ABA TECHSHOW.blogThe Latest Information About ABA TECHSHOW - The World's Premier Legal Technology ConferenceUse of Prior Statements: Inconsistencies and Comparisons- March 31, 2006 Problem: A very good witness is on the stand. Defense counsel cross-examines at great length as to differences between three statements. By the third occasion, the witness is hopelessly confused, and the jury as well (as well as the judge). Solution: Counsels notes should be indexed to specific portions of each statement, and a direct comparison of these segments should be prepared into a single demonstrative exhibit. Lesson: Visual comparisons are far more clear than verbal.http://www.techshow.com/blog/033106.html Courts Rein in FBI on Cellular Surveillance- March 29, 2006 Two federal judges recently ruled that the FBI may not track the locations of cell phone users without showing evidence that a crime occurred or is in progress, saying that to do so would violate long-established privacy protections. Judges in Texas and New York denied FBI requests for court orders that would have forced wireless carriers to continuously reveal the location of a suspect's cell phone as part of an ongoing investigation. Other judges have allowed the practice in other...http://www.techshow.com/blog/032906.html Become Staff Independent By Using Your Technology- March 28, 2006 Every single attorney in the firm should know enough about the firms software and hardware to be able to do the following. If you can click the mouse, use two fingers on the keyboard, andor dictate, you can accomplish these tasks. But you will need training assistance to get to this point: - locate, open, edit, print, save and close a document - produce a simple letter from scratch using templates, styles and copypaste - fax a document - copy a document - scan a document -open, save, ...http://www.techshow.com/blog/032806.html Ladies and Gents, In this Corner, Microsoft and in this Corner, Google- March 24, 2006 It's been a busy month so far for roll-outs and rumors of new online services. We are seeing the early rounds of an escalating battle between Google and Microsoft to become the dominant online user service provider. But don't expect Yahoo or AOL to sit this one out on the sidelines. Microsoft launched its new search engine at live.com (http:www.live.com). Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of information services at MSN, predicted people's reaction...http://www.techshow.com/blog/032406.html Quickly Zooming Fonts for Easier Reading- March 22, 2006 When you are reading a document or a webpage and the font is a bit too small to comfortably read, here's a quick solution. Hold down the control key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to easily enlarge the text, zooming in. This doesn't work with everything. But since it works with True Type fonts, it will work most of the time.http://www.techshow.com/blog/032206.html How Not To Show Exhibits at Trial- March 14, 2006 From a November, 2005 trial: Prosecutions first witness, a police officer. Using ELMO to show photos and diagrams. He keeps using (not well) the zoom feature (to distraction). The lesson here: CHOREOGRAPH your use of exhibits. Have a clear goal in mind about what and why you use any tech feature. Too much movement on the screen distracts jurors. Next up Photographs of every room in the house where the crime occurred. Next lesson: simply because you have pictures of a room doesnt require you to.http://www.techshow.com/blog/031406.html Old "ASP" Wine - Shiny New "On Demand" Bottles- March 3, 2006 Recently Forbes ran an article entitled "Your Business on Demand" (http:www.forbes.com20060208sap-oracle-salesforce_cx_tt_0208straightup.htmlpartner=ecommerce_newsletter). This article is interesting because it is a reflection of hosted applications moving into the mainstream. Hosted Applications (formerly known as Application Service Providers) have been around for some time. The basic concept is moving software applications on to the Internet. Then instead of loading, configuring,...http://www.techshow.com/blog/030306.html |