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Effectively Mitigating The Cost of Data Back-Up
As any business grows, so does the volume of data that its IT staff must back-up and store. Storing back-up data off-site is critical and becomes particularly important when a crisis occurs and access to on-site data back-up is impossible. There is no benefit to creating a back-up file of valuable data if this information is not transferred via a secure method and stored in an off-site data storage center with foolproof protection. And with the increase in data that requires storage, off-site storage facilities are in even more demand.
How Technology Can Help Reduce e-Discovery Costs
Economists rarely agree on anything. But, if the Fed's recent actions are any guide, most believe the U.S. is already in a recession (defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth). This downward economic outlook for the country will soon begin impacting corporate budget discussions, forcing every department ' including legal and the law firms that serve them ' to re-examine their expenses. When companies are struggling to grow the top line, every cost gets scrutinized. Legal expenses are no exception, especially given the sharp increase in spending and dollars going towards e-discovery.
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Customizing Office 2007
The default settings of software applications can impact your productivity and accuracy. Taking the time to address those that are annoying or counter-intuitive place the control for formatting your documents back in your hands.
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Specialists Should Be Diligent When Acquiring ESI Through LAW
As the courts are clarifying the new FRCP, good e-discovery specialists must diligently review the options, configurations and protocols of e-discovery products to ensure that the proper options are selected to match these new rules. One of the products available for ESI acquisition is Legal Access Ware PreDiscovery ('LAW').
In the Marketplace
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
Strategic IT Decisions: The Backroom Brawl
This article discusses the business issues and challenges that are driving the need for lessors to reassess their IT strategy and approach. The focus of this discussion is on the factors management should consider as it examines the company's IT strategy for core leasing operations, <i>i.e.</i>, front-end and back-end systems.
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What Lessors Need to Know About Antitrust : Competitors of Copier Equipment Provider Entitled to a 'Kodak Moment' in Alleging a Single Provider Relevant 'Aftermarket'
The Ninth Circuit recently examined an antitrust issue with significant relevance to the equipment leasing industry. In <i>Newcal v. IKON Office Solution</i>, competitors of a copier equipment provider, IKON Office Solution, alleged that defendant IKON used 'fraudulent practices' to secure and lengthen its customer contracts, thus reducing the ability of competing copier equipment providers to contest for 'aftermarket' business.'
Attorneys Awarded $218 Million for Work in Overturned Smokers' Class Action
On tax day, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge David C. Miller awarded $218 million in legal fees to Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt for years of work they put into now-defunct class action litigation against the nation's biggest cigarette makers.
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