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iPhone personal assistant offers time-savers for lawyers

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: December 29, 2011

Tags: iphone, Siri, technology

The iPhone 4S offers lawyers a valuable new tool that can speed up tasks and simplify phone use.

Strategies for backing up your smartphone

Published: December 23, 2011

Tags: BlackBerry, Bluetooth, data backup, iphone, smartphone

John Simek recalls watching a man turn on his Bluetooth device, set his smartphone down on the hood of his car and start talking. The man then got into his car and began to drive away.

The apps lawyers need most

Published: November 14, 2011

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2012, iPad, iphone, iPhone apps

There are an estimated half a million apps available at the App Store, with more every day. Here are some of the apps that lawyers have vetted and call their favorites.

App roundup: Signatures, phone billing, notes and more

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: August 3, 2011

Tags: Black’s Law Dictionary, EasySign Mobile, GoodReader, iPad, iPad apps, iphone, iPhone apps, Notes Plus, phone billing, RogueTime, SignMyPad, technology

As lawyers increasingly perform their work on the go using mobile devices, work-related applications are more important than ever before. Lawyers USA has compiled the following handful of useful apps for lawyers.

New DOL app could help employees prove wage and hour claims

Published: May 16, 2011

Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, iphone, iPhone apps, smartphones, technology, wage and hour

The U.S Department of Labor has launched an app that helps employees track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed.

Lawyers cast their verdict on the second generation iPad

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 24, 2011

Tags: iPad, iPad 2, iPad apps, iphone, practice management, technology

The second generation iPad has been on shelves for less than two weeks and lawyers are starting to submit their verdicts on it. So says the jury…

LegalTech 2011: New products and tools for the new year

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: February 4, 2011

Tags: Advance for Solos, Backupify, electronic signatures, Green Law Solution, iphone, iPhone apps, LegalTech, LegalTech 2011, lexisnexis, Redact-It, social media, solo practice, technology

NEW YORK – Despite the snowstorm delaying flights and causing havoc on the roads, lawyers and tech experts flocked to LegalTech 2011 to see new legal technology services and products. Here is a look at some of the interesting new offerings:

2010: The year in legal tech

By: Tony Ogden
Published: January 7, 2011

Tags: cloud computing, ExhibitView, Google Voice, iPad, iphone, iPhone apps, legal technology, technology, Westlaw

Last year, the practice of law became ever more digital, taking place across laptops, tablets and cell phones rather than a wooden desk and paper forms.

Here is a summary of our coverage of the changes to the technological landscape of the legal profession in 2010, as well as some of the changes you can look forward to in the year ahead.

Discarded laptops, flash drives may impose ethical obligations on attorneys

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: November 16, 2010

Tags: BlackBerry, ethics, flash drives, iphone, laptops, practice management, technology

A proposed Florida ethics opinion suggests that lawyers have an ethical duty to sanitize their storage devices, including iPhones, Blackberrys, flash drives, laptops and copiers, in order to prevent inadvertent disclosure of confidential client information.