Discovering and utilizing the practical (and economic) benefits of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is not solely the province of large law firms. Solo practitioner Ernest Svenson relates why he uses the Internet phone system as his law firm’s business line.
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Anti-spyware security service provider ScanSafe Inc., which specializes in blocking viruses and unwanted software apps such as adware and spyware, has completed a new $15 million second round of funding that includes a contribution from new lead investor Scale Venture Partners.
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Canadian law firm McMillan Binch decided to integrate its client relationship management data with its new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and wireless technologies. Chris Duncan, director of IT, explains the advantages VoIP brings to his firm as he leads you through the installation process.
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I am surprised at how little response there was among legal bloggers to Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle story, Blogging Prosecutors Raise Some Eyebrows. Doug Berman weighed in at Sentencing Law and Policy with a statement in support of every professional…
Original post by Robert J. Ambrogi
The Supreme Court’s 2004 decision Crawford v. Washington redefined the standard for admission of out-of-court statements by witnesses absent from trial in criminal cases. The impact of the decision was, as Wikipedia described it, immediate and profound. The question remained…
Original post by Robert J. Ambrogi
In her new book, Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives, editor Laura Empson of Oxford University writes: Some parents dream of their children becoming lawyers. None ever dream of their children becoming law firm managers. Why would…
Original post by Robert J. Ambrogi
Next week’s National Law Journal will include this piece by Washington reporter Marcia Coyle, Gitmo Detainee Featured on YouTube May Be Set Free. It begins: The power of the Internet, most people would agree, is awesome, but has it done…
Original post by Robert J. Ambrogi
LOS ANGELES — A trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury in the California bellwether PPA state court trial that compliance with Food and Drug Administration standards is not a basis for assessing a design defect and for allowing the defense to challenge the findings of an epidemiological study on the […]
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas federal judge on Feb. 13 found MySpace Inc. not liable for the sexual assault on a minor by an adult she met through the popular social networking Web site, citing protections of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) (Jane Doe, individually and as Next Friend of Julie Doe, a minor v. […]
NEWARK, N.J. - The insurance brokerage antitrust multidistrict litigation judge on Feb. 16 granted final approval to the plaintiffs’ class action settlement of their claims against the Zurich insurers, dismissing the defendants from the case with prejudice (In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, No. 04-5184, D. N.J.; 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11163; See January 2007, […]