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Document Management
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Legal Writing Prof Blog
Tech advice – how to deal with corrupt documents
By legalwriting
This is too technical for me to summarize in a line or two. So if you're interested in learning how to better deal with the dreaded "this document is corrupt" prompt, read…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Scribd
By legalwriting
If you are looking for a quick link to a document, and your usual legal data base and web searches are coming up dry, try going to Scribd. If you want…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
lawyers experiment with wikis
By legalwriting
Everybody knows about Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, but not everyone has tried a (lowercase) wiki for group composition and editing. Law.com recently reported on lawyers in firms and legal departments…
Law Practice Tips
Staying in Sync
By Jim Calloway
Dear Jim: I sometimes find I have many versions of the same document and don't know which is the latest. Is ZZZAgreement(ver3a).doc newer than ZZZAgreement(ver2)Fredscomments.doc? Help me! Signed, Out of…
LawSites
The You Tube of Legal Documents
Matt Homann called it a You Tube for legal documents, and I can't think of a more perfect description. The site is called docstoc, and just as You Tube does…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
E-Discovery Horror Stories
Here is a story that appeared today on Law.com about the cascading problems that arise from a company not having their "electronic discovery house in order". We have written before on this…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Connecticut Personnel Files – What’s Included and What’s Not
Last month, I suggested that there was not necessarily a "crisis" in personnel file litigation in Connecticut, because the rules for personnel files had long been established. Given that this blog…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
State Farm to setup shared electronic repository
By Chip Merlin
The U.S. District Court in Gulfport has ordered that an electronic document repository be set up for pre-trial records in more than 200 lawsuits against State Farm Fire & Casualty…
TortsProf Blog
Consumers Union, Mental Health Groups Seek to De-Designate Zyprexa Documents
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has gotten in on the Zyprexa documents party, filing a motion (press release) on behalf of Consumers Union and several mental health organizations…
Law Practice Tips
Adobe Acrobat 8 Legal Resource Guide
By Jim Calloway
I got the following information from Adobe today and think it is worth passing on to you. Below please find the "hot-off-the-press" Adobe Acrobat Legal Resource Guide with links to…