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    Common Sense is a Humbug

    by  • December 11, 2011 • Business, Knowledge, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Management, Mid Size Firm, Research, Resources, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Compass on a Sundial by Jeltovski at Morguefile.com

    I don’t profess to be smarter than the average person but there are times when conventional wisdom or utterances of, that’s just common sense strike me as, well, dumb.  It was interesting to read Duncan Watt’s Everything is Obvious … Once You Know the Answer and get some insights on decision making and judgment based on research....

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    Confidentiality in a Wired World

    by  • December 9, 2011 • Android, BlackBerry, Business, Canada, E-mail, Featured, iPhone, Macintosh, Mid Size Firm, Practice Management, Security, Small Law Firm, Solo, Storage, Technology, U.S., United Kingdom, Windows, Wireless • 0 Comments

    Slide Deck Cover for Confidentiality in a Wired World

    Lawyers struggle with technology and managing their clients’s confidential information in a professional manner.  Meeting the standards set by ethics bodies in North America – which tend to require both competent representation and reasonable safeguards to protect information – doesn’t stop the regular occurrence of inadvertent disclosure.  This presentation was prepared for a one-hour...

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    Digging for Social Media for Litigation

    by  • October 13, 2011 • Canada, Featured, Large Firm, Law Firm, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Excavator by taleisin at Morguefile.com

    You are a lawyer and you have a new case where there may be some online evidence.  Where do you start?  What social media sites – like Facebook, Twitter, etc. – do you focus on?  The presentation I gave the Manitoba Bar Association‘s Legal Research section looked at how to unearth information related to...

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    Changing Approach to Legal Research

    by  • September 23, 2011 • Case Law, Creation, Database, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Publishers, Publishing, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Leaves on stairs by MaryKBaird on Morguefile.com

    I will be talking to a board of directors of a non-profit this morning about their investment in legal information and trends in usage data.  One of the things that has been of interest to me over the past few years is the seeming disconnect between the approach that librarians teach law students and...

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