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Periodical Writing Samples

Niagara Peace Bridge

originally published in Award Magazine As today’s travelers traverse the second-busiest border crossing in Ontario, the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River, they might get the impression they are passing a massive overturned canoe that resembles, in shape if not in size, the canoes that First Nations

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Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Building Information Modeling

Originally published in Award Magazine Ever-savvier clients demand better-performing buildings. Interest in green technology continues to rise. Are you having trouble keeping up? Coordination (or lack thereof) within your own firm or with other disciplines working on a project may be to blame. Consider: communications inside your

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How to back up your files now

originally published in Lawyers Weekly We all buy insurance, maintain our homes and cars and generally safeguard things that matter. But the information on our computers? Surprising numbers of people don’t create extra copies of the electronically stored information (ESI) they depend upon. Lawyers, like other business

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Tablet wars

originally published by CBAPracticeLink The iPad has dominated the market, but its competitors are coming on strong. It means more choice than ever for demanding professionals who know what they need.

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MuseumHouse

originally published in Award Magazine Perhaps inspired by the way Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa smiles from a small canvas hung in the massive Louvre, Yorkville Corporation chose a narrow plot of land in a tony area of Toronto to erect a masterpiece: the MuseumHouse con- dominium residence.

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Young + Wright Architects

originally published in Award Magazine. This profile was written prior to the acquisition of Young + Wright by IBI Group. Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. Kenyan Proverb In the long term,

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Smartphones: lighter than laptops

Have you started leaving your laptop at the office? Originally published in Lawyers Weekly Magazine. Have you ever met prospective business contacts while surfing (at the beach, not on the net)? Jared Jacobson has. “I put their information in my BlackBerry,” says the Philadelphia, Penn.-based solo attorney.

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Many lawyers still Luddites resisting technological advances

Originally published in The Lawyers Weekly. Does everybody in the legal industry embrace technology? You might think so, but certain anecdotes give me pause. For instance, a recent National Post headline announced: “Trial adjourned due to lawyer’s laptop.” According to the article, an Ontario justice agreed with

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Choosing a practice management system

originally published in The Lawyers Weekly Here’s a New Year’s resolution for lawyers: bring as many of your work systems as you can under one digital roof. That means putting matter management, calendars, contacts, time tracking, billing and other computer systems into a comprehensive practice management system.

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Drowning in data (proportionality in e-discovery)

originally published in Lawyers Weekly Magazine The number of needles a lawyer has to find during discovery has not changed over the years. But thanks to information technology, document haystacks have ballooned out of all proportion. Now judges, litigators and clients want to bring proportionality back to

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