Posts on legal tech, litigation, & eDiscovery

I encounter many small law firms that continue to operate on-premises servers that hold key firm data, files, and even emails. While having a server is less and less common for new firms, it seems that many existing firms feel compelled to keep...

Because law firm security is essential in this age of cyber threats, here is an infographic with a series of tips and tricks to improving cybersecurity at your firm. Enjoy!

Depositions make or break cases. Taking a deposition can be exhilarating when you're able to get past the witness's defenses and layers of preparation - or extremely frustrating if the witness is a skillful evader or if opposing counsel obstructs....

We're constantly hearing about metadata as it relates to eDiscovery, security, and ethics, but metadata remains a confusing topic for many, and there are many misconceptions about it. In this post, we'll provide some examples to help you better...

Excel is a virtual Swiss Army Knife for litigators. There really aren't any limits on what you can do with it, and I'm sure that I've only scratched the surface in my own practices. Excel is also a lot easier to use than many people think it is....

Litigators eat, breathe and sleep facts. Indeed, non-lawyers are often surprised by the near-fanatical thoroughness that many litigators exhibit when investigating the facts of a case. Most of us have either taken or defended 7-hour depositions,...

We owe our clients a duty of confidence, and we owe it to ourselves to keep our business data secure. But in fact, security means more than keeping data out of the hands of the bad guys: it also means having steady access to our data and maintaining...

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Slack already. The company has grown at an incredible pace, achieving a valuation of  approximately $4 billion in the three years since it was founded. It currently has 2.7 million users active on the platform on...

A modern law office needs more than furniture and smart lawyers in order to run. We use computers to write briefs, send emails, review evidence, generate invoices, and manage firm finances. In the realm of law office technology, there are good tools...

The way we interact with and use computers changes constantly - technology growth is exponential in today’s world. Yet certain industries are hesitant to adopt new technology en masse, unconvinced of its ability to work well within the structured...