Thomson Reuters last week revised Westlaw Case Notebook, a litigator's case analysis tool, with enhanced integration into the company's legal research and e-discovery tools.
Aderant's Deadlines.com, software as a service that calculates court deadlines, updated its pricing model and made it simpler and more predictable to determine costs.
Consultant Ted Brooks has reviewed several iPad apps designed for jury selection and, although they are helpful, the apps fiercest competitor is the venerable Post-it Notes.
ExhibitView develops trial presentation software that works for Windows PCs as well as Apple iPads. Consultant Ted Brooks reviews the iPad app and shows how it works with PCs and Dropbox.
The Deponent App, developed by Majority Opinion, is an iPad app designed to help legal professionals draft questions to prepare for a deposition. The app has over 150 questions organized by category that can be customized, arranged, and linked to exhibits to accomplish its design, according to consultant Ted Brooks.
Linsay Associates recently released its Litigator app to provide easy access to statutes, rules, and court information on an iPad. Though Litigator accomplishes its mission, the app lacks state court directory and contact information, and its search feature could use improvement, says consultant Ted Brooks.
Exhibit A joins two other iPad apps for trial presentation, TrialPad and Evidence. While none of these apps are likely to replace trial presentation consultants or even software suites such as TrialDirector, they could be effective under the right scenario, says consultant Ted Brooks.
Two iPad apps for trial presentation were introduced in December 2010, TrialPad and Evidence, both offering the ability to organize and present exhibits. Consultant Ted Brooks gives both apps a thorough examination to see if either of these hypercool tools is ready for a day in court.
If you lack the ability or budget to create load files suitable for e-discovery review, or the intended recipient does not have the facilities for document review, dtSearch Publish can create in five easy steps a production set that can be viewed by anyone, says consultant Bruce A. Olson.