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CLE program this Thursday in Dallas

November 18th, 2013 · 3 Comments

I will be speaking this week at the Dallas appellate section lunch.

The main topic is one that I’ve wanted a good excuse to explore: Testing […]

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New SCOTX order: E-filing moves from voluntary to mandatory in one month

August 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on New SCOTX order: E-filing moves from voluntary to mandatory in one month

The Texas Supreme Court has been telling us that e-filing would move from “voluntary” to mandatory this fall. Now, the Court has set the […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

Study compares reading on e-readers, monitors, and paper

July 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Jakob Nielsen has released a study of how people experience reading on different devices — the iPad, the Kindle, a computer screen, and a paper […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs

Yesterday’s program on appellate issues for corporate counsel

June 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on Yesterday’s program on appellate issues for corporate counsel

Yesterday afternoon, the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section hosted a seminar for in-house and counsel and appellate lawyers. There were six panels covering […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech

The “back” button for Adobe e-briefs

June 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on The “back” button for Adobe e-briefs

For all the work Adobe has done to make PDF documents hyperlinked, it has not included a basic navigational feature — the back button.

This weekend, […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech

Today’s CLE presentation on electronic briefs [updated, with slide deck]

June 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

I’ll be speaking today with Blake Hawthorne at the UT State and Federal Appeals Conference about some recent changes in electronic briefing rules and what […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Practice Notes

How to Make PDF E-Briefs for the Texas Supreme Court

May 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The blog has covered the Texas Supreme Court’s new rules for electronic briefs, including a few pointers on what’s likely to trip you up. (( […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech · Practice Notes

Texas Supreme Court takes more steps toward electronic filing

May 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The Texas Supreme Court has issued a new order to amend and replace its original order about e-filing, which I wrote about in February. […]

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