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October 2005
A monthly newsletter with the latest on litigation in an electronic age. If you wish to submit your comments or give us a link to an article, please email us at: info@tglmedia.com.
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Post-Katrina: Electronic vs. Paper Discovery |
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Link: http://www.discoveryresources.org/04_om_thinkingED_0509.html
From: http://www.legalunderground.com/2005/09/new_ediscovery_.html
Like everybody else, lawyers in the wake of this storm found themselves sorting through the wreckage of their lives and practices to put things back together again. While there are no quick fixes, some forms of discovery fared better than others. The courts in New Orleans may have lost evidence in 3,000 criminal cases to the storm.
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Pacer Surpasses Half Million User Accounts |
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Link: http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/pacer.html
From: http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/009222.html#9222
Cheap, easy and available just about anywhere! What's not to love about this service? And who wants to go to the courthouse to obtain case and docket information if they can help it?
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Google Takes On Copyright Laws |
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Link: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68901,00.html?tw=rss.BIZ
From: http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/009218.html#9218
In its quest to index everything, Google says it will make millions of books fully searchable but not fully available for reproduction. Relying on several college libraries to scan from, Google wants to make books available online like web pages while giving publishers the option of opting out any book they wish. Something tells me the printed page is not in danger of extinction.
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RUUP4IT? IM - FWIW |
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Translation: Are You Up for It? Instant Messaging - For What It's Worth
Link: http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc09051.html
From: http://www.corante.com/betweenlawyers/archives/2005/09/18
And you though acronyms were taking over before IM came along. In a world where you can instantly pass notes back and forth with someone in Beijing, we now need abbreviations to make it even faster. Anyway, our language and modes of communications are changing, so here's a guide full of instant messaging resources that will help make the transition sooner and smoother.
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iPod Flea Takes Nano to the Next Level (A Parody Video) |
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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/video/html/2005/06/29/technology
From: http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2005/09/13
Apple revolutionized MP3 technology with the stylish and amazingly small iPod. As with any technology, it got smaller with the iPod Mini, shrank even more with the Shuffle, become impossibly thin with the Nano, and now has become insect-sized with the iPod Flea. Watch the promo video (a parody).
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