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“How To” Tip for iPhone and iPad.

15 Sunday Nov 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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iPad, iPhone

How to Use Caps Lock on Your iPhone and iPad, by Lori Kaufman, How-To Geek Blog

http://www.howtogeek.com/233097/how-to-use-caps-lock-on-your-iphone-and-ipad/

You just got your new iPhone after switching from Android and you want to type something in all caps. How do you use caps lock in iOS 9? We’ll tell you how to type all caps and also how to enable and disable the caps lock feature. . . .

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How To Add Section and Paragraph Symbols on An iPhone or iPad.

05 Monday Oct 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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Codification App, iPad, iPhone, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Keyboard Character Shortcuts, Section Sign

Sections And Pilcrows — Making The § And ¶ On The iPhone, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D.

http://tinyurl.com/qdk2snp

Yesterday, I reviewed an app called Codification, which uses for its icon the section symbol — §. That is certainly a symbol that lawyers need to type a lot, but it isn’t immediately apparent how to do so on an iPhone or iPad. . .

You can type many additional characters using the iPhone and iPad keyboard by holding down on a letter. I see that I haven’t posted a full list of those shortcuts since 2010, back when iPhone J.D. had far fewer readers, so I thought it might be useful to post the list again, which is largely still the same in iOS 8 . . . .

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Are iPad Text Messages Protected Under Your State’s Wiretapping Laws?

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Admissibility, Appellate Law, Case of First Impression, Evidence, Government, Intellectual Property, iPad, Legal Technology

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iPad, Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, Privacy, Text Messages, The Democratic Underground.com, Wiretapping

iPad Texts Not Private Under Wiretap Act | The Legal Intelligencer*, The Democratic Underground.com

(The Legal Intelligencer requires subscription but is free for 5/mo articles.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026893652

iPads are popular in the legal and business world. It would be a good idea to check your state’s wiretapping law and determine whether your client’s and your own text iPad messages have a reasonable expectation to privacy. -CCE

An iPad does not fall within the telephone exemption under the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, and users of the device do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to sending text messages, the state Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression. . . .

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More Goodies from iPhone J.D.

27 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, Cell Phones, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Passwords

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Apple Watch, iOS9, iPhone Apps, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Legal Technology

In the news, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2015/06/in-the-news297.html

The latest and greatest from Jeff Richardson. Good discussion on ways to make text messages look good at trial. New iPhone apps. The sale on the password manager app is too good to pass up. I particularly like the idea of using the Apple Watch for map directions. As always, Mr. Richardson shares the good stuff. -CCE

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Excellent Argument About Technology and Citation Placement.

13 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Brief Writing, Citations, E-Briefs, E-Briefs, E-Filing, Footnotes, iPad, Laptop, Legal Technology, Legal Writing, Mac, Microsoft Office, PC Computers, Readability, Tablets

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Brian Garner, Brief Writing, Citing Legally Blog, E-Briefs, E-Filing, Legal Citations, Legal Technology, Legal Writing, Peter Martin

If the Judge Will Be Reading My Brief on a Screen, Where Should I Place My Citations? by Peter Martin, Jane M.G. Foster Professor of Law, Emeritus, Cornell Law School, Citing Legally Blog

http://citeblog.access-to-law.com/?p=149

 

As pointed out in this article, more courts require e-filing and are using tablets and other technology to read what you file. If you do not use technology, then you do not know how your document appears on the screen. It is quite different than reading something on a printed page.

So what to do? Keep writing as you always have and ignore changes brought about by technology or adjust? -CCE

A. Introduction

In a prior post I explored how the transformation of case law to linked electronic data undercut Brian Garner’s longstanding argument that judges should place their citations in footnotes. As that post promised, I’ll now turn to Garner’s position as it applies to writing that lawyers prepare for judicial readers. . . .

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iPhone Weather App – Will It Help Me Dodge Tornados And Floods?

28 Thursday May 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac

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iPhone, iPhone App, J.D., Jeff Richardson, Legal Technology, Weather Line

Review: Weather Line — iPhone weather app, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone, J.D.

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2015/05/review-weather-line.html

You might have heard that folks here in Oklahoma and other states are having a spot of trouble with the weather. If it is not hail or tornados, it’s flooding.

