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• Getting the Most Out of Telephonic Depositions
• Gain an Instant Advantage with Realtime
• Customizing Your Condensed Transcripts
• About E-transcript™
• Getting the Most Out of Your Next Deposition
• Video Depositions
• Tips for Taking an Out-Of-State Deposition
• How to Get the Most Out of Your Next Deposition
• Video Depositions Offer Advantages at Trial
• The Care and Feeding of Court Reporters
• Is There a Shortage of Court Reporters?
• Deposition Trap: The Out of Town Witness
• More Than Just Great a Court Reporter
• Video Delivery Options
• Transcript Delivery Options
• What Sets Us Apart: Growing Business and Dedication
• Realtime Court Reporting: How Realtime Can Help
• Focusing A Deposition
• Locating Past Expert Testimony
• Steps of Transcript Production
• What is a Court Reporter?
• Whose Side are We On?
• On the Record: Five Things Court Reporters Want Attorneys to Know
• The Need and Market for Legal Video Depositions
• Deposition Tips: More Than a Refresher
• The Care and Feeding of Court Reporters
• Making Your Best Case with Video Transcript Synchronization
• Appropriate Objections in a Deposition
• Client Deposition Preparation
• Can You Get Us a Reporter in Gardiner?
• The Court Reporter's Brain: "A Miracle"
• How to Use E-Transcripts
• Put Those Video Depositions to Work for You
• 15 Deposition Techniques for Medical Malpractice Cases
• Did the Opposing Side Hide Some Files?
• Video Deposition Tips
• A Low Tech Advantage in a High Tech World
• Deciding Who to Depose (Part One)
• Deciding Who to Depose (Part Two)
• Dealing with Difficult Attorneys and Witnesses
• A Cost Effective Deposition
• Tips and Tricks for Working with Court Reporters
• Teamwork & CA Deposition Law Changes
• Realtime: Are You Using it to Your Advantage?
• Getting Case Analysis off to a Fast Start
• Simple Technology in Litigation
• Preparing a Witness for a Successful Deposition
• Adverse Depositions: Most Do Them Wrong
• Deposition Preparation and Technology
• Electronic Transcript Management Made Easy
• Videoconferencing: Making a Strong Comeback in a Weak Economy
• Out-of-Town Depositions Made Easy
• The Holding Pattern: Lessons Learned on Litigation Holds
• An Online Comfort Zone for Firms
• The Heroes of Last-Minute Depositions
• When and How to Object During a Deposition
• Preparing Your Client for Deposition
• Dealing with Witness Anxiety
• Working With The Players: Witnesses, Judges, Clerks, Bailiffs & Expert Witnesses
• The Reason Storytelling Works
• Appropriate Objections in a Deposition
• Location of Depositions In Arbitrations: A Potential Conflict, Easily Avoided
• Detecting Witness Deception
• Why Do You Need an Investigator?
• The Choreography of Trial Preparation
• Thinking Outside the Box: Litigation Management Program Initiatives Can Substantially Lower Costs
  
• Safeguarding Against Deposition Omissions
• Electronic Data Discovery for Everybody
  

Discovery and E-Discovery

• Should You Save Internet Cache?
• When and Why Should You Start an E-Discovery Team?
• E-Discovery Survival Guide
• Unlocking the Box: "Black Box" Recording in Automobiles
• Use of Automotive Black Box Data
• Discovery Problems and Their Solutions
• A New Trial Reopens Discovery
• Examining Exabytes of Exhibits
• A Discovery Trainwreck
• Documenting the Chain of Custody
• New Technology Alters the Terrain on Accessibility of Backup Tape Data
• Should Lawyers Use Metadata?
• Rising Costs of E-Discovery Impacting Litigants
• Top Trends in E-Discovery Noted at ITLA Conference
• Authenticating Email Discovery as Evidence
• Litigation Survey Suggests Future of E-Discovery
• Addressing Laptop Data Vulnerabilities
• The Medium is Just Part of the Message
• Producing Spreadsheets in E-Discovery-2008 Update
• Evidence Authentication: Web Site Content
• Audio Mining: Where We are and What's Next
• Taming Document Overload (e-discovery)
• Shifting the Burden (e-discovery costs)
• Electronic Discovery (Part I)
• Electronic Discovery (Part II)
• E-Discovery: The Endgame is Production
• Total Revamp of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
• How to Reduce Ediscovery Costs in a Down Economy
• E-Discovery Pitfalls and Practice Tips
• Case Law Relevant to E-Discovery
• Litigation Discovery Cannot Be Optimal But Could Be Better: The Economics of Improving Discovery Timing in a Digital Age
• E-Discovery Competence is a Fundamental Ethical Challenge Now Faced by the Legal Profession
• Forget the Roadmap - Get GPS for Discovery Process Management
• The E-discovery Sanctions Cube
• Computer Forensics Challenges
• What Can Happen When Lawyers Delegate Their e-Discovery Duties to a Client
  

