Posts on legal tech, litigation, & eDiscovery

Lawyers are inherently busy. Filing deadlines, letters to clients, depositions, meetings, phone calls... I know that I was always looking for that magic bullet that would solve my time management woes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist—with only so...

Having been on both sides of legal tech - both as a consumer when I was practicing and now as a producer as a founder of CaseFleet - I have learned a great deal about the different solutions that can help lawyers run their practice more efficiently....

Family law is among the fastest growing practice areas in the legal profession. And why shouldn’t it be? Dealing with family matters can be some of the most sensitive and stressful situations faced in a lifetime, and when someone needs help with a...

When I graduated from law school in 2010, legal jobs were very hard to find. After a brief stint as a staff attorney, I wasn't feeling very optimistic about my chances of finding a job that would fulfill the dreams that led me to attend law school...

I encounter many small law firms that continue to operate on-premises servers that hold key firm data, files, and even emails. While having a server is less and less common for new firms, it seems that many existing firms feel compelled to keep...

Because law firm security is essential in this age of cyber threats, here is an infographic with a series of tips and tricks to improving cybersecurity at your firm. Enjoy!

Depositions make or break cases. Taking a deposition can be exhilarating when you're able to get past the witness's defenses and layers of preparation - or extremely frustrating if the witness is a skillful evader or if opposing counsel obstructs....

We're constantly hearing about metadata as it relates to eDiscovery, security, and ethics, but metadata remains a confusing topic for many, and there are many misconceptions about it. In this post, we'll provide some examples to help you better...

Excel is a virtual Swiss Army Knife for litigators. There really aren't any limits on what you can do with it, and I'm sure that I've only scratched the surface in my own practices. Excel is also a lot easier to use than many people think it is....

Litigators eat, breathe and sleep facts. Indeed, non-lawyers are often surprised by the near-fanatical thoroughness that many litigators exhibit when investigating the facts of a case. Most of us have either taken or defended 7-hour depositions,...