Tuesday's legal IT news, new column & vacancy

It’s 2009. Are you still litigating like it’s 1999? by Zachary S. McGee

I’m sure you’ve noticed how much the Internet has changed the way we live over the last ten years. You watch your favorite television programs on-line instead of on your television. You e-mail or instant message family and friends instead of picking up the phone. You love the power and convenience of the Internet, and you can’t imagine how you ever got along without it. That is, until you step into your office and start practicing law.
For many litigators, your practice hasn’t changed much since 1999, or for that matter, 1989. Of course, technology has brought some big advances – on-line legal research and e-filing of court papers to name two – but in one major area for most litigators – defending and taking depositions – anachronistic practice remains the norm. Read more...

nFlow Scotland Conference – 8th May 2009, Microsoft Edinburgh

After the huge success of the nFlow conference in Reading last month, nFlow are giving current users the opportunity to attend a second user group conference in Edinburgh. There will be the opportunity for delegates to share their thoughts on digital dictation and network with other professional service firms, hosted at the prestigious Microsoft offices. Agenda and more details can be found here.

More legal IT news

• Tikit France appoints ex LexisNexis manager
• News round-up
• If the medium is the message, what is the Twitter message
• Guidelines to Craft E-Mail Retention Policies
• Open Source After 'Jacobsen v. Katzer'
• What Kind of Car Would BigLaw Be?
• Exporting a PDF to Excel

Details and links in our news section.

Legal IT vacancy

Today we added the following new vacancy:

• SW implementation Project Manager (USA, Raleigh)

See our vacancy section for the job details.