How non-English data is handled, collected, processed, and translated during an e-discovery process can significantly affect the quality of the information that can be mined from electronically stored information (ESI). Key factors, including how data is encoded, what languages are present in the data and the systems and processes that are used to translate and review data will all impact the accuracy, timeliness and cost of the project.
The answer lay in this surprising fact: By focusing on the recovery of costs where applicable, law firms can accomplish more to help their bottom line than most cost-reduction exercises; in some cases 500% more.
Without Standard Operating Procedures, law firms suffer from inconsistency, chaos and lack of control. Having SOPs is a must for legal IT departments. From lost equipment to lost passwords and data, not having written policies and procedures can create liability and losses that are sometimes unrecoverable.
Ongoing technology advancements shape what we've come to expect from our experiences on the Web. The same is true when we access websites from a mobile device. It's important to keep in mind what information they'll need most from your site and make it easily accessible.
A recent study published by Altman Weil listed the ways in which chief legal officers would like to see their outside counsel embrace service improvements and innovation. The top four responses were greater cost reduction, non-hourly pricing, more efficient project management and improved budget forecasting. To anyone paying even cursory attention to the legal marketplace in the last half decade, these should not come as a surprise.
The time has come for the minority of circuits to join the majority, and explicitly hold that non-indefinite unpaid leave is a reasonable accommodation under the ADAAA. Cases prosecuted by women with difficult pregnancies would be particularly compelling impact cases to push the remaining circuits to explicitly accept non-indefinite leave as a reasonable accommodation.
In a law firm environment, great leaders are necessary to provide client service, build client relationships, develop more junior lawyers, and generally ensure the profitable use of firm resources. This requires everyone's best thinking. How does a leader harness the group's best thinking? The most effective leaders use coaching skills. In other words, all they do is ask the right questions.
Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs, which allow employees to use their personally owned smartphones, tablets and laptops in and out of the work environment, are significantly changing information technology (IT). Law firms around the country are embracing BYOD as it lets executives and employees use the mobile devices, service providers and operating platforms of their choice.
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