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Rakesh Madhava

Ransomware Attack Cybersecurity

A Message on Cybersecurity from CEO, Rakesh Madhava

A Message on Cybersecurity from CEO, Rakesh Madhava 1920 1280 Rakesh Madhava

To All Nextpoint Clients: After the news that Epiq Global had suffered a ransomware attack, it is appropriate that many will have data security at top of mind, and may be curious about Nextpoint security provisioning. Our sincere sympathies go out to our clients who have been affected as well as to the staff of…

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Ediscovery Software Pricing - No Data Charges

Ediscovery Pricing Models: The End of Data Charges

Ediscovery Pricing Models: The End of Data Charges 1000 558 Rakesh Madhava

Ediscovery Pricing Models Have Changed Our drive for simpler, transparent invoicing wound up inspiring us to eliminate data charges in ediscovery software. Let’s just say, our clients were stoked. Data-volume has long been the default measuring stick for ediscovery software pricing models. The gigabyte (GB) of electronically stored information is data’s defining unit of measure.…

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Paul Manafort

What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions?

What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions? 2048 1244 Rakesh Madhava

Lawyers working for former Trump Campaign manager and convicted felon, Paul Manafort filed a document yesterday that contains the clearest public evidence to date of coordination between the Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russians. The lawyers did not intend to release this evidence. The admissions are located deep in a court filing prepared in response to…

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Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know

Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

On January 3, 2018, two hardware-related vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre (https://meltdownattack.com/ ), were disclosed by security researchers, which together affect a high proportion of all computers and mobile devices built within the last 20 years. This discovery has impacted the technology industry as a whole, and the industry has mobilized in response. To date,…

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Exciting Fall 2017 Nextpoint Feature Releases

Exciting Fall 2017 Nextpoint Feature Releases 1000 840 Rakesh Madhava

In the next week we’re rolling out some exciting new Nextpoint features that deliver dynamic analytics tools and substantially faster and easier upload of data.   User-Driven Development We started the process by listening to our users and documenting specific workflows that get work done faster, easier and with less stress. We’re rolling out changes…

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Nextpoint Partners

6 Ways Litigation Support Makes Attorneys Better

6 Ways Litigation Support Makes Attorneys Better 1000 667 Rakesh Madhava

Litigation support delivers a real boost to your firm’s productivity enabling attorneys to focus on delivering great legal work. When lawyers have access to great technology support, it helps win new clients, deliver strategic advantages in litigation, and ultimately can add to a firm’s bottom line. For smaller firms, litigation support is a force multiplier,…

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Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology

Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

For lawyers, there is a decided focus on the past. Precedent is the godhead. Show a lawyer technology that helps them better present their argument (PowerPoint, tablets, laser pointers), and they want it. NOW. Introduce telephony that improves the speed of lawyer-client communication (Blackberry, iPhone), and they will embrace it wholly. The legal industry has…

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Lawyers in legal tech?

Does Legal Tech Really Need More Lawyers?

Does Legal Tech Really Need More Lawyers? 1000 667 Rakesh Madhava

Software built for lawyers by lawyers — a number of legal tech startups have recently etched this on their marketing sandwich boards. And, a recent thought-provoking post on Lawyerist.com suggested the underlying problem with legal technology is that there aren’t enough lawyers actually employed by companies in the legal tech space. Sam Harden writes that until we “see…

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eDiscovery Software Wins Civil Litigation

eDiscovery Software Wins Civil Litigation 1000 665 Rakesh Madhava

On Saturday, Nextpoint released a slew of new features I’m really proud of. That’s because they all support the goal that should be priority No. 1 for any eDiscovery software: helping clients win civil litigation. Today, great eDiscovery software isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ asset for litigation firms. It has a major influence on whether each matter, and…

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Multidistrict Litigation Strategy: Technology Really Matters

Multidistrict Litigation Strategy: Technology Really Matters 1920 1080 Rakesh Madhava

multidistrict litigation strategy Electronic data involved in multidistrict litigation (MDL) and mass actions is exploding in both volume and diversity, with no end in sight. Analysts project that the volumes of data being produced will double every two years, which is consistent with the growing volumes of pre-trial data hosted in the Nextpoint litigation platform.…

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