ABA TECHSHOW.blogThe Latest Information About ABA TECHSHOW - The World's Premier Legal Technology ConferenceDon't Be Tempted To Use Technology Unless It Makes Your Presentation Clear- February 26, 2007 8.30.06: People v. Eric Delgado, Denver, CO -- Beware of playing tape recordings for a jury. Criminal cases often include audio- or video-taped interviews. Many times, these recordings are not clear – either because of the quality of sound, the presence of static or interference, or even the size of the courtroom making listening difficult. I am watching a capable prosecutor try to punctuate his Closing Argument in a Sexual Assault on a Child case by playing portions of the Defendant's...http://www.techshow.com/blog/026107.shtml Court OK's Use of Text Message in Drug Case- February 21, 2007 On August 10th, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ruled that text messages handed over by an ISP to police could be used as evidence. On October 24, 2005, federal police raided a home on Potomac Drive in Fort Washington, Maryland. They allegedly seized approximately 213 pounds of cocaine and 6.5 pounds of crack cocaine. Antoine Jones and four other men were caught in the raid. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/022107.shtml Backdoors in PDF- February 20, 2007 A British penetration testing expert has release proof-of-concept code and sample PDF files to demonstrate how the Adobe Reader can be used to launch attacks without any user action. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/022007.shtml Hello Can I Order a Human for Pick Up, Please- February 16, 2007 I always get very practical tips from the education seminars at ABA TECHSHOW, but there is one in particular that has come in very handy. Like most consumers, I am very tired of getting the voice-mail runaround from "customer service" at many corporations. From health insurers to cell phone companies and more, they all seem to send me off into voice-mail hell before I can find a human to help resolve my problem. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/021607.shtml New this year: Solo and Small Firm Day at ABA TECHSHOW, co-sponsored by ABA GPSolo Division- February 14, 2007 Friday, March 23, 2007 is Solo and Small Firm Day at ABA TECHSHOW. For the amazing price of only $245 (before the Feb. 16 early bird registration date; $295 afterwards), solo and small firm lawyers can experience all that ABA TECHSHOW has to offer. On that day there are eight sessions in two parallel tracks covering topics specifically geared to solo and small firm attorneys. They include: How to Swallow an Elephant: Practical Tools and Strategies for e-mail and Information Management...http://www.techshow.com/blog/021407.shtml View From the Bench: Have a Purpose for your Exhibits- February 7, 2007 8.24.06: People v. Alfred Damian, Denver, CO -- Prosecutors in my courtroom use aerial photographs of the location of a crime in each and every case. At times, these photographs are useful, and other times they are downright confusing – confusing to the witnesses, the jury and the court. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/020707.shtml PDAs And Smart Phones Retain Data When Discarded- February 5, 2007 On August 30th, security software company Trust Digital released the results of a sampling of data found on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones sold on eBay. By simply purchasing 10 mobile devices on eBay, Trust Digital retrieved nearly 27,000 pages of sensitive data. More...http://www.techshow.com/blog/020507.shtml |