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Eversheds holds off sale of pioneering Tyco support technology

Eversheds has looked at selling its Global Account Management System (GAMS) after discussions with a number of IT providers. The firm has been approached by a number of organisations, including LexisNexis, which was interested in buying the product, which allows clients and lawyers within the firm detailed online access to up-to-date information about work in progress across all relevant jurisdictions.
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Addleshaws and A&O score top marks in new study highlighting IT best practice at law firms

New Legal Week research identifies best-performing firms for IT with survey of more than 3,500 fee earners
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Blueprint for success

Law firms have long shunned the kind of process management familiar to contractors in other service industries. But, finds Gina Passarella, the profession is expected to try again
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Microsoft cuts back legal budget by 15% due to recession

Microsoft's legal department has seen its legal budget cut by 15% over the last 18 months, leading to a 5% reduction in headcount, according to the software giant's general counsel, Brad Smith. Before the cuts, Microsoft's legal department had a $900m (£564m) annual legal budget and 1,050 staff, including 450 lawyers.
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Body of evidence

There is a popular aphorism that a dyers hand is always stained by the elements he works with. Likewise, it seems that a solicitor's reputation for probity can easily be tainted by basic flaws in the handling of electronic disclosure. The recurring theme in most cases where solicitors have given inadequate e-disclosure is that the defaulting parties prepared poorly and made nominal efforts to agree e-disclosure parameters with the opposition. This unilateral approach contravenes the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and has been rejected by the courts. The recent spate of rulings on e-disclosure failures has been covered widely by various interest groups, each promoting parochial solutions. What is missing is a recursive framework for early discussions as required by the CPR.
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Taking the eggs out of one basket

After a series of near disasters and repeated power failures, Monroe Horn explains how moving his firm's IT infrastructure down the street provided the perfect solution
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Social club

You could hear the collective groan when Twitter made the cover of Time magazine and marketers realised they had to become familiar with yet another online medium. There is Facebook, MySpace, Naymz, Spoke, Plaxo, LinkedIn, Martindale Connected, Legal OnRamp, JD Supra and listservs, to name a few online social networks. It seems overwhelming.
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Life after the storm

The world after 11 September 2001 and Hurricane Katrina presents challenges to corporate leaders who create plans for disaster recovery and business continuity. Many lessons have been learned about offsite backup systems, system redundancies, and training. Auditors, regulators, and investors increasingly look at a company's ability to weather a crisis as a key benchmark of corporate health.
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Smart talking

One of the first industries to ride the mobile email wave was the legal sector. Busy, often travelling and with a constant influx of calls and emails to manage, lawyers soon recognised that pocket-sized mobile devices were the ideal tools to remain connected to clients and colleagues and manage hectic diaries while out of the office. Access to email on the go is often credited with improving client service, greater efficiency and increased productivity. We are now witnessing a quiet revolution in the way its technology is being utilised by law firms.
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Apple recruits Intel's former general counsel as new head of legal

Apple has appointed former Intel general counsel Bruce Sewell as the new head of its legal department, reports Corporate Counsel. Sewell will replace Daniel Cooperman, who is set to retire at the end of September. He will report to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We expect this to be a seamless transition," Jobs said in a press release.
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