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December 2005
This monthly digest on litigating in an electronic age is brought to you compliments of TGL Media, a provider of hyperlinked briefs, presentations and other litigation support. For more information on TGL Media, please click on the links above.
In this issue:
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Instant Messaging: Helpful, Hazardous or Both? |
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Link: http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1132144712526
Instant Messaging is extremely fast, informal and can be fun, but what are the rules? Is IM secure? Can IM transcripts be used against you in court? What about the language and abbreviations used in IM? |
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Lawyers: Staying on the Technological Edge |
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Link: http://www.imakenews.com/technology/e_article000473561
Technology has changed the practice of law. Whether it be voice recognition software, on-line searchable databases of legal knowledge or practice management suites to better manage billable hours and case files, the practice of law today is dramatically different from what it was even 5 years ago.
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Quicktime: Fast, Afordable, Easy Video Editing for Lawyers |
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By our own Debbie Ausburn
Link: http://www.imakenews.com/technology/e_article000473556
You can play audio or show a videotaped deposition from your laptop, complete with synchronized transcript. When the judge excludes sections, you can cut it out on the fly. You can burn a CD of either video or audio, and send it to the judge to play with free, easily-available software. You can show three-dimensional views of an object, or virtual-reality displays of a landscape. Best of all, the software that will do all of this for you costs only $30.
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Everything You Need to Know About Email Disclaimers |
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Link: http://www.emaildisclaimers.com
This site covers everything you need to know about email disclaimers & related email law. Apart from the legal aspect of disclaimers this site also includes sample email disclaimers and information on disclaimer software, books and links.
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Firm Sold 49 Acreas of Land on the Moon |
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Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/15/china.moon
For sale: acre plots, great Earth views, low gravity, moonrock-bottom prices, about as away from it all as you can get. Firms sells 49 acres to 34 clients in China in only 3 days before being shut down.
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