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Payne Consulting of Seattle has announced the release of Metadata Assistant for Microsoft Excel, which cleans out hidden information from Excel documents. Following the positive response for Metadata Assistant for Word, this new software extends the same functionality to Excel files, which have even more hidden data than Word files. Metadata has seen an upsurge in importance as the rise of electronic discovery has put an increasing number of vital business documents into the hands of opposing parties to litigation or other business matters. With Metadata Assistant, readers can analyze hidden data that exists in a spreadsheet or word processing document and remove hidden data that could include concealed numbers that comprise confidential company formulas or text revealing incriminating motivations. The new software is offered at no additional charge to those who have licensed Word Metadata Assistant Enterprise Version. The add-in is compatible with Microsoft Excel versions 97-2002 (Office XP) as well as the current beta for Office 11. Payne Consulting also expects to release Metadata Assistant for PowerPoint in February 2003. For more information please visit www.payneconsulting.com
ProLaw Software, a division of West, has announced the release of ProLaw Ready, a version of the company's namesake practice management suite tailored specifically to the needs of small firms. Designed and priced for firms with one to 15 attorneys, ProLaw Ready specifically meets the need for a fully integrated practice management package in the small-firm market segment. The software offers small firms a full complement of features such as contact and relationship management, rules-based calendaring, document management, records management, conflicts searching, time tracking, billing, comprehensive management reporting, contingency accounting, integrated accounting and access to Virtual ProLaw University, the developer's online training program. ProLaw Ready also is fully integrated with Westlaw, and features West WorksT Practice Libraries, which offer a comprehensive collection of authoritative, practice-specific forms and document assembly tools. For more information, please visit www.prolaw.com.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
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Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.