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June 07, 2008 05:38

The rising star of Web 2.0 has brought the dawn of social and professional networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn.  These free services have grown in popularity so that it’s rare to find a person under the age of 35 who doesn’t have some type of personal Web page.  With the dawning ...

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May 29, 2008 15:47

I presented to 45 state judges and Supreme Court Justices at the Montana Judicial Conference on e-Discovery, admissibility and the impact of ESI in litigation.  It was a privilege to travel to Big Sky Country and meet judges facing electronic discovery challenges.    Once I got over the awe cr...

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May 28, 2008 15:02

CT Summation hosted its first Best Practices Summit in Washington, DC on May 20, 2008.  Attendees came from Washington, Baltimore, Toronto, Miami, Alabama and New York for this capacity-attendance summit.      The CT Summation Best Practices Summit featured a keynote address by Michael Berman, Esq...

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April 26, 2008 01:14

CT Summation hosted two educational webinars with e-Discovery experts William Kellermann of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati, PC and Tom O’Connor of the Gulf Coast Legal Technology.  Both graciously took time out of their day for two separate webinars in which they discussed the top e-Dis...

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April 23, 2008 16:45

Join us for this one day, complimentary seminar and learn the fastest and most effective workflows, the most up-to-date techniques, and the latest technology insights for CT Summation iBlaze, Enterprise, CaseVault and Discovery Cracker.  Gain valuable information from our customers and legal ...

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April 15, 2008 02:25

I recently posted on YouTube videos being used as exhibits that highlighting illegal conduct.[1] I regret having an example so quickly.   Eight teenagers were arrested for beating a teenage girl in Lakeland, Florida. The youth beat up the victim so they could make a YouTube video.   The assault ...

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March 28, 2008 17:29

Anyone with a teenager has probably seen a grossly excessive phone bill from text messaging.  Young people use instant messaging (IM) for social use, even going to the point of ending relationships by IM.[1] Both forms of instant communication use the same language shorthand, such as “LOL” to conv...

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March 21, 2008 18:35

Businesses for decades have protected themselves from unlimited jurisdiction with forum selection clauses, a contractual provision that specifies the jurisdiction in the event of a dispute. Forum selection clauses give a company “contractual predictability,” thus have the potential to reduce the cos...

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March 20, 2008 23:49

The Internet allows anyone to anonymously post information on the Net. Websites often have no contact information besides a generic email address.  The anonymity of some websites and the inability of any meaningful way to find the individuals running them makes service of process a significant ...

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March 05, 2008 05:35

New video cameras on the market take YouTube ready video.[1]  It is a matter of time before it is commonplace for these cameras to immediately upload footage via embedded wireless to YouTube.  For many plaintiff attorneys and district attorneys, this is a dream come true:  People have the tools to d...