Why Social Media Archiving is Now a Lawyer’s Duty
This week a case in Florida has been getting a lot of attention when a state appeals court last week threw out an $80,000 settlement between a Miami prep school and a…
read more1 Lawyer Deep: How Attorney-Client Privilege is Destroyed
John Quinn, Founder & Managing Partner at Quinn Emanuel, had one of the toughest jobs a lead attorney can ever have in a major case. Quinn had to face the…
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When Jason Molder left a large firm to start his own practice, his colleagues warned him that his plan to start his own boutique law firm was going to be…
read moreeDiscovery Turns 25: Why Are Lawyers Still Ignoring It?
Twenty-five years ago, in February of 1989, Oliver North stood trial on 12 counts related to lying to Congress about his role in the Iran-Contra Affair. One of the most damning…
read moreThe Collapse of Big Law, and the Rise of Small Law Firms
In the past decade, twelve major firms with more than 1,000 partners between them have collapsed entirely. That’s an unfortunate trend, but one that will likely only get worse. Noam…
read moreTechnolawyer Gives Nextpoint Perfect Marks
In a recently published, in-depth software review, TechnoLawyer gave Nextpoint’s eDiscovery review platform its highest overall score, an A+. The review was written by Brett Burney, an experienced litigator and eDiscovery manager, a nationally recognized…
read moreThe Next Generation of Big Law
If you have been reading the news about the legal industry for the past few years, you’d think that being a lawyer is about the worst career move in the…
read moreWhat Lawyers Can Learn from Google About eDiscovery
Google, the company that keeps track of everything people search for on the Internet, doesn’t want you to know how they search for information. At least, that’s what is happening…
read moreSocial Media Discovery: 8 Ways Social Media Gets Lawyers in Trouble
We get it. Social media is not something most lawyers think about every day. According to the most recent ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, only 11 percent of attorneys use Twitter…
read moreSocial Media in the Law – Facebook Now Serving Subpoenas
As we’ve noted before, being Facebook friends with lawyers and judges can have all kinds of unexpected ethical implications. Now, it could get you served with legal summons. Social media…
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