SEPTEMBER 2001

PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS & SERVICES FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS V O L . 8 N O . 9

THE PROFESSION’S

LARGEST TECH

PUBLICATION

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Keeping up with the Joneses: Last month, LexisNexis announced acontract with the Florida Supreme

Court for legal researchservices. Now West Grouphas renewed its accord toprovide the Floridajudiciary with its legal

research products and services.Reader Response No. 349.

BNA Inc. has debuted a newinformation service, Expert EvidenceReport, for litigators and judges.

Reader Response No. 350.

Quick Takes

BREAKING NEWS: Just as we were going to press,

West Group announced that ithas acquired Albuquerque’sProvolution Corp., creator ofProLaw Software. More detailsnext month, or see the 9/10 issueof The National Law Journal.

INSIDE LTN

SO/HO: Be moreeffective in thecourtroom — thinklike a weatherreporter! Page 33.

SECOND OPINIONS: Automatingdocument production. Page 46.

IT @: How digitalcameras andsoftware help theBoulder PoliceDept. Page 12.

COMPARE & CONTRAST: Build yourown Web site. Page 60.

WEB WATCH: Greatsites to help lawyershelp the needy viapro bono work.Page 54.

Law Technology News is online athttp://www.lawtechnews.com

RICOH Silicon ValleyInc. has been busy!This summer it debuteda new rack version ofits eCabinet storageappliance and version 2 of its software;launched a softwaredeveloper’s kit thatcan integrate theunit into sys-tems like LotusNotes and MicrosoftExchange; and signed aslew of new partnershipaccords (Kofax ImageProducts; NSMStorage, et al.).

The e-cabinet isan electronic filing cab-inet system that storesdocuments and createsa searchable full-text

index of stored data.Using browser-basedtechnology, it archives adigital copy (both to theinternal hard drive andto back-up destina-tions). Users can thenretrieve and share the

data.The new

e C a b i n e t2100 is de-

signed for large-scaleenvironments and net-works. It works withMicrosoft Outlook andExplorer, and othersoftware, and can com-municate with periph-erals (copiers, scannersetc.).

Reader ResponseNo. 345.

Ricoh Unveils RackVersion of eCabinet

STORAGE SYSTEMS

DOCULEX, which creates textand image scanning software, has released PDF.Capture 5, thelatest generationof its all-in-onedocument imag-ing software. It incorporates a“job administrator module” tomanage setup of imaging proj-ects.

Other features includeimproved search fields (customand meta); a beefed-up OCRengine; and SCSI and networksupport. DocuLex also releasedPDF.Capture for eCabinet, tai-lored for the Ricoh product. (Seerelated item this page.)

Reader Response No. 344.

DocuLex DebutsPDF.Capture 5

IMAGING & SCANNING

ADOBE Systems Inc.’s AdobeAcrobat Approval 5.0 softwarehelps law firms and others create electronicforms based on thecompany’s PortableDocument Format(PDF). Users can fill-in, spell-check, digitally sign, save and sub-mit eForms. The system allowsautomation of data calculations andrule validations, while maintainingthe “look and feel” of paper-basedforms, says Adobe.

The company also announcedthe release of its Adobe PageMaker7.0 layout program.

Reader Response No. 347.

Adobe AnnouncesAcrobat Approval

ELECTRONIC FORMS

EQUITRAC Corp. has introducedPrintLog Professional 4.0, the lat-est version of its software thattracks the use of digital printingdevices and helps firms chargeback expenses to clients.

PrintLog can be used in a

standalone environment and also aspart of a server, or Web-based con-figuration.

New features include “pop up”window enhancements and assign-able “speed buttons.”

Reader Response No. 346.

Equitrac Upgrades PrintLog

COST RECOVERY SNAP SHOT Page 14

HANDS DOWN, the most crowded and positivelyunnerving demonstration at summer tradeshowswas Seisint Inc.’s Accurint service, which helpslawyers and other researchers track down just

about anybody. The company has built a massive databasefrom public record information that can help investigatorsfind deadbeat dads, recalcitrant debtors, hesitant witnesses,and long-lost cousins or schoolmates.

Mesmerized conventioneers, upon seconds of entering aname, saw the system spew out everything from addresses of former sisters-in-law to telephone numbers of their apartment neighbors.

And it’s cheap. Prices start at 25 cents for a locate search.Check out www.Accurint.com.

Reader Response No. 348.

You Can’t HideFrom Accurint

PRESIDENT ’S CORNER

Accurint Product Division president Paul Cameron

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