Agenda: September/October 2012

Defending Big Data

Corporations eager to exploit their massive customer data risk alienating consumers and regulators if they stumble on privacy and security.

Evangelista

Charles Duhigg's book, The Power of Habit, inspires our cover story.

Growth Spurt

ILTA's annual technology purchasing survey shows increase in law firm technology spending.

Delivering Intelligence

Dashboard 2.0: Upgrading Bingham's stale intranet.

Here Comes Another Hurricane

Managed services will disrupt information governance models.

Less Is More

Lawyers want simplicity, not excessive bells and whistles.

Fall 2012 Product News Updates

New or upgraded software for e-discovery, document management, and practice management dominates fall releases.

RIP: PC

Lawyers expect ubiquitous computing and always-on connectivity.

FINANCE & PRODUCTIVITY:

Collecting Costs

Despite client and lawyer pushback, firms pursue cost recovery for printing, faxing, and other routine services.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE:

Girding for Battle

A clash is brewing between Big Data and e-discovery protocols.

BEST PRACTICES:

Unintended Benefits

By upgrading your servers and infrastructure, you can cut costs and also help the environment.

BALL IN YOUR COURT:

Homo Electronicus

We've set the technology bar too low for the Bar, and judges and clients are suffering as a consequence.

PARADIGM SHIFT:

Child Care

Seyfarth Shaw helps stranded children navigate immigration.

TECHNOLOGY ON TRIAL:

The Right to Know

The European Court of Human Rights chooses a mix of technology to improve searches on its public database.

TEST DRIVE:

Enterprise Scanning

HP Scanjet Enterprise 8500 fn1 Document Capture Workstation is like having an "easy button."