A Lawyer’s IT Pet Peeves, and My Response.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Ted Banks, former chief counsel for global compliance at Kraft Foods, vented his spleen in a recent Law.com article, What Steams Me About Technology. I like to hear what lawyers think about legal IT.  I don't know Mr. Banks, but I hear echoes of his pet peeves in comments by ...

Googled Yourself Lately? Recruiters Do

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

An article by Lynn Traverse on Law.com got a lot of hits on the interweb.  She offers strong advice to law students about what you post about yourself online. Every professional should heed the advice, however. Advice to Fall Recruits: Keep Your Cyberspace Clean

Gmail for Lawyers?

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Law.com has an interesting article by Adam Anderson which suggests the benefits of lawyers having a Gmail account. Really. Anderson, a lawyer himself, shares two scenarios for its use. No... really. Read it yourself: Tech Whiz Delivers the Advantages of Gmail I'll bet he has uses for Google Docs and Google Calendar as well. ...

Another Great Article on Metadata

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Law.com posted another insightful discussion of metadata today: Where Do the Footprints of Metadata Lead? The author highlights the disparity between state bar associations and federal authorities on the ethics of metadata mining. Add electronic discovery to the mix, and the waters really get murky: Most of the state opinions ...