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<b><i>Product Review:</b></i> Abbyy FineReader OCR 9.0: Experience Efficiency
One of the basic challenges to law firms since the advent of the PC has always been how to convert paper documents into a searchable or editable electronic format. Most scanning devices will produce a non-searchable PDF file. At the same time, many of the document conversion products create an electronic format that is fraught with inaccuracies, little or no layout retention, and, in no way complies with legal requirements that we must have; ergo retyping, reformatting and additional proofreading comes into play, wasting office time and money in the process.
I have been using a product for many years that has continued to improve itself with each new version. I am speaking of Abbyy FineReader OCR 9.0, which comes in two editions, Corporate and Professional, from the folks at Abbyyusa.com.
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Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
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Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.