March, 2016

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The Proportional Request for Production

Joshua Gilliland

Magistrate Judge Howard Lloyd engaged in very granular analysis of discovery requests for email messages in a wage and hour case. This type or analysis is a mainstay in many motions over discovery requests, but likely will be more common as Federal Courts conduct proportionality analysis. The Court first summarized that Plaintiff’s Request for Production number 18, which sought all documents “regarding the acquisition of AT&T Language Line Services.” Van v.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Get Organized: How to Create a Macro in Microsoft Word Macros in Microsoft Word let you automatically insert text that you might type frequently, such as boilerplate for business documents. Here's how to create them.

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Proportionality in Email Searches

Joshua Gilliland

Proportionality analysis is making its way into judicial opinions with outright citing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. US District Court Judge Robert Bryan in Washington limited additional searches of email based on proportionality and overbroad search requests. Moore v. Lowe’s Home Ctrs., LLC (W.D.Wash. Feb. 19, 2016, No. 14-1459 RJB) 2016 U.S.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Get Organized: How to Create a Macro in Microsoft Word Macros in Microsoft Word let you automatically insert text that you might type frequently, such as boilerplate for business documents. Here's how to create them.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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How Slack Eliminates E-mail for Law Firms

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How Slack Eliminates E-mail for Law Firms " When you describe Slack, it’s difficult to make it sound differentiated from Skype or other communication tools. So let me frame it this way: it eliminated 75% of my need for email.

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How Slack Eliminates E-mail for Law Firms

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How Slack Eliminates E-mail for Law Firms " When you describe Slack, it’s difficult to make it sound differentiated from Skype or other communication tools. So let me frame it this way: it eliminated 75% of my need for email.

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Unicorn.err.Lawyer.

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Unicorn.err.Lawyer. " But my own empirical analysis suggests that less than 5% of lawyers are at baseline competence in Word. The number who are baseline proficient in Excel is an order of magnitude lower. I am all for creating more of them.

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Lawyer

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Lawyer. " The tech-savvy lawyer need not have the ability to write programs in assembly language or understand x86 chip architecture. The main components of tech savviness are curiosity and accrued knowledge on how to get the most out of computers.

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Lawyer

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The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Lawyer. " The tech-savvy lawyer need not have the ability to write programs in assembly language or understand x86 chip architecture. The main components of tech savviness are curiosity and accrued knowledge on how to get the most out of computers.

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AbacusLaw

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See the Next Generation of AbacusLaw. AbacusLaw has been enhanced to provide strategic, analytical and operational tools for legal professionals to help ease pressures of the ever-changing digital world.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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AbacusLaw

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See the Next Generation of AbacusLaw. AbacusLaw has been enhanced to provide strategic, analytical and operational tools for legal professionals to help ease pressures of the ever-changing digital world.

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How to Migrate Law Firm Data to New Legal Software

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How to Migrate Data to Case Management and Law Practice Management Software Big data can be big trouble when it comes time to move to new legal software. The questions abound. What data will move over? How long will it take? How much will it cost?

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How to Migrate Law Firm Data to New Legal Software

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How to Migrate Data to Case Management and Law Practice Management Software Big data can be big trouble when it comes time to move to new legal software. The questions abound. What data will move over? How long will it take? How much will it cost?

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Building a Table of Authorities in Word

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Building a Table of Authorities in Word Learn to build a table of authorities for your brief using Microsoft Word.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Building a Table of Authorities in Word

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Building a Table of Authorities in Word Learn to build a table of authorities for your brief using Microsoft Word.

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Edit the same word across multiple pdf files.

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Save time by editing the same word across multiple pdf files all at once. In this tutorial, learn how you can edit PDF by searching for a word and replacing it with another across several PDF files on your computer or network folder. This feature is available in both Acrobat DC and Acrobat XI.

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Edit the same word across multiple pdf files.

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Save time by editing the same word across multiple pdf files all at once. In this tutorial, learn how you can edit PDF by searching for a word and replacing it with another across several PDF files on your computer or network folder. This feature is available in both Acrobat DC and Acrobat XI.

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TrialDirector trial presentation software

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ELMO v. TrialDirector Trial Technology - the use of ELMO vs. Trial Director to present documents in trial.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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TrialDirector trial presentation software

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ELMO v. TrialDirector Trial Technology - the use of ELMO vs. Trial Director to present documents in trial.

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How Technology Has Changed Closing Arguments

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How Technology Has Changed Closing Arguments Things have come a long ways in just the last few years. Gone are the days of using blown-up posters.

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How Technology Has Changed Closing Arguments

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How Technology Has Changed Closing Arguments Things have come a long ways in just the last few years. Gone are the days of using blown-up posters.

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This email will self-destruct in five minutes!

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With Dmail, This Email Will Self-Destruct In Five Minutes! If both you and your recipient have Dmail installed, emails look just like regular Gmail. If your recipient doesn’t, they get a link to the message instead of the message – which is why you can disappear the message from their inbox down the line if you want.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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This email will self-destruct in five minutes!

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With Dmail, This Email Will Self-Destruct In Five Minutes! If both you and your recipient have Dmail installed, emails look just like regular Gmail. If your recipient doesn’t, they get a link to the message instead of the message – which is why you can disappear the message from their inbox down the line if you want.

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Future of Legal Tech

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Is The Legal Tech Boom Over? It Hasn't Even Begun! Is The Legal Tech Boom Over?

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Future of Legal Tech

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Is The Legal Tech Boom Over? It Hasn't Even Begun! Is The Legal Tech Boom Over?

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Review of Able2Extract version 10

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THE ALL-NEW ABLE2EXTRACT PDF CONVERTER IS HERE! I have to admit, at first I was pretty hesitant to try a new PDF Converter program. My colleagues have joked that the only way to get me to stop using Nuance Enterprise is to pry it from my cold, dead hands. My love affair with Nuance Enterprise may be at an end now that I have a new program quickly converting my files (and my loyalty as well).

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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Review of Able2Extract version 10

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THE ALL-NEW ABLE2EXTRACT PDF CONVERTER IS HERE! I have to admit, at first I was pretty hesitant to try a new PDF Converter program. My colleagues have joked that the only way to get me to stop using Nuance Enterprise is to pry it from my cold, dead hands. My love affair with Nuance Enterprise may be at an end now that I have a new program quickly converting my files (and my loyalty as well).