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Rakesh Madhava

Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology

Deep Down, Lawyers Love Technology https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Rakesh Madhava Rakesh Madhava https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d87fc1d2e9f3a37868687db4cee54d2be0565bb3eea67e054af97a320743124f?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 15, 2016 March 8, 2022

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…

Jason Krause

Can Courts be Friends with Facebook?

Can Courts be Friends with Facebook? https://www.nextpoint.com/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jason Krause Jason Krause https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/abebf608026fca45f596657c979ff2d29b3721094d4088b65b3f24fba3784581?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 1, 2013 October 22, 2020

Sometimes it seems like the legal profession will always have a tortured relationship with social media. Writing for the ABA Journal, Deb Cassens Weiss quipped that “judges have to be judicious” when using Facebook. To underscore that fact, the ABA has now published an ethics opinion, warning that judges who use social networking have to follow the…