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Mac Productivity Tip: Sign PDF Documents using Trackpad

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If you’re a Mac user, you are likely familiar with Preview – the handy, built-in image and PDF viewer of the macOS operating system. Like so many of our day to day programs, it has more tricks up its sleeve than you may know. It is an unpretentious application that can perform the tasks of multiple standalone utilities. Apart from quickly converting files formats, opening documents and images, and allowing for basic image editing, it also has a cool signature function that you can use to sign PDF files with a Trackpad. Here’s how: Read More

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Podcast: How Aggressive Should We Get in Pleadings?

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Pleadings can often be overlooked but are an essential part of the trial process. In this report from On The Road at ABA Annual Meeting 2018, host Rocky Dhir talks to Michael Panter, Matthew Moeller, David Pardue, and Michael Weber about the purpose of pleadings and how to craft them successfully. They discuss how pleadings reflects a lawyer’s competency and professionality and why attorneys should aim for clean-cut pleadings. Read More

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Windows 10 Helps Keep Your PC Free of Clutter

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Running out of disk space is a common curse for any one of us. Cleaning out clutter is essential for removing unnecessary files that can take up valuable storage space. Recently, Microsoft introduced “Storage Sense” in Windows 10 – a built in service that automatically removes unnecessary and temporary files as well items in the recycle bin that are more than a month old. Read More

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Video TechTip: Outlook (PC) Convert an Email to an Appointment

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Often emails contain information (conference details, directions, notes) that are better suited on your calendar. Instead of creating a new appointment and retyping or copying and pasting information from an email, you can drag and drop an email onto the Calendar icon in the navigation pane. Outlook will convert the subject and body of the email to an appointment that you can update or edit with full details. Read More

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The Ethical Sand Traps of E-Discovery

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Well-known E-Discovery and Litigation Support consultant, Brett Burney, shared his article on The Ethical Sand Traps of E-Discovery with the SDCBA. He discusses applicable ethics rules as they relate to search, preservation and spoilation, and protecting privilege. He also mentions the “Cooperation Proclamation” issued by The Sedona Conference. We CAN all get along! Read More