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Bill more. Go home early: One Lawyer’s Story

Amicus Attorney

One of the primary reasons we adopt new technology (besides the fact that it’s cool) is because it makes life easier. John T. Phipps, a lawyer based in Champaign, Ill., discovered this when he test-drove and adopted Amicus Attorney practice management software for his law firm. In all, he estimates that he’s significantly increased the amount of billable time he captures – up to 250 hours a year – thanks to the system’s automation features. Another benefit: The ability to run his practice from his laptop or Blackberry helps free his time for more important things – like vacations. You can read John’s story here.

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05 2010


by practicehacker
posted in Career and Job, Sponsor, archiving, business, conduct, cool stuff, free, law office, manager, member perks, money, practice, practice management, referrals, review, software, technology, the business of law, tools, work
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ABA Tech Show 2010 in Pictures

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28

03 2010


by practicehacker
posted in ABA, ABA Jounral, Amicus, Article, Blogging, Docs, FastCase, LPM Section, Lexis-Nexis, Marketing, Meeting, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Mobile device, Office, PCLaw, PDA/SMARTPHONE, PDF, Podcast, Podcasting, SaaS, Sponsor, Telephony & Voice Over IP, Video, Westlaw, Word, Wordpress, blackberry, clio, community, conference, current-events, in house counsel, law, law office, legal marketplace, legal research, litigation, manager, martindale-hubbell connected, media, moblogging, new media, news, old media, practice, practice management, records, review, rocketmatter, social networking, software, technology, the business of law, tips, tools, twitter, unbundling, web 2.0, website, work, youtube
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Clio Calendar Upgrade (and how!)

Here’s a video of the enhanced calendar put out by Clio on Vimeo.
The guys from Clio show off in this short video and I can’t blame them. Having used Clio for over a year, I did hand-springs when I saw the improvements. Almost makes me want to forgive them for winning the gold in Hockey at the Winter Games!

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03 2010


by practicehacker
posted in .mobi, 37 Signals, Apple, Mobile device, SaaS, Video, apps, clio, disruptive technology, iPhone, iPhone Apps, litigation, manager, media, mobile, new media, practice, practice management, review, rocketmatter, startup, storage, tags, technology, the business of law
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Litigation Software to the Rescue!

43% of litigators who participated in a recent ABA survey say that they use litigation support software. As for the 57% of you wondering what exactly litigation software is, this is your lucky day. The term litigation support software refers to an entire subgenre of database software for storing, searching, and reviewing discovery and evidentiary material. Way better than manually going through a physical file, that’s for sure! Here’s a helpful chart produced by the ABA of the different litigation software out there. For more information on the respective companies and how their software can facilitate your your litigation practice, take a look at the websites below and decide for yourself (this applies to both the 43% of you already familiar with the systems as well as the 57% of you who may be interested in making the switch):

1. Anacomp CaseLogistix
2. Lexis Nexis Concordance
3. ILS Edge
4. iCONECT
5. ImageDepot
6. IPRO eReview
7. Lexbe
8. MasterFile
9. Nextpoint
10. CT Summation iBlaze

24

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in ABA, LPM Section, Lexis-Nexis, archiving, conduct, cool stuff, e-discovery, knowledge management, law, law office, legal research, lists, litigation, media, practice management, review, search, software, storage, technology, tools, website, websites, work
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LifeHacker Beats Me to the Punch … Again!

How to do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) by Gina Trappani of LifeHacker fame tells you … well, everything you need to know about Google Buzz.

Dammit Trappani, leave some news for the rest of us to report.

Seriously though, nice job. J

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10

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in Article, Google, Lifehacker, buzz, current-events, disruptive technology, knowledge management, lifestreaming, practice, practice management, review, social networking, technology, tips, tools, web 2.0, website
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Google Kicks Microsoft’s Apps

As Dan Frommer of the Silicon Valley Insider points out, The WSJ has reported that Google is building a store for Google Apps – the business version of Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, and the Calendar (all of which I use in my practice). The Google Apps Store would allow customers to buy add-ons only if and when needed to extend their basic Google Apps environment without having to buy the whole enchilada. Apparently Microsoft still has not gotten the memo however, as its Office 2010 (which I am now beta-testing) is still bloated, slow, and crash-prone in the proud MS tradition. This as Google tries to disrupt several Microsoft businesses, including its Office and Windows giants, and its Exchange email business. Google could announce the App Store as soon as March, the WSJ’s Jessica Vascellaro says. Like the App Stores flourishing in the mobile industry, Google could collect a cut from sales while passing the majority of revenue along to developers.

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04

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in Article, Blogging, Google, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Office, Word, apps, business, collaborative tools, comments, competition, current-events, disruptive technology, e-mail, enterprise, free, google docs, google voice, google wave, review, security, software, storage, the business of law, tips, tools, unbundling
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Ahh … that New Lexis Smell


Today LexisNexis unveiled a partnership with Microsoft at LegalTech NY – the result is meant to foreshadow the complete revamp of the Lexis research system due out later this year, and dubbed New Lexis. In short, the company’s answer to WestlawNext, which was unveiled at LT NY yesterday. As a result of the partnership, a LexisNexis tab can now be integrated into the ribbon that Microsoft began using in Office 2007 and continues to use in Office 2010 beta as a substitute for the profusion of button bars in Office 2003. Users can conduct legal research, Internet searches on Bing and Google, even Sheppardize, all from within their Word, Outlook, or SharePoint document.

According to Clemens Ceipek, vice president of New Lexis, our customers spend their time … in e-mails or in Word creating or reviewing documents. That is exactly what we are doing. As a lawyer you no longer need to go to a separate, dedicated site to get the information.” Ideally this means that a user reviewing a brief in Word can click on the Shepard’s tab and confirm the status of all cases in the document at once. If the user wants to read the cases, clicking on another tab splits the screen and pulls up the cases. This same integration of information could extend to items within a firm’s own network or document management system in addition to items from Lexis databases or the Internet.

via abajournal.com

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02

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in ABA, ABA Jounral, Article, Lexis-Nexis, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Office, Quick Review, Westlaw, Word, apps, competition, current-events, disruptive technology, document automation, document exchange, enterprise, knowledge management, law office, legal research, media, new media, news, old media, practice, practice management, review, software, technology, the business of law, tips, tools
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2010 Social Media Predictions

2010 Social Media Influencers – Trend Predictions

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12 2009


by practicehacker
posted in Marketing, Telephony & Voice Over IP, Video, Wisdom of Crowds, collaborative tools, de.licio.us, enterprise, facebook, google docs, google wave, martindale-hubbell connected, mashable, microblogging, new media, practice management, realtime, review, rss, search, semantic search, slideshare, social networking, software, tags, technology, tools, twitter, youtube
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