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2007 Technology & Business Conferences

Monday, January 08, 2007 6:43 AM

Kevin O'Keefe at Lexblog has pointed out a useful resource he found on the web, Expand your horizons : 2007 tech conferences:

Frank Gruber has put together a nice list of technology/business conferences for 2007.

Lawyers and legal marketing professionals make note of these. One, for networking. Second, to pick up innovative ideas.

The focus of the list is not legal, but Kevin suggests

Lawyers are much more likely to pick up innovative ideas at a non-legal tech conference than a legal-technology conference. Law firms notoriously lag other industries in technology advancement. If you're looking for the future and the excitement it brings, you're unlikely to find it at a legal conference.

So, if you are contemplating adding a technology/business conference or two to your schedule this year, the list noted above is a great place to start exploring your options.

by Bill Gratsch

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# re: 2007 Technology & Business Conferences

Thanks for sharing that with your readers Bill. Really see tech conferences, so long as not too advanced, as providing real excitement to a lawyer's practice. 1/8/2007 9:18 AM | Kevin OKeefe

# re: 2007 Technology & Business Conferences

I couldn't agree more, Kevin. Thanks Bill 1/10/2007 5:24 PM | Bill

# re: 2007 Technology & Business Conferences

The 2007 Technology & Business Conference season is coming up quick. A 2005 federal case involving the service of process upon scofflaw pornographers shows where Legal Tech is going. In the case of Allison Williams v. Advertising Sex LLC (2005) 231 F.R.D. 483, the federal courts approved internet service of process through Proof of Service - electronic (PoS-e), located at www.proofofservice.com. PoS-e was used to deliver process upon foreign business entities (the porn guys), alleging conspiracy to defame Ms. Williams by falsely identifying her as participant in graphic sex video that they advertised on multiple websites. Ms. Williams, who was a state beauty queen, petitioned to effect service of process on the foreign defendants using PoS-e. In approving the use of PoS-e, the federal trial judge found that PoS-e was a "more reliable" method of document delivery because the service returns a digitally-signed, encrypted "electronic proof of service" upon delivery. Because of this inherent reliability of the PoS-e system, the judge’s decision was turned into a Federal Rules Decision. PoS-e also allows a paralegal to use a desktop computer to assemble a disparate list of files into a single PDF file and deliver the PDF file along with a message all in a single sitting. So, the time and labor saving in use PoS-e is immense. Is the postage meter a thing of the past? 1/16/2007 8:58 PM | Chuck Yung
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