This post on what every litigator needs to know about cloud security is the second in a series of blog posts designed to help demystify cloud security, translate technical buzzwords into language a lawyer can understand, and to answer questions that lawyers frequently ask us about cloud security. In my previous post, titled “Cloud Software […]

I have had the opportunity (some might say advantage or disadvantage) of working with both a “Tech Savvy” lawyer and an “Old School” lawyer during my career. I must say that working for both attorneys was a completely unique and different experience and I learned a great deal working for both attorneys. Some may call […]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a super-hot topic right now in legal service circles, even though most law firms know they need to do at least a little optimization to help search engines find and rank their websites in Search Engine Results Pages (SERP). If you are wondering if you should consider hiring a company […]

Summary Judgment If you take depositions then you can recite the standard in your sleep, which is for the court to review the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Along with “reasonable doubt,” the summary judgment standard is one of the most well-known in the legal profession. But there’s a problem…Judges […]

A successful paralegal understands how to communicate professionally. One of a paralegal’s most important tasks is to be the connection between clients, attorneys, witnesses, the court, experts and any other parties that are involved in a case.  A paralegal is often the central “hub” for information because the paralegal is the one person who typically […]

What’s the best way to win a case?  Before trial. Trials are hugely expensive and incredibly risky propositions.  So if you can win the case before trial you have done your job well.  To win – not settle, but actually WIN – before trial you have to prevail on a motion that either (a) grants you […]

In a matter before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the US Patent and Trademark Office, an Administrative Patent Judge granted additional time for a deposition where the witness was alleged to have been evasive and uncooperative in responding to questions. In PTAB cases, uncompelled direct testimony must be submitted in the form […]

Think Online Reputation Management is just for controlling negative reviews? Thank again. Online Reputation Management (ORM) is for any attorney who markets and promotes their services under their own name. When you’re an attorney doing business under your name, your name becomes your brand, and your brand is only as strong as your reputation. If […]

The Jurassic Park Law Office In 1990 when I began my career as a paralegal, computers were still relatively new in most law firms.  The most progressive law firms and larger firms had already seen the value of technology; however, smaller firms with older attorneys were not as willing to invest the time or money […]

In Ariosa Diagnostics v. ISIS Innovation Limited, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) set guidelines for taking foreign language depositions under 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(e). 37 C.F.R. Part 42 governs trial practice before the PTAB.  The PTAB is an administrative law body of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and includes a Trial […]