To prepare for Mishkeegogamang v. Canada et al. and Slate Falls v. Canada et al. (two actions merged into one), attorneys for two plaintiffs and three defendants would need seven copies of more than 4,000 documents. Yet instead of hundreds of bankers boxes crowding the courtroom, I
Read more →originally published in Lawyers Weekly Magazine Do you have what it takes to work in an electronically enhanced courtroom? Wonder no more — just take “Tom’s test.” Can you: Turn on a computer and monitor? Use a mouse? Use the scroll wheel on your mouse? Open a
Read more →originally published on CBA PracticeLink Certain high-profile trials have proven the value of technology usage in courtrooms. Yet most trials in Canada still do without even common technologies, like video conferencing, document management systems and document displays. And this absence spawns dissatisfaction. “Clients complain that the process
Read more →The phone rings. You pick it up. Your computer screen opens a window showing the caller’s face – live. Another window appears, listing a file on the caller that you keep in your customer relationship management (CRM) system. And all you did was pick up the phone.
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