Our weather channels are doing a great job, but I have not found my current weather app that useful. This one looks as if it might do the job. -CCE

There are a ridiculous number of iPhone apps that can tell you the weather.  I have purchased a whole bunch of them, partly because weather apps are inherently useful, but also because whenever I find one with an interface or a feature that I like, it is often not long before another one comes along that seems like it might be better.  But for quite a while now, I’ve stuck with just one Weather app on the home screen of my iPhone:  Weather Line, which is currently on sale for only $1.99.  Here’s why this has been my favorite weather app, and perhaps it will appeal to you as well. . . .

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Take Depositions To The Next Level With High Tech.

13 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Clouds, Discovery, Dropbox, iPad, Legal Technology, Presentations, Tablets, Video Deposition

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Brian Focht, Deposition Exhibits, Depositions, iPad, Live Stream Video, Tablets, The Cyber Advocate, Video Depositions

4 High Tech Ways to Improve Your Depositions, by Brian Focht, The Cyber Advocate Blog

http://www.thecyberadvocate.com/2015/04/08/4-high-tech-ways-improve-depositions/

Last week I had the (good?) fortune to attend two depositions spanning three days in a construction defect case. We represent a fairly peripheral sub-contractor, so despite exceeding 20 total hours, I didn’t get the opportunity to ask a single question. However, we’re not so peripheral that I could completely space out.

Over the course of three days, which included the introduction of about 100 exhibits (I’m impressed at the plaintiff’s counsel’s restraint, except when you consider that many exhibits exceeded 250 pages each), I listened intently. Or as intently as possible.

Until the other part of my brain, the part that writes this blog, kicked in. I analyzed what I thought was an intelligent, if complicated, system put in place that uses Dropbox for sharing exhibits. But that was really it. No video, no digital exhibits, remote participants listening by phone. I couldn’t help but think that there had to be a better way than this. . . .

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Jeff Richardson’s Honey Pot of iPhone and iPad Apps.

10 Friday Apr 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, Cell Phones, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac

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Apps, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson

Index of iPhone J.D., by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/index-of-iphone-jd.html

I have died and gone to Heaven. -CCE

This index allows you to browse through the more significant posts on iPhone J.D. since I started the website on November 17, 2008, including reviews of iPhone and iPad apps and accessories plus other significant posts. Also, remember that there is a helpful search box at the top right of every page if you are trying to find something specific. . . .

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ABA’s Hackness to Justice And All Types of New Apps.

28 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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American Bar Association, Apps, Hackness to Justice, iPad, iPhone, iPhone J.D., Jeff Richardson

In The News, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D.

http://tinyurl.com/nf2zx6m

Please read the entire post. As always, Jeff Richardson has plenty of news to share. -CCE

This past weekend, the ABA Journal sponsored its second Hackcess to Justice legal hackathon, where attorneys and programmers worked all weekend to create apps that help lawyers and increase the ability of individuals to gain access to legal services.  This year the event was in my hometown of New Orleans, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to go.  Victor Li of ABA Journal describes the winning apps.  The first prize went to an app called Legal Proof that helps an attorney or a client collect and organize evidence.  Second prize went to New Orleans attorney Ernest Svenson and Massachusetts attorney William Palin for their PaperLess app.  Read the ABA Journal article to find out about the other best entrants. . . .

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Use The GoodReader App To Sign PDF Documents On iPhone or iPads.

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Adobe Acrobat, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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.pdf, iPad, iPhone, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Signatures

GoodReader Update Adds Signatures, by Jeff Richardson, by iPad J.D. Blog

http://tinyurl.com/l4bvqj6

The GoodReader app is one of the most frequently used apps on my iPad because it has such great tools for organizing my documents, syncing them to my computers, and annotating PDF files.  And perhaps best of all, the developer is constantly finding ways to make the app even better.  This week, GoodReader version 4.10 was released, and it adds the ability to create and add signatures to your documents.  I’ve used many other apps with a signature feature, but GoodReader does such a nice job of implementing the feature that it may now be the best way to sign a document on an iPad or iPhone. . . .

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Can You Use iPads or iPhones in Court? Maybe – Maybe Not.

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Android Phones, Appellate Law, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Court Rules, Courts, Federal District Court Rules, iPad, iPhones, Laptop, Legal Technology, Local Rules, Oral Argument

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Court Rules, iPads, iPhone J.D. Blog, iPhones, Jeff Richardson, Legal Technology & Tips

Court Rules on iPhone, iPad Use, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog (with hat tip to Ray Ward, Louisiana Civil Appeals Blog)

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2015/03/court-rules.html

If there are rules for or against using any type of technology in a courtroom, you will normally find the court’s preference in its local rules. Courts don’t write local rules just for fun. They mean it when they say they don’t like something. If your court clearly states in its local rules that certain types of technology are not tolerated, don’t temp fate by assuming that you will be the exception.

