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LAW TECHNOLOGY NEWS DAILY ALERT

Posted on February 17, 2009
We've just launched our new Law Technology News Daily Alert! If you'd like to subscribe, you can -- right here. The first edition includes a link to a hot story about Guidance Software, which is being grilled about absent memos -- did the E-Discovery company bumble its own internal digital search? Check out the story here.

WELCOME THEODORA BLANCHFIELD

Posted on February 17, 2009
We're delighted to introduce you to LTN's new associate editor! Theodora Blanchfield previously worked across the hallway as a staff reporter for IP Law & Business, and we could not be more thrilled to welcome her to Law Technology News. Welcome aboard!

MICROSOFT DEBUTS WINDOWS PHONE

Posted on February 17, 2009
Looks like the mothership is going to take on Cupertino again: -- Microsoft has debuted a Windows Phone. http://tinyurl.com/tcs217Excerpt: BARCELONA, Spain ??? Feb. 16, 2009 ??? Today at Mobile World Congress 2009, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer along with key mobile partners, HTC, LG and Orange, unveiled new Windows phones featuring new user-friendly software and services...

FRIDAY THE 13TH

Posted on February 13, 2009
Bad news, better news:1. 800 law firm jobs were lost yesterday (maybe they did it yesterday rather than today to avoid Jason's wrath?) http://tinyurl.com/ltn213 (The Recorder).2. Horrible news from Buffalo, Continental commuter plane down, all lost -- stunning photos on The New York Times' website...

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ROBERT MEADOWS HEADED TO BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN

Posted on February 11, 2009
Robert Meadows, formerly CIO of Heller Ehrman, has been snared by Bingham McCutchen as its CIO -- and has made the bi-coastal move to Boston. He promises to be a Yankees fan, despite his new venue!He'll be starting there on 2/17. Congrats!!!! Welcome to the East Coast...

#LTNY: WHY FEB 5 IS THE DAY AFTER XMAS

Posted on February 05, 2009
Craig Ball, LTN's "Ball in Your Court" columnist, says today is "the day after Christmas," and the news of Onsite3's bankruptcy and acquisition probably won't be the last Darwin news in the next weeks. Check it out here.

#LTNY: SCENE SYSTEMS DEMOS #USAIR MIRACLE

Posted on February 05, 2009
Scene Systems, of Manhattan Beach,Calif., offered a compelling demo at its booth at #LegalTech New York: The company displayed ts accident reconstruction finese with a video recreation of the miraculous #USAir Flight 1549 Hudson river landing in January...

#LTNY: TRENDSPOTTER

Posted on February 05, 2009
So... I finally got a few hours sleep, and I'm beginning to process the incredible conversations and discussions I've had over the last four days at LegalTech New York! And as ideas and trends begin to marinate, I'm thinking about the article(s) I may write as a result of all of your tremendous insight...

#LTNY SO MUCH MORE TO COME!

Posted on February 03, 2009
At the end of day 2, I'm completely on fumes -- will post much more over the next few days. However, I wanted to share this picture of Gene Landoe, which Russ Curtis shot last night during our LTN Awards Dinner at Carmine's in Times Sq. Gene has announced his retirement after a long happy career at CT, and we will all miss him and wish him the very best for the next chapter in his illustrious life! P...

LTNY 09: WHERE'S MONICA?

Posted on February 02, 2009
6 p.m. - LTN Awards Dinner! Carmine's(Ticketed event)

LTNY 09: READY, SET.....

Posted on February 02, 2009
Sunday wasn't just for the SuperBowl, (congrats Pittsburgh), it was also the traditional set-up Sunday for LegalTech New York, as everyone begins to descend on the Hilton for our three-day event! Russ Curtis had his camera out as folks began to set up booths and gather at 53rd & 6th:Here's our LTNY czar Henry Dicker, with LexisNexis' Jane Kimpan as they got ready for Monday's opening curtain...

LTNY EDITORS BREAKFAST

Posted on January 29, 2009
Our annual Editors' Breakfast will be held Tuesday (Feb. 3) at 8 a.m., in the Petit Trianon Room on the 3rd floor of the Hilton NY. It's free and open to all vendors and attendees of LTNY. As usual, we will offer gourmet conversation and pedestrian danish, coffee & tea (in interests of full disclosure, the picture to the left is NOT representative of our fare)...

OBAMA SIGNS GENDER PAY BILL

Posted on January 29, 2009
A step in the right direction: President Obama has signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, re gender pay, the first piece of legislation he has signed as president. AP story here, from MS/NBC. (It includes a video of Obama talking about equal pay during his campaign)See Mon's rant in November LTN ("Just Equal") about this issue within the legal industry here...

WHAT I HATE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY: UPDATE!

Posted on January 28, 2009
I'm thrilled to announce that CommVault, which offers enterprise backup software, data protection and de-duplication services, has just signed on to sponsor our upcoming "Trifecta" -- that includes a live program at LTNY09, six podcasts, and a report on the panel in Law Technology News and Corporate Counsel! Anthony Paonita, editor-in-chief of Corporate Counsel magazine, and I are organizing the panel, and it should be a flat-out blast...

