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<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Prop 8 Overturned

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A federal judge in California has struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, as unconstitutional. If any observers thought Judge Vaughn Walker would have a difficult time striking down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, they were mistaken.

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<b>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE:</b> Prop 8 Overturned

Scott Graham

A federal judge in California has struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. If any observers thought Judge Vaughn Walker would have a difficult time striking down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, they were mistaken.

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How Fulbright & Jaworski Transformed Its Document Review Process

Laurie Weiss & Tom Barce

As e-discovery practitioners, our goal is to make the process for our clients more manageable and as cost-effective as possible. We sought to automate and streamline the process through the application of strategic technology and well-developed workflows.

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Getting Users to Adopt New Productivity Tools

Karen Reiter

Getting people to adopt productivity-enhancing technology tools requires a thoughtful, meticulous approach. It's not just a matter of installing a tool on everyone's desktop and then hoping for the best.

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Bond Schoeneck & King Goes Mobile With BigHand

Jean Hay

At the end of June 2009, our lease on dictation equipment was coming to an end, so the strategic decision was made to investigate other options before upgrading. During demonstrations, it became clear to us that the BlackBerry component and mobility options provided by BigHand would be a key point in our decision-making process.

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Upgrading Microsoft Office and What It Means to Your Service Desk

Lance Waagner

With the worldwide release of Office 2010 in June, Microsoft has once again unleashed a frenzy of new software purchases ' and even more Office upgrades ' globally.

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Electronic Discovery in the Cloud

James Zinn & Kristin Zmrhal

As organizations strive to minimize costs and maximize efficiency and scalability of computing resources, IT and legal departments across the globe are turning to cloud technology (a.k.a., cloud computing) for help. The recent surge in popularity is pushing industry groups to consider how to accurately define cloud computing and provide guidance as to how it can be properly managed ' especially in relation to regulatory compliance and electronic discovery requests.

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Florida Law Firms Protest Bar's Online Ad Rules

Julie Kay

While the ACLU and other nonprofit legal groups have been declared exempt from a strict proposal for regulating lawyer Web sites, Florida's largest law firms are starting to band together to protest the regulations, largely on First Amendment grounds.

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Obtaining Assent in Today's e-Conomy

Michael J. Breslin

This article presents an overview of best practices for ensuring the application of your client's desired terms and conditions in the context of online browsing and sales, as well as software downloads and installations. Last month's Part One covered clickwrap agreements. Part Two covers browsewrap agreements.

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