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• January 13, 2009

  Tech Children – Teach Your Parents Well

  Another year is in the bag, and many of us are bidding good riddance to 2008. Apart from economic turbulence, looking in our 2008 rearview mirror, we see that while technological advances have continued to move forward at warp speed, the law struggles to catch up.
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• January 09, 2009

  Discovery and Databases: Understanding the Basics of Structured Data in Litigation

  During the past decade, the amount of electronic data created by a typical organization has grown at a staggering rate. Most organizations have responded to this trend by managing critical information-for example, payroll, employee, and contract data-in structured environments like databases and spreadsheets. Electronic discovery, however, often focuses mainly on email and electronic documents, despite the fact that structured data sources frequently contain critical evidence.
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• January 06, 2009

  E-Discovery: Can't We All Just Get Along?

  Here's the "Grimm" news: Parties and counsel must cooperate when it comes to e-discovery in civil litigation.
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• December 22, 2008

  Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

  Once upon a time, the thought of spam conjured up notions of processed meat in a can. And while such spam still exists and even is to the liking of some people, these days most people associate spam with unsolicited commercial email. Why? Well, according to the Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report, spam email accounts for nearly 200 billion messages each day, or an astounding 90 percent of email sent worldwide.
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• December 16, 2008

  Drilling For Federal Information on The Internet

  In prior articles, I have explained that the public can gain access to federal information by submitting requests to government agencies and departments under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In theory at least, requested information will be provided unless an agency or department invokes an exemption justifying withholding of the information.
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