ANDY'S BACK

Posted on January 26, 2009
Whoppeee... the staring contest is over. Pettite's back --- $5.5M 1 yr, with incentives that could bring it to $12M. YEAHHHHHHH 411 here. P.S. - Cash, now couldja please put Joba where he belongs: as set-up and successor to Mo!

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Posted on January 26, 2009
With the news of layoffs at two EDD providers (i365/Metalincs and SPi), I thought you might want a sneak preview of Craig Ball's column "What Lies Beneath."Ball warns us to be sure we have considered how to protect our firms and clients should a vendor evaporate...

LAYOFFS AT SPi

Posted on January 26, 2009
The grapevine is humming about layoffs at SPi -- and possible reorganization (jettisoning EDD work) -- but no official statements yet. Will keep you posted as we hear more.

MORE ON INTERWOVEN ACQUISTION

Posted on January 26, 2009
Autonomy Corp. has reported plans to acquire Interwoven Inc. According to the company: ??? Interwoven stockholders will receive $16.20 in cash for each outstanding Interwoven share, representing a premium of 36.8% to the closing share price of $11.84 on January 21, 2009, and a premium of 36...

10 SECONDS TO HELP

Posted on January 26, 2009
I turn the mic over to my friend Marianne Cohen:The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet its quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes about 10 seconds to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals' for free...

AUTONOMY TO ACQUIRE INTERWOVEN

Posted on January 24, 2009
Breaking news: http://www.autonomy.com/content/News/Releases/2009/0122.en.html

VENABLE PARTNER ON US AIR 1549

Posted on January 22, 2009
Our colleagues at The Am Law Daily have just posted a fascinating interview with Venable partner James Hanks Jr. who was aboard US Air 1549. Best line: ???I can't let my life be run by a bunch of geese.??? #USAircrash

TWEET TWEET @ LTNY

Posted on January 19, 2009
We've decided to add a Twitter panel to LTNY, and what a panel it is: "What is Twitter and How Can I Use It?" Monday, Feb. 2, from 3 to 4 p.m., in the 4th floor Hilton West Ballroom (same one being used for the general sessions). Among the questions we'll address: * At the end of the day is Twitter the ???ultimate time waster??? or a ???great tool???? * From 'huh?" to "a ha!" - one lawyer's journey into the Twitterverse...

MAILBOX #090119

Posted on January 19, 2009
As the snow falls in NYC, catchin' up on the incoming: * Adobe's Rick Borstein checks in to let us know that he's been working with Evermap.com, "to get a special plug-in for Acrobat so that users can write directly on PDFs. This helps firms to save time and avoid printing...

GUEST POST: GO GREEN

Posted on January 17, 2009
A guest post from Shawnna Childress, of Navigant Consulting (and Women in eDiscovery):The name of the game in 2009 is ???Saving Money???. Going Green is a natural answer to saving your firm or corporation thousands. Particularly in the United States, saving money on energy costs is the primary motivating factor causing corporations to ramp up their Green IT initiatives...

DARWIN SUMMARY

Posted on January 14, 2009
Joe Howie and Michael Potters came up with this very nifty chart of key acquisitions over the last couple years for the ALSP Newsletter. Check it out.

VERDICT SYSTEMS (SANCTION) SOLD

Posted on January 07, 2009
Verdict Systems has been sold to Atlanta-based Alexander Gallo Holdings, reports Verdict Systems spokesperson Colleen O'Donnell Pierce. AGH offers court reporting and litigation support services. Verdict Systems offers Sanction trial presentation software, and the more comprehensive Verdical package...

CISCO DIVES INTO SOCIAL NETWORKING

Posted on January 07, 2009
Alltop's Guy Kawasaki spotted this C/Net article about Cisco diving into social networking.

& THE WINNERS ARE:

Posted on January 05, 2009
I am thrilled to announce the winners of the Law Firm/Law Dept. 2008 LTN Awards, which will be presented on Monday, Feb. 2 at our LTN Awards dinner:The judges were Andrew Adkins III, of the University of Florida Law School; Fredric Lederer, of the College of William & Mary School of Law; and David Whelan, of the Law Society of Upper Canada...

2009 TECH RESOLUTIONS

Posted on January 02, 2009
Here are a few personal tech resolutions, from the Dec. issue of Law Technology News: (More on the website). During these challenging economic times, I hereby resolve to adopt the following as my vendor relations credo, as first enunciated by professors Jagger and Richards in 1968: "You can't always get what you want...

MAILBAG #010209

Posted on January 02, 2009
New Year, More Mail:* Kevin O'Keefe checks in to advise us that he has just launched beta of lextweet.com. Sez he is "changing text Friday to make clear it is open to all legal community, not just lawyers." Kinda a mini-Twitter, interesting! * Ross Kodner offers 33 New Year's resolutions here...

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