the firm's ability to centralize IT resources. To create better connectivity between offices, the firm upgraded its network with Riverbed appliances.
Among vendors offering professional-grade PDF converters, Nuance Communications has been at the top of the list. John K. Waters reviews Nuance's latest release, PDF Converter Professional 7, which comes with a number of enhancements that build on its collaboration with Microsoft.
After two floods in his server room, technology editor Sean Doherty realized how long it takes to return to normal after a disaster. For a speedier recovery, he looked at ioSafe's SoloPro external hard drive, encased in housing designed to endure extreme heat and a full water submersion.
Susan Dorn, general counsel of the U.S. Green Building Council and its affiliated Green Building Certification Institute, opened the Green Matters conference in New Orleans with updates on the LEED green building certification program and green schools. The conference addresses government, legal, and architecture issues in going and staying green.
Dumping high volumes of data in discovery is a common problem in litigation, say experienced lawyers. Large volumes of electronic records can be especially problematic because electronic search technology is often not up to the task of searching large, complex compilations of data.
Jenner & Block attorneys Jerold S. Solovy and Robert L. Byman find something troubling in e-discovery: When lawyers certify production is complete, they use the word "complete," which is an unachievable goal in any complex litigation involving data spanning any significant time period.
LexisNexis opened the doors to Lexis Advance for Solos today. The new product is aimed at one- and two-attorney firms looking for predictable legal research costs with easy access to materials. It uses a Silverlight-enabled web browser to access content in XML markup language over a .NET architecture.
Better to be feature-rich and challenging than feature-poor and complacent.
Embarrassing Facebook photos and regrettable MySpace statements are starting to become commonplace in pre-sentencing reports and disposition hearings. But attorney Ken Strutin also sees potential in these sites to generate mitigating evidence for the defense to present at sentencing.
The need to better manage client projects and costs is driving law firms to get up to speed on process and project management tools, says Mark Gerow of Fenwick & West. Law firms' best choices are tools that are easy to learn and use, such as Microsoft SharePoint task lists.
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