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Lagging Economy Will Hurt Associate Salaries
2008-03-04 10:12:40
Zack Needles, writing for the Legal Intelligencer, warns that the uncertain economy may hurt associate salaries in 2008. For associates at firms that base the size of year-end bonuses and annual pay raises largely on the amount of billable hours each attorney logs, lukewarm business this year could translate into an equally tepid payoff [...]
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Legal Technology Radio Announces e-Discovery Podcast Series
2008-03-04 10:03:29
A press release on PRWeb announced today that National Legal Media, LLC will offer an e-discovery podcast series to be released on the first business day of every month.  The first podcast, FRCP 37(e) Safe Harbor: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Firm and Your Clients, was released yesterday and is available [...]
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Legal Offshoring on the Decline?
2008-03-03 09:47:27
The India Business Blog mentioned a recent Forbes article on the decline of Indian outsourcing this morning. Apparently wages are rising in India, making it a less attractive destination for outsourcing. I’m not sure if this applies to legal offshoring as well, but it’s something to think about.
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Free British and Irish Secondary Legal Materials
2008-03-03 08:52:01
Slaw.ca reports that the British and Irish Legal Information Institute has now added a collection of secondary materials to its website, including books and journals.  The collection is available for free here.
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Why Does Big Law Undervalue Blogs?
2008-03-03 08:41:48
Ron Friedmann of Prism Legal notes that some Big Law bloggers are creating successful blawgs without the support of their firms.  Even while the most widely read blawgs are generating tens of thousands of page views a month, Big Law has not recognized blawgging as a lead generation technique.
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P2P File-Sharing Programs a Security Risk
2008-03-03 08:27:36
David Canton of eLegal warns that popular P2P file-sharing programs like Limewire pose a serious security risk.  While the media has focused on using P2P software to unlawfully download copyrighted material, Canton notes that an inherent security threat lurks in the background: namely, that P2P programs are configured to allow others to access the files [...]
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Law Firm Wikis
2008-03-02 08:38:53
Doug Cornelius of KM Space talked with Lee Rosen of Rosen Law Firm about how law firms use wikis.  A wiki allows users to easily create, maintain and update web pages or pages on an intranet.  So far, Rosen Law Firm’s wiki has about 3,000 to 4,000 pages of content.
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Jabra Introduces the BT8040 Bluetooth Headset
2008-03-02 08:24:11
Jabra has introduced the BT8040, a new Bluetooth headset that is poised to “blow other Bluetooth headsets out of the water.”  The BT8040 supports A2DP for wireless music streaming, allows users to connect to two Bluetooth devices simultaneously and provides acoustic shock protection.
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JD Supra Allows Lawyers to Share Legal Documents
2008-03-02 08:17:22
Canadian law librarian Connie Crosby mentioned a useful site on her blog the other day.  JD Supra is an online community of sorts where lawyers can share filings, decisions, forms, articles and other legal documents.  User profiles make the site a networking opportunity as well.
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Evidence Rule 502 Passed by Senate, Moves to House
2008-03-02 08:08:16
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved proposed Evidence Rule 502 unamended.  The proposed rule deals with the waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product protection.  Sharon D. Nelson, writing on the electronic evidence blog Ride the Lightning, notes that there is no serious opposition to the rule in the House of Representatives.


Where is Garrett Worley?
2008-03-23 21:34:13
I’ve taken a break from blogging for a while and want to assure my readers (all six or seven of you) that I am well.  As most of you know, I’m in law school right now and…well, enough said, right?  Luckily, I had the opportunity to go down to the mountains and do some hiking [...]
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