Allocatur is a site that I encourage all of my readers to visit. Liz Harris is a "cost lawyer" based in Melbourne, Australia. I'll let you visit her site's About page to learn what a cost lawyer in Australia does. She has a very interesting point of view. (Of course, maybe that's just because I
October 2008
Things your IT guy wants you to know (and some things they need to know)
My friend Bruce Dorner forwarded this link to me: 10 things your IT guy wants you to know. Some wrongly assume that I have an IT background when nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I am publishing this as sort of an opportunity to let IT guys (and gals) have their side…
A little ole multi-million dollar Excel mistake
I'm passing this along as one of those "every lawyer's worst nightmare" stories. Hopefully a judge has discretion to let this mistake be repaired. A motion is now pending. But imagine a partner learning that a law firm associate and law clerk managed to obligate a client to purchase millions of dollars in assets the…
10 Essential Podcasts for Lawyers
Law Technology News web columnist Bob Ambrogi recently featured ten "essential" podcasts for lawyers in Law Technology News. The online version of his article is available here. You should be able to find something that will interest you in this collection espeically since Bob slyly snuck in a few more than ten. You will…
Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User
I sometimes wonder how productive we all would be if we all got really good training on the technology we use. I sometimes cringe when I see someone trying to "lasso" a word to select it instead of just double clicking on it or someone grabbing the mouse to click on the menu bar for…