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Below are excerpts from legal technology expert Ross Kodner's July 1, 2010 Law Technology News article Trial tech options for small firms with small cases and small budgets:
"Finally, think about alternate litigation suites — all-in-one systems that are alternatives to the high cost, über-sophisticated systems that may have more bells and whistles than you need.
Check out MasterFile. It is a combination of tools that parallel CT Summation, including transcript management, a discovery database and full-text searching. A single license costs $395 and a five-license version is just $995.
Downsides? Fewer features than big systems — but when your client has literally no budget for software to manage its case, and your practice isn't as flush as it might have been under the old economy, the willingness to take a less-is-more approach could be wise.
The bottom line is that litigation-specific technology options usually offer an integrated, cohesive approach to managing all aspects of handling disputed matters — but at a price."
[NOTE: Although Law Technology News explains correctly that MasterFile parallels CT Summation, MasterFile goes much further than evidence management software. For example, not only does MasterFile have advanced features, like Equivio Near-duplicate support, of products like CT Summation or Concordance, MasteFile also includes many breakthrough innovations not available in competitive products, including full featured case analysis like CaseMap (as summarized in a recent GPSOLO magazine article on case analysis with MasterFile and CaseMap).
Click here for a comparison of MasterFile to CaseMap, Concordance and Summation.]
Click here for the full Law Technology News article in PDF format.
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