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• Explaining the Technology Behind Matter Centricity

  Law firms are facing a multitude of risk management issues surrounding the handling of client information. Federal, state and local rules and decisions change the playing field almost daily, and firms are struggling to keep up with compliance. In addition to conforming to the jurisdictional directives, firm management must also be concerned with business initiatives.
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• Majority of U.S. Patent Recipients Now Outside of U.S.

  Well, it finally has happened - the majority of U.S. patents granted in 2008 were to non-American companies. This is the finding, among others, contained in an annual patent compilation created by IFI Patent Intelligence.
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• Does the Indictment of the Alleged Palin Email Hacker Hold Water?

  An indictment by a federal grand jury was issued in Knoxville, Tennessee with respect to the alleged hacking of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account. The defendant, David Kernell, the son of Tennessee Representative Mike Kernell, has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, David Kernell could be sentenced to up to five years in prison, along with a hefty fine and years of supervised release.
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• Case Study: Bromberg & Sunstein use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to Speed up Workflow & Save Tens of Thousands of Dollars

  When you work as an attorney to protect intellectual property rights, every minute of every day really counts. Researching case history, technology advances, responding to email, creating motions and working on e-discovery tasks keep these legal professionals tied to a computer all day. The constant keyboarding, clicking, and maneuvering the mouse can strain and damage muscles and tendons in the fingers, hands, wrists, and arms.
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• Microsoft Search Technology for the Legal Industry

  Legal professionals are surrounded by information. In fact, they are buried in it. From online legal research, to firm client and matter information, to the hundreds or thousands of documents produced each day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get to the information needed in order to practice law effectively.
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• Metadata: Ethical Obligations of the Witting and Unwitting Recipient

  As shown in our last column, software commonly used by lawyers often creates embedded data, otherwise known as metadata. As previously discussed, there are means to avoid creating embedded data, as well as means available to remove hidden data already created. In theory, at least, it is possible to remove all metadata prior to sending a document to opposing counsel.
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Press Releases

• Legal Files Software Releases Version 8.0

  Legal Files Software, Inc., a leading case and matter management software development company, is pleased to announce the most recent updates to its client/server version of the software.
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• Elite, Clarity Systems, Introduce Firm Performance Management

  Elite, a worldwide provider of integrated practice and financial management systems for professional services firms and Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) solutions, will integrate the Clarity 6 financial reporting and consolidation solution in the Elite Enterprise brand. Elite is part of Thomson Reuters.
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• Elite Enterprise 3.8 Unveiled at LegalTech New York

  Elite has announced the general availability of Elite Enterprise Version 3.8, the newest release of the company's client-server financial and practice management system for legal and professional services firms.
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• Iron Mountain Digital Announces IP Litigation Discovery Escrow Service to Simplify and Facilitate Pre-Trial Discovery

  Iron Mountain's Discovery Escrow service allows organizations to efficiently comply with the discovery provisions related to intellectual property litigation. As part of a mutually beneficial protective order to the court, the Discovery Escrow service helps to reduce the cost, response time, and risks that frequently accompany legal discovery.
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• Legal Files Mobile Makes It Easier-Than-Ever to Be Out of the Office

  Legal Files Software, Inc., a leading case and matter management software development company, now further supports a virtual office by offering seamless integrations with popular mobile devices that run on BlackBerry or Windows Mobile operating systems.
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• Abacus Streamlines Forms and Calendaring for Immigration Attorneys

  With the release of Abacus Immigration, law offices in this specialty can do things available in no other single program.
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