Oct 26, Europe -- The UK High Court has allowed an injunction to be served on an anonymous person posting messages (tweeting) on the Twitter service. This follows a recent Australian case in which the court allowed the service of an injunction via the Facebook service....  

Aug 17, USA -- A new web browser plug-in has been released that is designed to make the documents of the US Federal courts' official depository not only free but also provide greater functionality, albeit gradually. The repository already has over one million documents....  

Jul 11, All -- Although Google's search technology may be primarily designed for Intra/Extranet implementations, GSA (Google Search Appliance) could also serve to reduce litigation costs by helping lawyers cull through exabytes of electronically stored information. ...  (E-DiscBytes)

Apr 22, Europe -- nFlow users can now send their digital dictation recordings to their offices, for integration into their company's nFlow dictation system, through their iPhone, the company has announced, claiming to be the first dictation system to fully support iPhones....  

Dec 17, Asia & Pacific -- An Australian Supreme Court judge has granted lawyers the right to serve legally binding documents by posting them on defendant's Facebook sites. The Canberra attorneys claim it as a world first....  

Oct 23, USA -- VersusLaw has launched a free version of its US federal and state case law research service, FindACase. It provides the same federal and state cases as VersusLaw's paid service, but has several features removed, limiting its usefullness for attorneys....  

Oct 21, All -- When Time Matters SR3 was released, a major problem was immediately discovered: SR3 broke TM Connect. A “fixed” dll was immediately posted, but anybody who updated via the “approved” method didn’t know that. Other problems were also noticed....  (DoesItComp)

Oct 16, All -- Filing under a tight deadline, Barclays Capital's attorneys apparently made an error converting an Excel spreadsheet to PDF, leaving Barclays with 179 contracts involving collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers than it never meant to acquire....  (OrangeRag)

Aug 5, Europe -- Various US (and UK) firms are starting to crow about their rankings in the Socha-Gelbmann electronic data discovery (EDD) survey, but what is it, and does it have any relevance to the UK marketplace?...  (OrangeRag)

Jul 21, USA -- The Second Life Bar Association held the first-ever continuing legal education session July 15. The speaker, David Naylor, partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, gave a general introduction to virtual worlds legal issues...  (SLBA)