LawTech Guru Blog

Features legal technology issues and information, including blogging tips, electronic discovery, law practice management, gadgets and privacy and security.

Author: Author is Jeff Beard.

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Recent Posts from LawTech Guru Blog

Don't Blink! This Week's eDiscovery Developments
To catch you up for the week -- New FRE Rule 502 signed by President New Evidence Rule 502 protects against the inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege or the work product protection. It will…
Nifty Add-ons For Dual-Booting Vista and XP, and One to Avoid
I've been meaning to post this one for a while, since I'm sure there are others who'd like having their PC dual-boot between Windows Vista and XP, at least until we get a better glimpse…
Ralph Losey: Trial Lawyers Turn a Blind Eye to the True Cause of the E-Discovery Morass
Ralph Losey has a very thought-provoking analysis of the new Interim Report & 2008 Litigation Survey of the Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. I recommend Ralph's post as it provides some welcome…
Webtop Wars & Security Patches for Google Chrome Browser
Several days after its beta release, and it looks like Google's new Chrome browser suffers from security flaws much the same as its competitors. CNET News' Security blog posted about a number of security patches…
What You Need to Know About Chrome, Google's Shiny New Browser
Google just released a beta of Chrome, throwing their hat into the browser wars. A couple of thoughts on what this means, and what you need to know about it if you want to try…
No Love Potion for Proposed FASB Statement No. 5
It's not often you see a proposed change to a financial accounting standard causing a big stir in the legal profession. For a little perspective, before practicing as an attorney and consultant, I was a…
eDiscovery 2.0: Early Case Assessments Reduce Risks and Costs
If expensive “brute force” reviews of large volumes of electronic documents can be called eDiscovery 1.0, then Early Case Assessments are very much part of a more refined eDiscovery 2.0 approach. The benefits from performing…
Join Verizon's Patrick Oot and Me for InsideCounsel's Free Webinar Tomorrow: eDiscovery and ECM -- Natural Partners
Please join us Tuesday, August 5th, 2008, at 2 p.m., ET for a key presentation entitled: "eDiscovery & ECM: Natural Partners in Content Lifecycle Management and FRCP Compliance". It's being hosted by InsideCounsel, and you…
Personal Firewall Software - Security Test Results Reveal Surprises
Matousec, a security consulting and research group named after its founder, David Matousek, researched and tested security performance on numerous software firewalls (also known as personal firewalls, as they are installed on personal computers rather…
Yet Another Redaction Infraction
As reported on Law.com, a plaintiff's firm against GE in a class action sex discrimination case improperly redacted filings appearing on PACER, allowing readers to copy and paste the sensitive redacted text into another program…