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IN LITIGATION, WHAT IS DISCOVERY?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

Requests for Production of Documents: Parties can request the production of documents, electronically stored information (ESI), or other tangible items. This includes contracts, emails, medical records, and more. Depositions allow for in-depth questioning and assessing the credibility of potential trial witnesses.

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Top Technology Trends for Transactional Lawyers

LawTechnologyToday

Litigation technology was born out of a need to manage the high volume of potentially responsive documents because of the shift from paper to electronic documents and communication. Electronically Stored Information (ESI) renders a 3D image of a document by introducing metadata, or data about data.

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What is a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

The paralegal is the team member who is searching the case database for potential evidence (emails, text messages, memos, contracts, etc.) After the review and analysis of these documents, the paralegal organizes them into electronic or paper notebooks so that the attorney can easily find them during the deposition or other proceedings.

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Alternative Legal Service Providers – An ally to embrace

Cenza

Here is a list of key alternative legal services that are enabling legal professionals in enhancing efficiency: Contract Management spanning the end-to-end process, starting with contract migration, clause extraction, due diligence review, and uploading of compatible files to a centralized Contract Management System (CMS).

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The 10 Latest Additions to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory

LawSites

Here are this week’s 10 most recent additions: ContractWorks , “the fast and affordable way to sign, store, monitor, and report on your contracts from anywhere.” Periodically here, I will feature the latest products to have been added to the directory.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

E-discovery, or electronic discovery, refers to the process of identifying, collecting, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in legal proceedings. Instead, I’ll do a separate “paralegal AI tools” article and link to it here in the future. eDiscovery skills What is eDiscovery?

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Black Widow v. Disney | Victim blaming in politics | DIY in complex cases

LegalTalkNetwork

Jon Garon to discuss Scarlett Johansonn’s breach of contract suit against Disney for its simultaneous release of the movie Black Widow. He also places bets on what impact the litigation will have on Hollywood contracts. The politics of sexual harassment. Lawyers tend to use jargon like it’s a second language.

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