Pros Make it Look Easy

As I watched this video of Eric Clapton and John Mayer enjoying themselves in a little friendly dueling guitars session, I watched how easy they make it look to rip the guitar solos in the classic Cream song, Crossroads. I play(ed) guitar, and I know from personal experience – it isn’t easy. As I rocked out, I considered how this might also apply to a Trial Lawyer presenting the perfect Opening

Roger Clemens Mistrial: Top Ten Tips for Vetting Your Trial Presentation Consultant

While I have yet to hear directly from someone who was present in the courtroom, I have heard quite a bit about what happened, and the result. Some have speculated that the DOJ did it intentionally, in an attempt to push the envelope of admissible evidence. Others say it was a mistake, and that the defense team “tricked” them into showing it by not objecting prior to trial, and then further by

Jury Box: Voir Dire Application for Mac, PC, and Linux

7/26/2011 Update: The complete review has now been published and is available on The Jury Expert.You may have read my iPad app reviews on iJuror, JuryTracker, and Jury Duty, and if not, there are the links. Jury Box has recently been released, becoming the first commercially available Voir Dire (Jury Selection) software designed for the computer. It works on Mac, PC and Linux operating systems. 

Windows Phone 7 disadvantages

Windows Phone 7 is latest mobile operating system developed by Microsoft. The User interface in Windows Phone 7 is dramatically changed from previous versions of Windows Mobile operating systems. However it has some serious disadvantages over other latest operating systems like Android OS and iOS 4. Microsoft has removed a few features from Windows Phone 7 OS probabaly for security purposes.

Hidden Control Panel accessed from your Screen

This is a quick and easy how-to from the guys over at How to Geek. It is a basic one but useful in its simplicity. Your students may not be aware of this feature. Enjoy!!!If you upgraded to the latest iOS release on your iPad, only to figure out that the screen orientation lock doesn’t work anymore, here’s how to lock the screen using the new, annoying method.We’re definitely irritated with Apple

Reading in an iPad Transmedia Universe: Five Real-World Issues

This is a comprehensive and thorough analysis of the issues with students using the iPad as a reader. It is written by Annette Lamb an educational consultant who has taught both at a K/12 and at a University level. There are some interesting points here that I had not considered prior to reading this article. It is one of the first academic referenced articles that I have come across that so

How to Prepare for Shortened Litigation: Mediation, Settlement Conferences, and Expedited Trials

UPDATE: U.S. Federal Court offers Expedited Trial option. Announcement (web page) and News Release (PDF) from United States District Court, Northern District of California. It appears this whole idea just got a major jump-start!SAN FRANCISCO ─ The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is pleased to announce the adoption of an expedited trial program. Newly-adopted 

iPad Lesson Plans: Mathematics and Social Studies

Michele O'Dell of the Douglas Country School District has constructed two interesting iPad lesson plans as part of her ETIL study group. This is an excellent example of a classroom teacher, being given access to both the technology and the appropriate in-servicing so they can focus on the pedagogy. Michele has put together a couple of comprehensive lesson plans that could easily be used as a

Casey Anthony Trial Compared to Robert Blake (part 2)

Last Friday, I posted the first part of this article. If you haven't read it yet, here's the link: LINK TO PART 1 HEREThis article was originally published by Technolawyer in 2005. I've included a few minor updates and extras. The following note was received by the publisher:Your article was one of the best we’ve ever published! Thank you! Neil J. Squillante, Publisher TechnoLawyer/PeerViews

Why Google + social networking = exciting wok

A spectre is haunting the equipment industry. It is called "electric wok syndrome" and it chiefly afflicts engineers and folks who invest in the sphere of their fantasies. The condition takes its choose from the piece of evidence with the aim of unknown in the sphere of his or else her real mind would poverty an exciting wok. But for the reason that it is on the cards to progress to such things

Mobile Phones and Smart Devices Pricing in Saudi Arabia July 2011

Here are the prices of various Smartphone Brands from Saudi Arabian Market. I have collected these prices from local market, different retailer's websites and magazines. I hope you will like this info. Nokia Mobile Phones Prices July 2011 (Saudi Arabia) # Mobile Phone Model Price in Saudi Riyals 1 Nokia C7 1120 SR 2 Nokia N8 1430

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Casey Anthony Trial Compared to Robert Blake (part 1)

With the recent trial of Casey Anthony coming to a surprising conclusion for many, the case has been compared to other high profile trials, including those of O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake. Defense attorney Jose Baez and his team prevailed, due to insufficient evidence to support the charges. Different charges certainly might have delivered a guilty verdict. I served on the defense team of Robert

Xperia Play Cell Phone - Playstation Phone Release Date, Price, Features and Specifications

It seems that day after day there is a new announcment for a new kind of cell phone, or there's a press conference announcing a new line of phones, are theres an update making phones faster, new apps, new... well, you get the idea. It's hard to keep up with the stream which technology resides in: the path becomes narrower, the water moves faster.

One of the more new cell phones to be announced

Casey Anthony Verdict: Was it Wrong?

I will begin by stating that I have worked on a number of high profile criminal and civil trials in my career, including the Robert Blake murder defense, so I know what it looks like on the inside. I hope to work on several more, so there are some things I cannot share here.I will admit that I didn’t follow this trial closely, even though it was deemed the “Trial of the Century” by HLN. Ratings

iPad App for eDiscovery: idocument REVIEW

Reprinted with permission from the July 1, 2011 issue of Law Technology News, ©2011 ALM Media Properties, LLC.idocument REVIEW, a new iPad App was recently introduced in a brief article by John Cleaves for Law Technology News. The new application sells for $29.99 and claims to tag, highlight, and redact documents. Those features, without more, made it worthy to investigate. There are, however,