Last week, I mentioned the seeming contradiction of law firms wanting to appear innovative, while also not spending any money on new technology, and how that might seem like a contradiction that was going to create problems when it comes to strategic planning for firms. Today, I want to talk about another one, one of…
Jenn Steele’s debut column at Legal IT Professionals has some interesting tidbits about what we’re waiting for in terms of law firms spending on IT projects. You should definitely go read all of it, but there were two things I found really interesting and wanted to highlight. The first is one of the two seeming…
I attended a statewide ILTA event today, for Litigation Support Professionals, that attracted quite a few folks from around Ohio, as well as neighboring states. The sessions were good, and I may have a few blog posts inspired by a few of the things that were discussed, but one thing in particular grabbed my attention….
I saw their article today about the results of their annual survey of the Electronic Discovery market, and found a couple of striking statements: While two years ago every copy shop in the land became an EDD provider, today law firms nationwide purport to harbor deep EDD expertise. Much of this is a convenient fiction,…
Hope all you Sys Admins out there are getting the appreciation you deserve. It’s been awhile since I was in that sort of strictly IT position, but as someone who is currently using up network resources like nobody’s business, I appreciate what these folks do. All you Litigation Support people should be especially appreciative. Do…
I had an interesting conversation with an attorney today, who is doing something rather interesting with our document review tool, Summation. He’s gotten so used to reviewing documents in it, and searching in it, and come to rely on the OCR search especially, that he’s pulled together a bunch of random emails, articles, white papers,…