March 09, 2010
“Top Five” Blog Syndication Tips by Lisa DiMonte
Over the last two weeks I’ve shared with you my “Top Five” reasons to start a blog and my “Top Five” blogging tips. Up next: Syndication!
What exactly is syndication? Syndication means getting your blog or content out on the web so it can be read and shared by as many people as possible. The more your blog is read, the more visibility and credibility you crea...
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March 02, 2010
“Top Five” Blogging Tips by Lisa DiMonte
Having presented my top five reasons for starting your own blog, are you ready to take the plunge
Maybe you’re on board conceptually, but you’re just not sure how to get started. I’ve had people ask: “Where do I begin?” “How do I begin?” “What should I blog about?” “How often should I blog?”
Here are my “Top Five&...
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February 23, 2010
Top Five Reasons to Start a Blog by Lisa A. DiMonte
Is it time to start blogging? I recently asked myself that question. Actually, I started last summer. While it was a bona fide attempt, I unfortunately committed a sin against the First Commandment of Blogging: Thou Shall Post Regularly. Having now confessed my sin and having paid penance with regret, I’m going to give it another try.
Before I do, let me tell you who I am and what ...
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February 09, 2010
Lawyers - Improving Your Health and Quality of Life By Greg Mattacola
Lawyers are inundated daily with advertisements and offers to make them better lawyers. They can choose from seminars and training in real estate, litigation, estate planning, rain making – the list goes on and on. Yet there are scarce opportunities for lawyers to improve their health – both mental and physical. All of these other offerings purport to make one a better lawyer and b...
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February 04, 2010
Time Management and Other Urban Myths By Diane Saunar
By definition, time is every moment there has ever been or will ever be .
For many of us, the continuous pursuit of how to manage time is an ongoing battle. On any given weekend, someone somewhere is giving a seminar on countless ways to better manage time. I have even taken one or two in the past. Ultimately, they turned out to be a colossal waste of time .
Ask anyone what they ...
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February 03, 2010
A Memory Strategy By Paul Mellor
You walked into the other room of your house and suddenly, you can’t remember why you went in there. So, what do you do to trigger your memory? That’s right, you go back to the room you started in. Often this strategy works, because in order to remember new information we attach it to what we already know. It’s the same concept when, during a conversation, we get interrupted...
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February 02, 2010
What’s new at 2010 LegalTech
MyLegal.com Video Interviews with LegalTech Vendors:
Ediscovery :
Digital War Room
Equivio
First Advantage
Mimosa Systems
Nuix
Catalyst Secure Repository
Cricket Technologies
Renew Data
i-fact analysis
Digital Reef
Wombat Legal
Litigation support :
Accusoft Pegasus
Grant Thornton
iCyte
Hanzo Archives
Intell...
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January 25, 2010
An Asset Protection Epiphany by Kenneth Rubinstein, Esquire
We live in the most litigious society on the planet and at the most litigious time in our history. The current recession has eliminated the opportunity for many people to get rich. Some of those people are looking for alternatives to achieve wealth. An increasingly appealing alternative is to find a rich target and sue him, or at least, threaten to sue him, and get a fat settlement. According to ...
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January 21, 2010
Legal Maintenance Critical for Health of Small Businesses By Ed Lubbers, Esq.
Many small business owners in today’s New Economy are struggling to stay afloat. Every cost is scrutinized and every penny is pinched. But while cutting as many corners as possible may seem like the right thing to do when times are tough, some things, like the legal health of your business, should not be ignored.
In fact, maintenance of your company can significantly save your firm mone...
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January 18, 2010
Justice For All By Kevin Collins, P.C.
SEEKING JUSTICE, NOT JUST CONVICTIONS
First, let me just say that I know a lot about prosecutors. I used to be one. And as a criminal defense attorney, I still interact on a daily basis with federal, state and municipal prosecutors. Most do their job professionally and diligently. Therefore in my experience, the vast majority of prosecutors are honest and ethical; they operate above the...
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January 13, 2010
Tips for Truck Companies to Fight Tickets in New York, by Matt Weiss, Esquire
As a New York truck ticket attorney, I have seen many truck companies get into trouble by mishandling a New York truck ticket issued to their company. Similarly, companies that are issued commercial tickets (aka "pink tickets") for such things as fire department violations and environmental violations need to properly respond.
The initial thing you should know is that a corporati...