Please note the comments at the end of the article. There is more valuable information about other court rules. -CCE

There are countless ways that an iPhone and iPad can be useful to an attorney while in court — whether you are at counsel table or just monitoring proceedings from the cheap seats in back. I often use my iPhone to look up a statute, check my calendar, get some information from an email, or remind myself of the name of another attorney in the courtroom. I often use my iPad to look at a case cited by an opponent, review the key part of an exhibit or transcript, or take notes. But you cannot do any of this unless the court lets you use electronic devices in the courtroom. I remember a time many years ago when the Eastern District of Louisiana did not allow any cell phones, even if turned off, and if my Palm Treo was still in my pocket, I had to walk back to my office, a few blocks away, and leave it there. Many courts are now more lenient, but attorneys should not just assume that it is okay to plan to use an iPhone and iPad in court. Instead, it is wise to first determine if there is an applicable court rule on the issue.

I write about this today because Ray Ward, an appellate attorney at my law firm, has a case that is soon set for oral argument before the U.S. Fifth Circuit, and in connection with that case, yesterday he received a notice from the Fifth Circuit of a new policy on electronic devices in the courtroom. Ray wrote about the notice (and attached a copy) in this post on his Louisiana Civil Appeals blog. In short, you can now have an iPhone or iPad in the courtroom, but it must be turned off unless you are presenting argument or at counsel table. And even then, you cannot take pictures or video, nor can you use social media. . . .

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iAnnotate App For iPad — Annotate And Manage With Lots of Tools!

22 Sunday Feb 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apps, iPad, Legal Technology

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.pdf, App, iAnnotate iPad App, iOS Apps, iPad, iPhone J.D., Jeff Richardson, Legal Productivity, PACER, Travis Francis

iPad App: iAnnotate – A Powerful PDF Tool for Lawyers, by Travis Francis, Legal Productivity

http://tinyurl.com/mgzommq

iAnnotate is a powerful document mark-up and management app that allows users to annotate, manage and share PDF, DOC, PPT and image files.

With iAnnotate, documents can be synced and imported from Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive or WebDAV, and other iOS apps.

Once downloaded, the app includes numerous annotation tools including pen, highlighter, typewriter, stamp, straight-line, note, underline, strikeout, photo, voice recording, and date stamp. Locating these tools is easy and you can even customize the toolbar to include your most-used tools.

Users are also given the option of saving and syncing their annotations to either the original document or to a copy of the document.

The $9.99 iAnnotate iPad App (also available for Android devices) is particularly useful for lawyers. Jeff Richardson over at iPhone JD notes:

“All federal court pleadings on PACER are in PDF format and many state courts are moving to PDF electronic documents, other counsel frequently send me files in PDF format, when I do legal research I download the cases in PDF format, exhibits are in PDF format…[and iAnnotate] seems to be the most powerful and sophisticated app that I’ve seen for working with PDF files on the iPad.”

Check out also, Using iAnnotate to Review Court Decisions on your iPad: A paperless way to highlight text and take notes, then email or upload into Dropbox.

If you are looking for a powerful, comprehensive tool to annotate and review documents while on the go, iAnnotate is definitely worth the try.

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Don’t Have A PIN Lock On Your Phone? Hope Your Malpractice Insurance Is Up To Date.

16 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Attorney Discipline, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Confidentiality, Cybersecurity, E-Filing, Emails, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Malpractice, Office Procedures, Passwords, Rules of Professional Responsibility, Supervising Support Staff, Technology, Technology

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Android Phones, Confidentiality, Cybersecurity, DARKReading, Ed Hansberry, InformationWeek©, iPhones, Legal Ethics, Malpractice, PIN Lock, Smart Phones

Most Consumers Don’t Lock Mobile Phone Via PIN, by Ed Hansberry, DARKReading, InformationWeek©

http://tinyurl.com/plw76ut

My guess is that most people who use a smart phone access some kind of confidential information, such as your bank account or conversations with a client or the office. If you do not have a PIN lock on your smart phone, this truly is special kind of stupid.

This is not a hard one to understand. If you use your cell phone to communicate with clients, sync your phone to your office computer and docket, or attach yourself to your office and confidential information – without taking simple, basic security measures – you are  inviting a dangerous breach of confidentiality. -CCE

44% of respondents say it’s too much of a hassle, new survey reports.

