Our decision to upgrade to Equitrac Professional 5 was based on the knowledge that its ability to integrate with our existing infrastructure, plus its relatively rapid return on investment, would not hamstring our operational or budget requirements in the short-term.

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The movement from unstructured content management to matter-centric 'electronic matter files' in document management systems continues to be an important technology migration process in the legal industry worldwide. An organization's implementation of, or movement to, matter-centricity is not a merely a technology project. It is a business process project, and actually a collection of business process opportunities.

Recent rulngs of interest to you and your practice.

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Last month, the authors discussed the law in the U.S. and beyond pertaining to the establishment of a child's habitual residence. The next issue to cover, once habitual residence of the child has been established, is whether or not the petitioning party has a right to custody of the child in question.

A sperm donor who fathered a colleague's child 18 years ago and has held himself out as the father cannot now deny his paternity, said a Nassau judge, who denied the donor's request for a genetic test.

Recent surveys and polls indicate that the number of discovery requests law firms receive is on the rise ' rapidly! Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ('FRCP') are accelerating the proportion of time and effort related to e-discovery compliance. The question is not 'if,' but 'how,' when it comes to e-discovery planning. While it seems imperative to design an information strategy that enables firms to be litigation ready, basic know-how of litigation readiness concepts and a well thought-out approach, especially when it comes to handling electronically stored information ('ESI'), is essential.

There are noticeable new trends in divorce that affect both the legal process and the financial strategies required to help clients move past it. These trends include: 1) an increased reliance on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods, including development of a new modality called collaborative divorce, which are gradually moving divorce out of the courtroom; 2) the continued evolution of the best interests of the child standard; 3) the alignment of antiquated statutes or cumbersome and complex case law with other states' laws; and 4) a greater realization that the divorce process is most effective when it utilizes an interdisciplinary team approach. These and other trends will radically affect how the divorce process will evolve in the future.

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However you wish to refer to them, blogs provide a singular opportunity for a firm to leverage its unique knowledge in a format that's easily updatable and which can be targeted to specific market audiences. If a firm has a number of practice areas, it can maintain separate blogs to target each of these areas and not be faced with trying to write content that will appeal to every client or potential client that the firm is trying to reach.