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A federal district judge may send electronic discovery toward its most searching scrutiny yet. In a recent decision, Judge John M. Facciola recommended "concept searching," the use of complex search engines to locate electronic data, for a tardy producer to pick up the pace.
Prosecutors oppose the use of biometric evidence. But since juries are allowed to hear from laypersons to help them identify a figure in a surveillance photo, fairness dictates the use of biometrics for a defendant to counter a critical element of the state's case, identification.
Virtualization may be the way to go for small to midsized firms. Instead of servers running at 10 percent or less capacity at certain points in the day, virtual servers can share hardware resources -- raising your average usage rate and lowering hardware and support costs.
In addition to the bad publicity and regulatory scrutiny that follow data breaches, corporations also face costly civil litigation. As the legal landscape grows more and more digital, law firms should brace companies for when the almost inevitable data breach occurs.
Despite sophisticated software that catches cockeyed spellings and flags sentence fragments, legal writing is getting worse. Some blame the bombardment of information in nearly every lawyers' workday, which can be relieved with some low-tech solutions.
New York City surrogate courts used videoconferencing technology to conduct intercontinental kinship hearings that would otherwise require international travel by court lawyers. The cost of establishing the technology in the courts was modest in light of the cost savings in time and travel.
Target's alleged refusal to create user-friendly options on its retail Web site for disabled customers has sparked a legal battle that could have ramifications for all Web-based businesses. In some jurisdictions, the term "handicapped accessible" increasingly pertains to cyberspace.
Extensible Business Reporting Language -- the Internet-language method of tagging financial data -- may have a mandate. The SEC has proposed a rule requiring the filing of financial reports in XBRL interactive data format to improve corporate transparency for certain public companies.
Teneros Inc. has added $40 million in venture funding, bringing the total raised by the infrastructure software startup to $84.5 million. Its lead product ensures that computer users can access key computer applications, such as e-mail, even when the larger network is disabled.
It's no surprise that e-discovery was front and center at again this year. Vendors were on hand to provide products and services aimed at reducing EDD-associated costs and risks, while others offered tools designed to facilitate the business and practice of law. Read on for the highlights.
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