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BY matthew browndorf | 01-23-2010 | 5:00 AM
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From automated voice dictation to desktop scanners and fax products, IT
departments have many challenges. The latest however, may so
dramatically change the way cases are prepared and tried in UK courts
that law firms unable to cope with the demands of their litigators will
be second choice to those firms capable of understanding and embracing
the needs of a techno-savvy litigator.

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Let there be no surprise then that these techno-savvy litigators will
be knocking at the door of their favourite IT office shortly. Will you
be ready? Will your firm be ready? Will your practice be ready? To help
you prepare, a thorough description of what is on the horizon and how
to cope is in order.

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IT staff should be trained on database administration such as general
maintenance, back-ups, security and networking availability. Training
can be offered through various vendors that are certified by the
software companies or, perhaps, you might be lucky enough to have a
lawyer in your firm who really understands the products.
Lawyer-to-lawyer training is the most effective because it bridges the
communication gap between practising law and practising technology.

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This
allows a quick and efficient (nightly) back-up of the standard case
data files while allowing the large .tif images to be backed up
separately on a monthly basis. One should think in the 100 gigabyte
size for a 10-person litigation section and permit archives of old
cases onto DVD (or similar device). Having learned the hard way, RAID 5
should not be a substitute to backing-up data, even the .tif images.

Mathew Browndorf Bio After
this experience it was time to gain some capital markets experience at
Manufacturers Bank as a Portfolio Manager / Vice President in the
Treasury Department of the Bank. While there Craig gained valuable
experience on the buy-side of the investment management business by
performing fixed-income trades for both the bank and trust portfolios
totaling just over $2.1 billion in assets under management.

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the process has many advantages. For starters, it is outsourced. You
send the documents off and next thing you know they are on the internet
and anyone — including the clients — anywhere (with the appropriate
security clearance) has instant access to all the data and documents
that form the case. However, there are downsides.

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