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Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers a case management program (see article below), an email app for iPad and iPhone, a mobile scanner, a legal hold cloud application, and a personal finance app. Don't miss the next issue.
Leave No Stone Unconnected in Your Cases
In the old days of legal technology (before my time mind you), lawyers and vendors alike used the term "case management" to refer to software for managing a law firm (contacts, calendar, matters, etc.). We now use the term "practice management" for these products. Why the semantic change? Because two trial consultants created a software program that helps litigators manage the issues and facts associated with their cases. Accordingly, "case management" now refers to software of this ilk. The two founders retired, but not their software. A new version recently shipped.
CaseMap 10 … in One Sentence
LexisNexis' CaseMap 10 enables you to analyze and manage the issues, facts, and related information associated with a lawsuit.
The Killer Feature
Many litigators have an aversion to math so it's something of a miracle that a program with a spreadsheet-like interface became so popular. Of course, CaseMap crunches facts, issues, questions, research, and objects rather than numbers.
Objects? An object is a key item in the case that doesn't fall into the other categories — documents, events, locales, etc. Previous versions of CaseMap offered a default list of objects based on customer feedback.
However, litigation is simply too complex for a finite list. Thus, CaseMap 10 enables you to create custom object spreadsheets for items not among the defaults. Now you can track just about any aspect of a case no matter how obscure or unusual.
Other Notable Features
When you seek to manage the information associated with a lawsuit, you need all the data entry help you can get. CaseMap now integrates with Microsoft Outlook and Word 2007 and 2010, enabling you to send email messages and documents to CaseMap with one click on the Ribbon.
CaseMap's developers realized the importance of such linking long ago. In another enhancement, the the new DocManager technology enables you to view any linked file even if you don't have the software that created it. Also, CaseMap can now convert linked scanned documents into searchable text thanks to its built-in OCR technology. Perhaps most helpful, you can bulk import files into a spreadsheet.
CaseMap 10 has also beefed up its search functions with full-text searching, and the ability to save searches and restrict searches to specific spreadsheets. Other new features include batch printing of linked files, reports that include embedded files, and a streamlined interface designed to make CaseMap easier to use, especially for those new to the software.
What Else Should You Know?
CaseMap runs on Windows. You can try it free for 30 days. Learn more about CaseMap 10.
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