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February 2005
A monthly newsletter with the latest on litigation in an electronic age. If you wish to submit your comments or a link to an article somewhere, please email us at: info@tglmedia.com.
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Firefox Fights Spies and Viruses |
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The proliferation of spyware and viruses last year focused attention on the security holes in Windows-based programs. Some attorneys have switched to Macintosh (or even Linux) machines, and "experienced an Internet blissfully devoid of malware." If you prefer to stick with a Windows computer, the Firefox browser has been getting rave reviews. Available for free from the Mozilla webpage, Firefox is both more secure than Internet Explorer and has more advanced features.
Firefox also offers the same high-end capabilities as other IE competitors (for instance, a tabbed browsing feature to allow switching among multiple Web pages in a single window), but remains easy to use for beginners. That has allowed Firefox, unlike earlier would-be rivals, to chip away at IE's market share.
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Federal Judge Admits Archived Web Pages Into Evidence |
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The Stanford Law Center for Internet and Society reports that a federal magistrate judge has admitted into evidence several archived pages from a party's website. The judge found sufficient authentication from the affidavit of an employee of the Internet Archive, a non-profit group that regularly copies web pages and archives them in a digital archive.
The Internet Archive (IA) preserves Internet sites and other digital media and make them available online.Their "spiders" regularly crawl the World Wide Web, making copies of web pages and storing them permanently in an enormous digital archive. Using the “Wayback Machine”, one of the Archive’s popular services, users can input the address of a web page and call up a series of dated copies, allowing them to see what the page contained at the times it was accessed by the IA spider.
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NJ Supreme Court Now Webcasting |
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The New Jersey Supreme Court began the new year by webcasting. The Star-Ledger reports that oral arguments before the court, including attorney disciplinary proceedings, were scheduled to be available on the court's website as of January 3.
Seating in this new virtual courtroom is potentially unlimited. Court officials are hoping more than 500 people tune in to the initial Webcast. "It allows the public to see the court in operation. It demystifies what for many is a somewhat mystical process," said Philip Carchman, acting administrative director of the courts.
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Legal Brief Quotes Dr. Seuss |
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If you have ever been tempted to quote Dr. Seuss in a brief, you will appreciate this story about a lawyer who did exactly that, and more. Responding to an opposing attorney's motion to ignore his vacation request, attorney Mike Lynn filed a brief titled "How the Grinch Stole Christmas Vacation." Something tells me that this case has been contentious, and is likely to become even more so.
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Debbie to Speak at NY LegalTech Show |
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Our own Debbie Ausburn will be speaking at the LegalTech Show in New York City on February 1. If you are in the area, stop by that afternoon and hear her thoughts on "Visual Presentations in Trial," including how to use electronic briefs in pretrial litigation.
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