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JDSupra Free User Generated Legal Document, Forms & Brief Library

JDSupra has officially launched and opened its site to the public. The JDSupra site allows legal professionals to upload legal documents, memos, forms, filings and briefs and share them with the legal community. On the marketing front, lawyers and law firms can have their own detailed profile page that promotes their practice.

This seems to be one sharp product and its FREE!  This is another way to get your firm recognized and for an extra fee you can get a link to your website.   It lets lawyers create a profile and then upload a variety of documents but you can also search the database for information and it seems to be a very useful legal research tool.

source: Justia

Harness the Power of Video-Enhanced Summations

At the end of each day of a five-week trial in Middlesex County, N.J., plaintiffs' lawyers Barry Eichen and William Levinson spent hours reviewing and editing video footage of testimony, while defense lawyers did the same. During summations, each side played back the culled clips on a 4-by-6-foot screen, glossed by their own commentary.

After taking in both video shows, the jury on Aug. 10 awarded $19 million to the family of a railroad mechanic who died of asbestos-related lung disease.

The technique, known as video-enhanced summation, is still new to New Jersey. Few courtrooms are set up with technology allowing lawyers to obtain a DVD recording of each day's proceedings.

Full Story at Law.com