information technology

Is a Printed Document Defective in Law?

Interesting post about Dominic Jaar’s article in Driot Inc. by John Gregory in yesterday’s Slaw offerings: Is a Printed Document Defective in Law? “It is certainly well known that requests for electronic discovery generally specify that documents are to be produced in their native format, in order to capture the metadata. Is this a sign […]

Richard Susskind talks about the ‘End of Lawyers?’

With a rather provocative title Richard Susskind‘s recent book, ‘The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services?’, has garnered a little bit of attention in the legal world.  Jacquie McNish writing in the Globe & Mail said:  “… his futurism is rattling the profession …” If you haven’t yet had a chance to […]