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December 30, 2009
Negotiate With My Client? What Do You Mean? By Philip L. Marcus, Esquire
Deciding how much to offer the plaintiff. Deciding whether to accept an offer from defendant, or the best way to finance a deal. There are these and many others in the course of a representation. An attorney must help their client to resolve all these.
How should the decisions be made? How do I approach a client, with what attitude? You could defer to the client—it is after all t...
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December 22, 2009
How Do You Handle Sensitive-But-Unclassified Information? By Earl Hicks Jr.
One of my key responsibilities as a Department of Justice (DOJ) security official was to ensure the constant protection of sensitive information. Security incidents such as the stolen laptop from a Department of Veterans Affairs employee in 2006 that exposed personal information of 26.5 million veterans and military personnel left a serious and lasting impression on me. Later that same year, the...
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December 21, 2009
The Analogous World of e-Discovery, by Dan Regard
E-Discovery is like ... A movie.
Recently, discussions with colleagues and clients have led to the conclusion that e-discovery is like a movie. Several movies in fact. However, for today’s discussion, discovery is part of litigation and litigation is like a sports movie. I like Rocky, so think about Rocky. You may prefer another. If so, then think about Cool Running's, or Blades of ...
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December 10, 2009
Interview with Sandra German, a Broadcast Captioner and CART Provider, by MyLegal.com
Sandra German, a seasoned court reporter, was kind enough to take time away from her very busy schedule to share her experiences in the broadcast captioning and CART world.
MyLegal.com : Sandra, can you give us a brief rundown of your experience in the court reporting and captioning profession?
Sandra German : I graduated with Honours from the Court Reporting Program at the Northern Alb...
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December 03, 2009
What you should know before scheduling a videoconference deposition by Grover Mundell
Videoconferencing can be much better than flying to depositions, but how you prepare will make all the difference .
Attending depositions over videoconference has become commonplace for many law firms whether they do so to save travel time, to save costs, to go green, or simply to avoid the hassle of air travel. It really makes all the sense in the world. Videoconferencing is not what it ...
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December 02, 2009
Why Most Time Management Tactics Just Don’t Work by Bruce D. Johnson
If you’re like most people, you have far more to do today than you have time for. You’re overwhelmed. You’re frustrated that things aren’t getting done. You wish you were further along than you are. You’re working way too many hours. And you’re understandably upset that a few critical balls got dropped. So, what are you going to do?
Again, if you’re li...
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November 30, 2009
Overwhelmed by Too Much Information? Get Control with Conscious Choices by Martha Ringer
We can master the feeling of information-overload with conscious choices. Parents raise their children using the technique of making choices. Somehow we forget this important tool as we get older. We get ourselves into spaces of anxiety and over-creation simply because we are not choosing where we are putting our attention.
If you want to know where your attention is, close your eyes and wa...
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November 18, 2009
Realtime on the Road Part VI by Lisa Knight
Your flights were on time, you made all your connections, and you have arrived at your destination. Even though your luggage was there to meet you at the baggage carousel, you carried all of your court reporting equipment and peripherals with you on the flight so you had no concern whatsoever you could cover the job – and you get to wear that “power suit” the very first day, ju...
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November 16, 2009
Interview with Lana Schell of Women in eDiscovery by MyLegal.com
MyLegal.com recently caught up with Lana Schell, one of the three co-founders of Women in eDiscovery, in Washington, D.C.
MyLegal.com : This is a very exciting time for Women in eDiscovery, which now boasts over 4,000 members worldwide. Tell us how the organization got started and what the mission of the organization is.
Lana Schell : Women in eDiscovery started in May 2007. At that...
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November 09, 2009
Interview with Donna Fenn by MyLegal.com
What Can Be Learned from Gen Y CEOs?
Donna Fenn is an internationally recognized author and journalist who has been writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends for more than 20 years. In 2005, she wrote Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack , which was translated into Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, and Vietnamese. She is a contributing editor at Inc. maga...
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November 03, 2009
Realtime on the Road Part V by Lisa Knight
You’re almost ready to leave on your first international assignment. How exciting! You have just finished checking in online and you’ve printed your itinerary and hotel documents. Now the fun begins - packing your equipment! As I have talked about in past articles, I utilize lists all the time – and I find a list indispensable when it comes to packing. (When I am on my way ...
