Where is my “Add/Remove/Rename” button?
The old “Add/Remove/Rename” button in TurboLaw Software has gone away – only to be replaced by a button labeled “Open this Folder,” which does almost exactly the same thing.
TurboLaw and Pocket PCs
More and more often, we’re hearing questions along the lines of “Can I use TurboLaw on my PocketPC?” And the answer to this question is “Yes, and No.”
One Judge’s Opinions on Blogging
It is very interesting to see how legal blogs are being cited in case opinions. I expect to see more and more blogs being cited in this way, especially as more and more
The Dream of the Paperless Office
The concept of the “paperless office†– like the flying car before it – has long been around. And just as steps towards developing flying cars have been made, so also have practical steps toward realizing the “paperless office.†Some of these advances have come thanks to the PDF file format.
Treating Machines like People
There is a very interesting discussion going on over at The Volokh Conspiracy regarding whether legal doctrines, when applied to machines or computers, should treat the machines/computers as people. “Daire and Smith are interesting cases, I think, because the outcome apparently hinges on how to apply legal doctrines designed for people in the case of automated machines.”
Lawyers like to Blog
“It’s all words, that’s all the law is,†Scott Turow, a lawyer and the author of “Presumed Innocent†and other novels, said when asked to speculate on reasons for the proliferation of law-related blogs, sometimes called blawgs. When people think of law, he continued, “You think of jails and marshals and corporate executives. But the reality is, that’s what it is – it’s all words, and lawyers are verbal people, both in terms of the written stuff and the spoken stuff.â€