In This Issue: February 2010 / Cover Story

Conquer Records

Implementing a records management program is challenging, but even more so when dealing with autonomous, decentralized business units.

Take The Fast Lane

E-discovery can be your fast pass to success.

Editor's Note

Done Deals

People

Partnerships & Alliances

Practice Tools

Infrastructure

Office Gear

Mobile Lawyer

COMPLIANCE SHOWCASE: Two Choices

Certification or evaluation can help you vet vendors.

Glossary

Keep It Simple

Take the perspective of employees, not lawyers.

Pull Out the Plastic

Power Netbooks

Minicomputers pack more punch than you might expect.

Pre Performs

Synergy intergrates multiple contacts, calendar, and e-mail accounts.

MOBILE LAWYER: No Robotics

Digital dictation still involves human interaction.

BALL IN YOUR COURT : Are We Just Makin' Copies?

Cost shifting is never more fraught with peril than when costs flow from e-discovery, because lawyers have proved themselves profligate in their approach to digital evidence and often throw massive amounts of money at any task, in lieu of thought or skill, says attorney and EDD special master Craig Ball.

GREEN LAW: Macho & Mulch

Choosing a hybrid in South Florida is a very nuanced adventure.

UP CLOSE : Nina Goldberg

Associate, Baker Hostetler

WEB WATCH: Three's a Crowd?

Is there room in the legal market for a third high-end legal research service? That is the question attorney Robert Ambrogi presents as Bloomberg, a company known for its financial news, attempts to muscle in on the turf now occupied by Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis.

TEST DRIVE: Accelerate Excel

How to create ampersands, center text, and solve other vexing spreadsheet challenges.