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October 23, 2009
Interview of Ron Goldman, President/CEO of Min-U-Script, by MyLegal.com
At the recent STAR Conference in Sonoma County, California, MyLegal.com interviewed Ron Goldman, President/CEO Min-U-Script.
MyLegal.com: Ron, your Min-u-Script product has had a recent resurgence in popularity in the court reporting industry. To what do you attribute the renewed interest in your product?
Ron Goldman: I think a number of things happened which triggered the intere...
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October 16, 2009
Choose Carefully: Choose Your Words Well, Part III of III by Monette Benoit
Read Part I Here
Read Part II Here
Leaving the invite-only breakfast launched the one unfortunate (and awkward) moment thus far with my ‘needing’ to seek new goals. I heard my name. When I turned I saw the chairperson of my department. She said, “Monette, aren’t you supposed to be in class? What are you doing here?” I focused on standing tall and not app...
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October 14, 2009
Realtime on the Road Part IV by Lisa Knight
Before you leave . . .
You have come to an agreement with the firm regarding payment, expenses, and the like. What’s your next step? Believe it or not, it can take hours to secure travel arrangements as well as hotel accommodations, so you’ll want to get started right away making those plans. If you haven’t already done so, you may want to sign up for any and all free airl...
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October 12, 2009
Reporting the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention by MyLegal.com
The AFL-CIO Convention was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 13-17, 2009. Three court reporters – Jim Connor, Craig Williams, and Tara Hudson of Connor Reporting and Videoconferencing from Indianapolis, Indiana -- were on hand to capture the convention proceedings. Jim, Craig and Tara were kind enough to grant MyLegal.com an interview to share their experiences with our Members....
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September 30, 2009
Choose Carefully: Choose Your Question Well, Part II of III by Monette Benoit
Read Part I Here
The next morning I attended the invitation-only breakfast (with bankers). I arrived at 6:30, the mixer still a fresh memory. I was quickly informed, “This is a problem.” The gentleman who invited me said, “Everyone is seated. You missed initial introductions.” I gritted my teeth and said, “I missed the turn in the darkness and had to circle th...
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September 29, 2009
Realtime on the Road Part III by Lisa Knight
You have decided to “put your name in the hat,” and you finally receive your first phone call from a firm wondering whether or not you are available to accept a job assignment in Taiwan for five weeks. What do you do now? What’s your next step to make sure, at the end of the day, you are on the same page as the firm you are working for? Here’s a list of things you may ...
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September 28, 2009
Twittering or Frittering? by "Mr. Modem"
I would like to share a few thoughts with you about an activity that clearly marks the end of civilization as we know it: Twittering. Twitter has been heralded as one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. My doctor tells me to be leery of fast-growing anythings, so perhaps that’s part of my concern. That being said, let’s start with the basics:
Twitter is a free service...
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September 21, 2009
Court Reporters, Videographers and Sales Tax? by Brian Strahle
Litigation support personnel naturally think of themselves as “service providers.” Thus, when the topic of sales tax or use tax arises, they don’t think they need to pay attention. Why? Because service businesses are not taxable when it comes to sales and use tax; right? Wrong.
WHAT ARE YOU SELLING AND IS IT TAXABLE?
In general, most states do not tax most ...
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September 17, 2009
The Compleat Reporter - Interview of John Wissenbach by MyLegal.com
John Wissenbach is an accomplished freelance court reporter from San Francisco, California. John has been involved in reporting since the age of 13, when his great-aunt would mail him scraps of shorthand notes to decode. He reported his first law and motion calendar at the age of 16 and began his full-time career after being possibly the youngest reporter, at the age of 18, to ever pass the Cer...
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September 16, 2009
Choose Carefully: Choose Your Answer Well, Part I of III by Monette Benoit
This is the first of a new commitment I desire to share. I know we will learn from each other as we create new goals, new realities and new horizons. This is my wish. Two or three times a month I will share mindful management. I am honored to have this opportunity, and from time to time I will open the kimono onto my heart. Now let’s move forward together.
Mindful management is a ter...
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September 14, 2009
Realtime on the Road Part II by Lisa Knight
So you’ve decided to dip your toe not only into the water of realtime but taking realtime reporting out of your local courtroom or conference room and into the international arena (or at least out of town). Congratulations! Thank you for investing a few minutes of your valuable time to read about something new and different in your profession.
Perhaps traveling halfway across the worl...
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