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March 2005
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Delaware Adopts Rule Allowing Hyperlinked Briefs |
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Link: The Delaware Superior Court
The Delaware Superior Court was the first state court to adopt a rule (Civil Rule 107(h)) which allows parties to file briefs and appendices with the court on hyperlinked CD-ROM disks. Under the rule, identical copies of any brief and exhibits may be filed on CD-ROM unless otherwise ordered by the court.
"When the parties are allowed to file briefs and appendices on CD-ROM there are a number of conveniences for the court and the litigants," said President Judge Henry Ridgely. "The most obvious convenience is portability. Hundreds of pages can be carried in your pocket and accessed from any computer . . ."
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Visual Impact: Technology Takes Evidence to a New Level |
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Our own Debbie Ausburn co-presented with Timothy A. Piganelli at the LegalTech Show in New York on February 1, 2005. They both spoke about the computerized tools more and more lawyers are using in their cases. Whether used during trial, before trial, in arbitrations, mediations, or settlement conferences, computers can make evidence more accessible and, potentially, more effective. The price of this technology is also becoming much more affordable.
Read the papers associated with their informative presentations:
Visual Impact Before Trial
Using Electronic Briefs for Mediation and PreTrial Litigation
By Debbie Ausburn
Visual Impact: Making Your Case Evidence Shine With Legal Technology
Timothy A. Piganelli
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Meeting the Big Name Bloggers at Legal Tech |
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By Debbie Ausburn
One of the best parts of LegalTech was the opportunity to have dinner with some of the biggest names in legal technology. If you want to keep up with the latest in legal technology, you need to check often with Dennis Kennedy and subscribe to the Technolawyer Newsletter, edited by Neil Squillante. Dennis and Neil are two of the nation's premiere experts on legal technolgy, and graciously let me interrogate them over dinner. Matt Homann of The Nonbillable Hour focuses on law practice management, and has just as many interesting ideas in person as on his blog.
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2005: The Year of Legal Technology |
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Link: ABA Law Practice Management Section
The legal profession so often sees the world in black-and-white terms that “seeing shades of gray” is considered high praise for a lawyer. In 2005, however, a rainbow of technology tools will bring color into the profession. Those taking greater advantage of technology will especially appreciate the greens of better cash flow and their competitors’ envy. Those standing on the sidelines can expect to see more red ink on their balance sheets, and to sing some blues.
The prospects for legal technology have never been better than in 2005. The confluence of broadband Internet access, big-horse-power processors, cheap memory and even cheaper mass storage has quietly made many technologies that were over hyped or speculative readily available to even the most mainstream computer user.
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Death No Defense for Piracy |
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Link: www.courttv.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The recording industry sued Gertrude Walton, accusing her of illegally trading music over the Internet as "smittenedkitten."
But the lawsuit was filed more than a month after the 83-year-old woman died in December, and her daughter says Walton hated computers, anyway.
A group of record companies named Walton as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit, claiming she made more than 700 songs available for free on the Internet.
Walton's daughter, Robin Chianumba, lived with her mother for the last 17 years and said her mother objected to having a computer in the house.
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