Practice Technology

Nearly every BigLaw firm now has a pricing director; meet an early adopter

In the last 18 months, nearly ever large law firm in the United States has hired a pricing director, according to the vice president of an analytics company. These pricing directors are “charged with helping to look at their pricing and determine if they’re being as competitive as possible,” according…

Sep 20, 2013 11:40 AM CDT

New app, released in honor of Constitution Day, has the document and the case law

The Constitution Annotated runs 2,860 pages, weighs 10 pounds and costs $290. But the document is now available for free in an app released on Tuesday in honor of Constitution Day, the Washington Post reports. The app, available from iTunes for iPhones and iPads, includes case law and analysis. An…

Sep 20, 2013 10:50 AM CDT

Defense asks for freeze on 9/11 plot death-penalty case until Gitmo computer problems are resolved

A computer system that was supposed to provide defense lawyers at a Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal with a safe and secure place to store client documents is so riddled with problems that they have sometimes resorted to using public Wi-Fi at coffee shops on base and in Washington, D.C.…

Sep 18, 2013 10:30 PM CDT

To cut costs, cut associates’ billable hours through technology, says Casey Flaherty

Bill Buster

Sep 17, 2013 1:50 PM CDT

Potential privilege pitfalls posed by cloud storage

As the tools of the modern office increasingly operate online, doctors, lawyers and other professionals who serve as the gatekeepers of confidential information are posed with a problem. As a practical matter, they need to operate in the cloud. Yet if a third party has access to private information, that…

Sep 9, 2013 1:55 PM CDT

Michael Poulshock’s Hammurabi Project aims to make law and regulations accessible to the masses

Code of Law

Sep 3, 2013 2:00 PM CDT

New hacker technology threatens lawyers’ mobile devices

Already making chump-meat of the most sophisticated of computer defenses, hackers are unleashing a new wave of malware on unsuspecting law firms. And among the newest targets are mobile phones and similar portable devices. “The bad guys have caught on to the fact that people are using mobile devices more…

Sep 1, 2013 8:10 AM CDT

More product picks to help you make the most of mobility

Click the product names for the full reviews! From the iPhone J.D. blog by New Orleans lawyer Jeff Richardson: Microsoft Office for the iPhone, free with an Office 365 subscription, lets you view .doc and .docx files and edit the latter. Features are limited (no track changes) but it works…

Sep 1, 2013 8:00 AM CDT

6 tools to help firms track social media

There’s a pressing need for a tool that can monitor and archive everything a law firm’s client says and does on social media, given that more and more e-discovery demands are including data generated by employee mobile devices. More than 41 percent of firms surveyed last year reported having to…

Sep 1, 2013 7:40 AM CDT

Add an extra layer of password verification to help safeguard your data and accounts

Are passwords alone enough to protect our data and accounts? Is it time to add more protection? Multiple-factor verification, now a trend, combines several elements to help protect your accounts. So if you haven’t heard of two-factor verification or explored it, put it on your “to do soon” list. If…

Sep 1, 2013 7:30 AM CDT

Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment, says ‘13 Legal Rebel Dan Katz

Facing Law's Future

Aug 28, 2013 2:30 PM CDT

Website offers ‘perfect witness’ training in a 60-minute video

A website is touting itself as a way to “revolutionize” witness preparation with its 60-minute training video. The Website is called The Perfect Witness and the cost is $119 for each witness enrolled in the training, according to Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites. The witnesses get an email link and a password…

Aug 27, 2013 3:33 PM CDT

When do I report for jury duty? NJ offers text alerts for prospective jurors

To make it easier to communicate with prospective jurors called for duty, New Jersey courts are now offering alerts via text and email. In the past, jurors were required to call in to a phone number or visit njcourts.com to find out the status of their jury duty, according to…

Aug 23, 2013 4:27 PM CDT

Facial-scanning system for crowds shows improvement in tests by Homeland Security

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning system last fall that could be used to identify faces of people on a terrorism watch list. The government decided the technology wasn’t ready to be used, though the test results showed that researchers are making significant progress, the New York…

Aug 21, 2013 1:40 PM CDT

Groklaw founder shuts down the blog, citing fear of email surveillance

Updated: The founder of Groklaw has decided to shut down the technology blog because of fears its email communications could be subject to government surveillance. Former paralegal Pamela Jones founded Groklaw in 2003 to cover legal news of interest to the free software and open source community. In this final…

Aug 21, 2013 11:20 AM CDT