Legal Technology

Hardcore Scanning for Law Offices of ANY Size Named one of Best of ABA TECHSHOW

Lawyers are afloat in a sea of paper presenting challenges in both short term and long term storage, being able to find information quickly and reducing malpractice risks from handling all of this paper. As firms move more and more to a paperless environment (or at least a reduced paper environment), scanning has become an integral piece of accomplishing these goals. In this session, attorney Nerino Petro and legal technology consultant Britt Lorish Knuttgen help guide you through the maze of scanners available, including desktop scanners, multi-function machines, flatbeds and portable scanners, giving you practical application examples for each. They also focus on having internal scanning policies and standards, and enforcing those for consistency within your firm.

Also included in the discussion are software products to accompany scanners for maximum benefit. These products include OCR (optical character recognition) software, as well as document management systems and PDF software. The importance of scanning to searchable PDF is also explained and highlighted.

The standing room only crowd was treated to a number of product demonstrations during this presentation, and left with a better understanding of how to implement a scanning workflow for better paperless practices. Both Nerino and Britt will be speaking again at ABA TECHSHOW 2010, and Britt is currently a member of the ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board.

Version 15.3 of Tabs3 Released

It’s good to see one of the few remaining independent time, billing and practice management software companies continue to roll out improvements to a product that has earned a reputation of being rock solid.

Let them eat Cake in Computer Forensics? Maybe not this time.

Law enforcement agencies around the country use Encase from Guidance Software to forensically image computer disks in investigations and prosecutions. This means that defense experts need to own this $3,000+ program rather than a less expensive alternative. However, in Washington State it appears that is no longer the case.

ABA TECHSHOW 2010 Full Program Released

It’s hard to believe that ABA TECHSHOW 2010 is less than four months away. Set for Chicago, IL March 25-27, TECHSHOW 2010 promises a plethora of educational sessions in 15 tracks. The full program and schedule has been released and can be found here.

LexisNexis Sells HotDocs Software Business to UK Company

LexisNexis announced today that Capsoft of Scotland has purchased the HotDocs software business from LexisNexis. LexisNexis retains its Automated Forms group and will continue to provide HotDocs enabled forms including those found on its LexisONE website. Read the full press release after the break