By C. Dean Little
Back when I got out of law school, the standard high-tech business equipment in a law firm was an IBM Selectrix typewriter and a photo copy machine.
At that time, secretaries embraced the Selectrix, but many resisted giving up their habit of making copies using carbon paper. A few years later, the Wang [...]

By Cathy Lopez
Launched on May 1, the Electronic Data Extraction Network already has 100 members.
EDEN is a subsidiary of Seattle-based electronic discovery law firm Blank Law + Technology PS. The community’s membership consists of IT service providers and legal professionals in 28 states and Canada.
The community was formed to create a nationwide standard of best [...]

By Cathy Lopez
The LegalTech West Coast 2009 trade show kicks off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
I wasn’t able to make the journey to the Golden State this year to attend, but I did in 2008 and felt it might be helpful to share some of my experiences.
Attending LegalTech gives attorneys, paralegals and IT [...]

By Eric P. Blank
Blank Law + Technology PS believes that a thorough understanding of the various steps and functions of electronic discovery is imperative to controlling costs in e-discovery cases.
We’ve broken the process down into an eight-step funnel through which all data must pass. Electronic data is collected at the top of the funnel, at [...]