Specialty Topics

• Medical Liability Legislation
• Environmental Legislation
• Toxic Mold Litigation
• Class Action Reform
• Limiting Punitive Damages
• Judging Science
• Employment Law & EEOC Enforcement Actions
• Employment Cases Skyrocket (arising from civil rights cases)
• Admitting OSHA Data
• Festo (Inventions & Patents)
• Enterprise Search Engines
• The Tribulations of Trials: Civil Case Stats Through Courts Fall
  
• ABI Headline News
• Ending Ignorance: Clarity Through Paper, Not Purpose
• At the Crossroads: Uncertainties, Life and Litigation
• The Pro and Con of Unpublished Opinions
• Two Sides of Medical Malpractice
• Real Reform: A Diagnosis of Medical Malpractice
• Torpedoing "Submarine" Patents
• Equivalents and Estoppel: Patent Interpretations & Scope
• Winning the Big One: Hard Work Paying Off
• Reasons for Decline Up & Down: Reasons and Case-Types Not in Courts
• Adding Value: Superior Standards Prevail
• Ontario Adopts Electronic Filing
• Open Season
• Dissenting Viewpoints: Three Supreme Court Judges on Damages
• Independent Observers: Reporting the Facts
• Safety Standards: Key Links and Groups
• Safeguarding Tomorrow's Intellectual Property
• Simplifying Case Management
• Technology to the Rescue
• Gear Up for Great War Rooms
• Musings on Meet and Confer
• What is MMSEA Section 111 and How Does it Affect Me, My Practice and My Clients?
• Three Ways an Expert Witness Can Save Law Firms Time and Money
• For Your Clients: Examining the Four Areas of Business Social Networking Risk

Articles for Legal Professionals

• Go Ahead - Take Advantage of Us
• Managing Complex Litigation
• An Unprecedented Challenge: Reporter Supply v. Demand
• Learning from Experience: Tried and True
• Coping with Change
• Cleaning Up Our Act: Change Toward Higher Standards
• The Changing Face of the Law
• The Six Billion: The Importance of Every Human Being
• Growing Over the Summer: Service Expansion
• Independence: We've Come a Long Way
• The Law and Peace on Earth
• Document Services
• Technology and the Legal Profession: A Perfect Match
• Technology Impacts the Duties of Legal Secretaries
• Musings on Meet and Confer
• Competition and Quality of Service
• Keeping Your Team Informed: Complex Litigation Tools and Tips
• Teamwork: Helping You Succeed
• Avoid Office Burnout: Strategies for Legal Professionals
• Lawyers are from Mars and Paralegals are from Venus
• Online Document Depository
• One Long Road: 40 Years Working for the Same Attorney
• Evolution of the Legal Secretary
• How My Legal Experience Changed Lives
• Risk of Rewards
• Creating Time
• Peter Bibler: 2008 Chicago Bar Fellowship Recipient
  
• Still Organic and Customer Service Savvy After 22 Years
• Empowering Communities: One Man's Legacy in Community Lawyering
• Technology Evangelist Keeps Faith in Legal Aid
• Something for Nothing? Not Really
• Stenographer Makes Case for Rewards of Court Jobs
• Staying Productive When You're Unmotivated - 4 Tips
  
  

General Forms, Filing & Sites

• Retention Regulations & Hidden Data (Microsoft Program Features)
• Exhibit FAQs
• Guide to Federal Local Rules
• State Discovery Rules
• The End of the "Line" - Electronic Filing
• Website Supreme: Supreme Court Opinions and More

Procedure & Research Resources

• Changing Course (Document Management)
• Unpublished Opinions
• California Privacy Rule Change
• Protecting Confidential Data
• Simplifying Complex Litigation
• Keeping Everyone Informed - Electronic Resources & Case Management
• Kumho - Finding Expert Witnesses and Past Expert Testimony
• ABA Issues E-Mail Opinion
• Access to over 400 Dictionaries
• Teamwork & CA Deposition Law Changes
• Fewer Making a Federal Case of It
• Federal Court Website Privacy
• What the Heck is He Talking About?