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Discovery Rule 502 Gets Nod From House - September 17, 2008

Under a proposed federal rule of evidence, disclosure of privileged materials will not be a waiver of the privilege if, among other things, the disclosure is inadvertent. The new rule is headed to the White House and, once signed, may reduce the cost of review in e-discovery.
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Google Chrome: Where's the Shine - September 17, 2008

As a Google stockholder and avid fan of its products, attorney Rod Kovel took its new browser, Chrome, through its paces. Hotly touted by spokesmen who insisted that Chrome was a complete rethinking of the concept of Web browsers, Kovel found it fast, but overall, dissatisfying.
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Legal Blogosphere Buzzes Over FindLaw's Woes - September 17, 2008

The legal blogosphere is abuzz in considering whether Findlaw was at fault in gaming the Google search system by allegedly selling Internet links to boost traffic to law firm Web pages and the companies that market to them in a way that violated Google's Web search rules.
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IT at Paul Hastings Streamlines Shipping - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Small tech can have a very big impact in a firm where a single task is repeated hundreds of times each week. At Paul Hastings, one such task is parcel shipping. With the installation of PSShip into their UPS-based model, they are now processing 8,000 to 9,000 packages a month.
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Benefits of a Standardized IT System - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Though some believe that standardized IT systems are foolishly consistent and rigid, the opposite is true. Here are some of the ways in which IT standardization will benefit your firm.
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Florida Courts Take Auctions to the Web - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Florida courts, deluged with foreclosures, are heading online to streamline the process. Two Florida counties -- Duval and Manatee -- became the first counties in the country to auction off foreclosed properties online, using Realauction.com. Will other state courts follow suit
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Perks and Perils of a Paperless Office - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Businesses are choosing to store their documents by scanning them and destroying the originals. Burns White attorneys Jeffrey D. Roberts and Nina Wadhwa ask whether documents have to be stored in hard copy after scanning them and answer in terms of document retention and evidence.
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E-Filing Ignorance Imperils Attorneys - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Regrettably, many attorneys view electronic filing as secretarial work that need not concern them. There's nothing wrong with using a paralegal or secretary as a proxy e-filer, but lawyers need to keep up with their logins and passwords and know the basics of the e-filing system.
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