Tag: Joe Raczynski
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Google Glass – Full Demo
By Joseph Raczynski This is part five in a series of video’s surrounding Google Glass. This is the full demo of Google Glass. In this video we get to see the complete Google Glass. Take a look at the Google Glass Explorer program. Glass Series Includes: 1) Glass Unboxing 2) Thoughts on Glass: Privacy, Security…
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Google Glass — Law Firm Use
By Joseph Raczynski This is part four in a series of video’s surrounding Google Glass. This is “Law Firms and Glass”. Take a look at the Google Glass Explorer program. Glass Series Includes: 1) Glass Unboxing 2) Thoughts on Glass: Privacy, Security and Its Future 3) Usability Demo 4) Law Firms and Glass 5)…
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Google Glass – Unboxing
By Joseph Raczynski This is part one in a series of video’s surrounding Google Glass. This is the unboxing of Google Glass. In this video we get to see how Glass is packaged and what comes with the device. Take a look at the Google Glass Explorer program. Glass Series Includes: 1) Glass Unboxing 2)…
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eDiscovery: Backup and Cloud Safeguards
By Joseph Raczynski “Not preparing for eDiscovery will cause your company to spend millions meeting an eDiscovery request via a lawsuit or investigation or worse losing a multi-million or multi-billion dollar law suit because you cannot retrieve data in time to satisfy a judge.” These were the ominous words from Curtis Preston, CEO, of Truth…
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eDiscovery Software Solutions: Lessons Learned
By Joseph Raczynski eDiscovery software solutions are invaluable in the litigation preparation process. However, choosing a tool and implementing it poses challenges to law firms. In the last session of ILTA 2013 a panel discussion of William Kellermann of Wilson Sonsini, Chad Ergun of Gibson Dunn and David Hasman of Bricker & Eckler discussed the…
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eDiscovery Trends: New Technology, Employment Affects & Native File Productions
By Joseph Raczynski eDiscovery continues rapid technological evolution and significant adoption across law firms. At this ILTA session David Cowen of The Cowen Group and Steven Clark of Lathrop & Gage facilitated an open discussion, with standing room only, on the hottest topics in e-Discovery. The subjects covered in this forum were “New Technology Trends…
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State of the eDiscovery Software & Service Market
By Joseph Raczynski eDiscovery has matured into a petulant toddler. At least, that is the sentiment of a panel discussing the “State of the eDiscovery Software & Service Market” at LegalTech. Since its inception in December 2006 as an amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), electronic discovery, has grown exponentially; however, the…
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Missing Insurance Payments?
By Joseph Raczynski What if your life insurance company looked to find ways to discontinue payments, but not to locate beneficiaries who were missing payments owed to them? Well it happened and one major life insurance company has recently settled a law suit where they must pay nearly $500 million to people across the United…
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New Phishing Scams Can Hook Ya!
By Joseph Raczynski Many moons ago when phishing scams were first cast they were easy to detect. The bait was rank with punctuation and spelling errors and the emails were typically all text. You viewed the email from Bank of X, cocked your head to the side and then easily dismissed it as chum. Surprisingly…
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White Paper – Customized Integration, Thomson Reuters Legal
By Joseph Raczynski In the ever-evolving legal marketplace, law firms, corporate legal, and government agencies are seeking to deliver rich, more dynamic, intelligent environments for their users. As the new normal solidifies, tailoring specific content through selective dissemination embodies the essence of this new reality. At West, two primary complementary services exist to best position…
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Twitter Unlocking Courtroom Doors?
By Joseph Raczynski For a seemingly innocuous 140 characters, Twitter continues to rouse evocative legal discourse. The newest twist for Twitter consists of judges grappling with the question of what place, if any, Twitter has in the courtroom. According to a recent article in Time, the United States Supreme Court has yet to rule on…
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Social Media & eDiscovery: The Water Is Rising
Lawyers are mired the immensity of eDiscovery materials. Enter into the quagmire social media, which in part encompasses Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn creating a massive flood of discoverable data. At LegalTech Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Partner at Mayer Brown, Jack Halprin VP of eDiscovery and Compliance at Autonomy, and Honorable David J. Waxse of…
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Improve Information Flow with Enterprise 2.0
By Joseph Raczynski Jessica Shawl – Intel Corporation Paul Domnick – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Enterprise 2.0, collaborative based applications, solve inefficiencies caused by the inability to locate accurate information. This session at ILTA discussed why intranets do not suffice, single silo search is dying, and what is necessary to advance the firm’s productivity. Across…
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Meaningful Metrics to Quantify ROI for KM and Enterprise 2.0 Deployments
By Joseph Raczynski Clark R. Cordner – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Charlotte Herring – The US Judge Advocate General’s Corps Recently some select firms have forgone the necessity to prove return on investment (ROI), for KM, portal and Enterprise 2.0. However for the vast majority, ROI justification remains a constant. In this session…
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Strategies for Managing Mobile Devices in Law Firms
By Joseph Raczynski Christopher B. Hunt – Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. Kris Snyder – VoxMobile Today at the typical law firm the onslaught of various mobile devices abound. The firm is now confronted with requests to support a fractious market of iPhones, BlackBerries, and Androids. Not only must they deal with devices,…
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Enterprise Content Management: Integrating KM, RM and DM
By Joseph Raczynski Massive collections of information are inundating law firms. With multiple points of integration, interfaces, and varying disciplines this further muddies the waters. This session at ILTA answered questions relating the issues of organizing and managing content across all firm repositories to reduce silos, improve data quality, facilitate KM and ensure full and…
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Social Media and Privacy
By Joseph Raczynski Editor’s note: Guest blogger Joseph Raczynski, an Applications Integrator for Thomson Reuters, Legal , is also a technology evangelist who specializes in social media and portal technology. He also has been a consultant in web and wireless development. Legal Tech May 20, 2010 Legal Tech: Social Media & Privacy I attended the…
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Twitter the Next Biggest Connective Development for Humans
By Joseph Raczynski “Twitter could be the next biggest connective development for humans, bigger than TV.” That is what someone who has been working with the development of Twitter told the audience at a legal technology conference I was at in NYC a few months ago. Here is the rationale. Think of Twitter as an army…