Technology-Based Joint Ventures
April 30, 2004
Technology-based joint ventures are subject to rapidly changing technical standards, fluctuating markets and an emphasis on intangible services. But with careful legal planning, the joint venture can be an extremely effective vehicle for bringing together technology companies wishing to tap each other's intellectual property assets, often allowing these parties to reach new markets or expand existing relationships.
Licensing's In ... Lawyer's Out
April 30, 2004
Licensing is too important to be left to lawyers. Or so goes the current thinking at Hewlett-Packard Development, L.P., where the only thing less popular than a long-lasting inkjet cartridge is an attorney brainstorming royalty deals.
Understanding the Importance of Preserving Historical Financial Data
April 29, 2004
The hours have been billed, the client invoiced and the payment recorded, what happens next in your firm? Does your financial management software preserve a detailed financial history? For many firms, once an invoice has been collected in full, the process of utilizing the associated data stops ' a hard copy of the invoice is filed and the numbers lie dormant in the financial system. This scenario is problematic because it does not allow for long-term flexibility in accessing and manipulating the data for best practices and/or analysis purposes. The truth is, many financial systems ' even those designed in the last few years ' don't maintain enough historic detail to solve tomorrow's problems.
The Kensington Wi-Fi Finder: Now You Find It, Now You Don't!
April 29, 2004
This little device would seem to come in handy in finding the hot spot zones without the necessity of taking out our laptops and powering up to see if we can connect. But when put to the test, it seems that Kensington has a few more hours of development in its schedule to make this thing give us a proper result!
Caught on Tape: The Next Frontier In Electronic Discovery
April 29, 2004
Voice-mail has traditionally been the most personalized and candid form of communication in business. Even with the proliferation of e-mail and other electronic documents, voice mail continues to have a greater impact on juries and judges. <br>While voice mail has always been subject to discovery and investigation, the process for electronically saving voice mail and filtering through the saved messages has been spotty and very time consuming. All of this is about to change.
Learn New Tricks: Autocoding Technology is Here and Now
April 29, 2004
If a technical application existed that coded litigation documents at a fraction of the time and cost, would you use it? As new technologies emerge, Winston & Strawn, a 150 year-old firm with nearly 900 attorneys and multiple offices worldwide, asks this question time and again. As litigation support project manager at the Washington, DC office, my latest conclusion is that autocoding is an important piece of litigation technology and the time has come.
Litigation Cost Control in the Digital Age
April 29, 2004
With new judicial opinions being issued every month on the topic, the allocation of e-discovery costs is probably one of the fastest-growing areas in e-discovery jurisprudence. <br>Given that the price tag associated with e-discovery can be staggering, some of the most intense arguments in a lawsuit can ensue over which party will foot the bill to collect, restore, process and produce the enormous volumes of electronic evidence that is discoverable in many of today's legal proceedings.
Selecting an e-Discovery Provider That Meets Your Needs
April 29, 2004
The potential size of today's data sets, the ease with which electronic files can be altered and the complexity of these projects in general makes selecting the right e-discovery provider a high-stakes game.
