Do-It-Yourself Paperless Depositions Before AgileLaw For years enterprising lawyers have attempted to conduct paperless depositions. Some lawyers have tried to go paperless because they are fed up with organizing the cumbersome boxes, accordion files, and binders; others want to reduce copy costs; and others were searching for a better way to show documents to a remote witness […]

In the most recent global economic downturn, companies across the globe looked to cut back on travel expenses as one of the easiest ways to cut costs. This was enabled by the rise in internet speeds and new technologies. Law firms of course, were also significantly affected by the economy, and one result has been a […]

Product Update Fall 2013 New features we released in our latest product update. Question Outline / Cycle Through Annotations Quickly cycle through your personal notes during the deposition, using your annotations as “bookmarks” to navigate your document exhibits more efficiently. Have a question on page 90? Jumping to it is as easy as clicking “Next” in […]

Evaluating Rackspace vs Amazon (AWS) With cloud computing becoming the norm these days, many software start-ups are developing their products as web-based solutions. At some point, this decision necessitates picking a cloud service provider. Its usually a decision between Rackspace vs Amazon. We delayed the decision until we were a few months away from launching our […]

With the recent federal government shutdown entering its 10th day, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, among other government agencies, have stopped doing work, including legal work. Because of this, there is expected to be a slowdown in regulatory negotiations with the FTC and DOJ over the review of pending mergers. Pending […]

Legal professionals– good news regarding the legal jobs market has been recently released. A recent study shows that the legal services sector had a positive increase in jobs in August 2013, indicating that law firm casework load may be picking up. Legal Jobs On The Rise The U.S. legal services sector gained 2,700 jobs in […]

A frequently asked questions upon hearing about our paperless deposition solution is whether or not a wireless connection is needed to the use the software. The answer is: yes.  While this may seem to create problems for lawyers and law firms that do not have a wireless network in place, there are some simple solutions […]

Many attorneys are concerned about storing sensitive and confidential information online because of uncertainty regarding legal document security. And they should be. Before signing up for any online document service it is important to understand who can access the documents, how they are secured, encrypted, stored, and backed-up. We architected and implemented our paperless deposition […]

Every day attorneys travel to depositions carrying boxes with multiple copies of documents and exhibits with them.  Not only is it a hassle to carry these documents, but the time to print, copy and prepare these documents is a burden for everyone involved on a case. Imagine being able to travel to depositions across the […]

Paperless depositions are a new topic in an industry struggling to reduce its paper usage. In fact, we frequently get asked by attorneys and paralegals how paperless depositions can help their practice. Some of this stems from the attitude that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and some comes from fear of the unknown. […]