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Payne Consulting of Seattle has announced the release of Metadata Assistant for Microsoft Excel, which cleans out hidden information from Excel documents. Following the positive response for Metadata Assistant for Word, this new software extends the same functionality to Excel files, which have even more hidden data than Word files. Metadata has seen an upsurge in importance as the rise of electronic discovery has put an increasing number of vital business documents into the hands of opposing parties to litigation or other business matters. With Metadata Assistant, readers can analyze hidden data that exists in a spreadsheet or word processing document and remove hidden data that could include concealed numbers that comprise confidential company formulas or text revealing incriminating motivations. The new software is offered at no additional charge to those who have licensed Word Metadata Assistant Enterprise Version. The add-in is compatible with Microsoft Excel versions 97-2002 (Office XP) as well as the current beta for Office 11. Payne Consulting also expects to release Metadata Assistant for PowerPoint in February 2003. For more information please visit www.payneconsulting.com
ProLaw Software, a division of West, has announced the release of ProLaw Ready, a version of the company's namesake practice management suite tailored specifically to the needs of small firms. Designed and priced for firms with one to 15 attorneys, ProLaw Ready specifically meets the need for a fully integrated practice management package in the small-firm market segment. The software offers small firms a full complement of features such as contact and relationship management, rules-based calendaring, document management, records management, conflicts searching, time tracking, billing, comprehensive management reporting, contingency accounting, integrated accounting and access to Virtual ProLaw University, the developer's online training program. ProLaw Ready also is fully integrated with Westlaw, and features West WorksT Practice Libraries, which offer a comprehensive collection of authoritative, practice-specific forms and document assembly tools. For more information, please visit www.prolaw.com.
Syngence LLC has announced that Synthetix, its document retrieval and analysis search engine will be integrated with Dataflight Software's next version of Concordance. Synthetix augments traditional information search methods with the ability to find 'semantically-related' materials in even the largest document collections. The integration of Synthetix with Concordance will allow users to take advantage of this search tool to gain even greater control over their discovery documents. In addition to comprehensive full-text searching, Concordance users will search their databases by relevance. Relevant or 'semantically-related' searching offers an important additional tool to help find key documents and evidence, as well as duplicate documents within a Concordance database. For more information please visit www.syngence.com.
Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models
Defining commercial real estate asset class is essentially a property explaining how it identifies — not necessarily what its original intention was or what others think it ought to be. This article discusses, from a general issue-spot and contextual analysis perspective, how lawyers ought to think about specialized leasing formats and the regulatory backdrops that may inform what the documentation needs to contain for compliance purposes.
Hyperlinked Documents: The Latest e-Discovery Challenge
As courts and discovery experts debate whether hyperlinked content should be treated the same as traditional attachments, legal practitioners are grappling with the technical and legal complexities of collecting, analyzing and reviewing these documents in real-world cases.
Identifying Your Practice's Differentiator
How to Convey Your Merits In a Way That Earns Trust, Clients and Distinctions Just as no two individuals have the exact same face, no two lawyers practice in their respective fields or serve clients in the exact same way. Think of this as a "Unique Value Proposition." Internal consideration about what you uniquely bring to your clients, colleagues, firm and industry can provide untold benefits for your law practice.
Risks and Ad Fraud Protection In Digital Advertising
The ever-evolving digital marketing landscape, coupled with the industry-wide adoption of programmatic advertising, poses a significant threat to the effectiveness and integrity of digital advertising campaigns. This article explores various risks to digital advertising from pixel stuffing and ad stacking to domain spoofing and bots. It will also explore what should be done to ensure ad fraud protection and improve effectiveness.
Turning Business Development Plans Into Reality
This article offers practical insights and best practices to navigate the path from roadmap to rainmaking, ensuring your business development efforts are not just sporadic bursts of activity, but an integrated part of your daily success.