BeenVerified.com is a service which has been getting a lot of attention in the press lately and they now have an iPhone app! BeenVerified.com offers background checks which include social media usage, marriage and divorce search, relative search, property valuation and state criminal searches. The service is far from perfect, but does offer users a [...]
Tag Archive: Litigation
PaperShow – An Affordable Interactive Whiteboard for Attorneys
Often in litigation, I find it necessary to have a deponent or a witness draw a particular scene or object in order to adequately show the listener or jury in understanding what is being described. Most often, this occurs in either motor vehicle collisions or premises liability cases where the location of witnesses, my client, [...]
Macs in Law Offices (MILO)fest 2009 – Conference for Mac Using Lawyers
If you are a Mac-using attorney (or if you want to become one), then you should attend MILOfest 2009, the Mac-focused conference for attorneys. After weeks of anticipation and speculation, details have just been announced this week about this exciting seminar. I, along with the esteemed “The Mac Lawyer” Ben Stevens, Grant Griffiths [...]
Google Search Leads to Hit and Run Conviction
A defendant was recently convicted of killing a man in a hit and run accident. The investment banker had a history of several DUI’s and claimed he thought he had simply hit a deer and thus did not stop to render assistance. A police search of his computer revealed otherwise. Numerous Google searches done by [...]
PDF Redaction Made Easy
This article will continue our previous discussion of the digital revolution in the legal environment. Every revolution has hinged on the ability of communications to remain confidential. Imagine how different the Revolutionary War would have been had the British been privy to sensitive information concerning the movement of the colonies’ army. Of [...]
Electronic Signatures in Legal Documents
The physical act of signing a document has always held a certain magical significance. The signatures of fifty-six men sparked the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. We are taught in law school the importance of a signature and the legal ramifications of one’s mark on a document. However, today’s digital world [...]
PACER Problems with Firefox
Every lawyer practicing in federal court knows the benefits of the PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) system, quick and easy (?) access to case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts. However, the system is not without its faults. One of which we get at least one call per month [...]
Solo Practice University Announces Faculty Member Grant Griffiths
Solo Practice University just announced our friend Grant Griffiths as their latest faculty member. If you haven’t heard of Solo Practice University, you should definitely check it out. SPU is a revolutionary web-based educational community aimed at teaching you everything you need to know to grow your practice, differentiate yourself from your competition and attract [...]
Social Media in the Courtroom
Legal Antics, a legal-humor blog written by New York attorney Nicole Black, posted this GREAT cartoon demonstrating how Social Media will influence your legal practice, whether you like it or not. Of course, it’s funny too.
Finally an E-Reader Worthy of Law Firm Use
TechnoEsq has both a Sony e-Reader (our second post to the blog) and an Amazon Kindle (for testing purposes only of course). The problem with the Kindle is its small screen size makes it impossible to read depositions or medical records with any clarity. Even given this drawback, most of our time is spent using [...]
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