Tag Archive: Litigation

MILO Chat – Episode 16 – “Apple iPad Special – Part 2″

MILO Chat – Episode 16 – “Apple iPad Special – Part 2″ This episode… Apple iPad Special – Part 2 Hosted by: Victor Medina, Finis Price, and Ben Stevens. We discuss the iPad right after orders were allowed. Comments?  Send them to milochat@miloweekly.com Subscribe to this podcast using iTunes!  Embedded player here: Download the podcast…

MILO Chat – Episode 15 – “Apple iPad Special – Part 1″

MILO Chat Weekly – Episode 15 – “Apple iPad Special – Part 1″ This episode… Apple iPad Special – Part 1 Hosted by: Victor Medina, Finis Price, Adam Greivell and Ben Stevens. We discuss the iPad right after its announcement. Comments?  Send them to milochat@miloweekly.com Subscribe to this podcast using iTunes!  Embedded player here: Download…

Droid v. iPhone for Attorneys- The Showdown

Ryan McKeen and I were asked a few months ago to do an article for the ABA Journal on whether the iPhone or the Droid was the superior phone for attorneys.  I happily obliged and was asked to take the ‘iPhone side’ of the argument given my overwhelming conclusions that the iPhone is superior to…

iPad in Trial with PadNote

We have ordered our Apple iPads for TechnoEsq Presentations as well as our personal iPad and besides being extremely excited we are already seeing the first iPad app a lawyer can use at trial. First seen on 9to5mac.com, PadNote looks like it was created for simple drawing at first, but it turns out to be…

BeenVerified – iPhone Background Checks

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…

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 and Victor…

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 course, the solutions…

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…