People put a lot of sensitive info on their phones, but they often give little though to how secure their data is. In a survey by a security company, over half of the respondents said they didn’t bother with a PIN lock. This takes on a whole new dimension when you begin to understand how many of these people keep corporate data on the device.

Losing an unlocked phone can be far worse than losing a wallet. Emails on the device alone can reveal a wealth of information about the person, including where they bank, where they live, names of family members, and more. If company email is on the device, and it often is, there can be competitive information, salaries, system passwords, etc. If any of those emails contain links, often clicking on it will take you into the website, be it Facebook or a corporate portal.

According to Confident Technologies, 65% of users have corporate data on their phone, even though only 10% actually have a corporate issued device.

For that majority that don’t lock their phone at all, 44% said it is too much of a hassle to lock it and 30% said they weren’t worried about security. These are likely the same people that store things like social security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive information in text files or basic note applications. They may even store their computer’s password on a Post-It Note in their center desk drawer. . . .

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Use Technology In Court, But Keep It Quiet!

12 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in iPad, Laptop, Legal Technology

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Apple Wireless Keyboard, Court Reporter, Depositions, Goodnotes, iPad, iPhone J.D., Jeff Richardson, Stenomask, Trial, Typing Keyboard, Wacom Bamboo Stylus

Quiet Keyboards For Court?, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. 

http://tinyurl.com/ool4gwt

I recently received an email from Baton Rouge, Louisiana litigator Ross Dooley of Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister. He is looking for a quiet external keyboard that he can use with his iPad to take notes in court. He told me that he was recently using his iPad with the Apple Wireless Keyboard during a hearing when the judge’s minute clerk alerted him that his typing was too loud. This was a courtroom in which the court reporter was wearing headphones and speaking into a stenomask, and apparently the sound of the typing was somehow amplified in the court reporter’s headphones.

I don’t often encounter a court reporter using a stenomask, but even so, I rarely type using a keyboard with my iPad in court because I do think that the noise can be distracting. If I am going to use my iPad to take notes, I instead use a quiet stylus like the Wacom Bamboo Stylus duo and an app like GoodNotes. But I cannot write using a stylus as fast as I can with a pen, so for those times in court when speed matters, I just use pen and paper.

On the other hand, in depositions, I use a keyboard with my iPad all the time. In that setting, I have never found the Apple Wireless Keyboard to be too loud, nor have I found the sound of other keyboards to be too distracting. . . .

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The New and The Best Lawyer Apps for 2015.

07 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Apps, Cell Phones, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Management, Marketing, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Android Phone Apps, Brian Focht, Cell Phones, iPhone Apps, Lawyer Apps, Legal Technology, Management, Marketing, Styles Byrum & Horne LLP, thecyberadvocate.com, Windows Phone

Best New Apps for Lawyers from January 2015, by Brian Focht, Civil Litigation Attorney at Styles Byrum & Horne LLP

http://tinyurl.com/mdhprmo

Whether you’re looking to market your firm, increase your practice’s productivity, prepare and present information at trial, or increase your practice management capacity, there’s an app for you! Check out the best new apps for lawyers, for iOS, Android and Windows Phone, from January 2015!

And,

The Best New Apps for Lawyers – January 2015, thecyberadvocate.com

Whether you’re looking for marketing, practice management, or litigation strategy, here are the best new apps for lawyers from January 2015.

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Litigator Mac and iOS Resources, Websites, and Blogs.

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac

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American Bar Association, Apps, iPads, iPhones, iTunes, Legal Technology, Macs, Podcasts, Solo Small Firm and General Practice Division, Victoria L. Herring

MAC USER: Mac/iOS Resources for Litigators, by Victoria L. Herring, Vol. 31 No. 5, Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, GP SOLO, American Bar Association

http://tinyurl.com/pv5ozal

Most litigators are good researchers. Or they should be. We could all use a little help, however, so I’m presenting here a collection of Mac/iOS-based resources I’d suggest to other litigators. Each is accompanied by a link so you can explore further on your own.

One caution: Websites, blogs, etc. on the Internet frequently ‘die’ or fail to be updated. When you follow these links, or conduct your own research on a search engine, try to limit your searches within the last one or two years. This is not to say that older resources aren’t useful or valuable—sometimes they are even better than the newer ones. But, particularly in the realm of technology, you need to use the most up-to-date resources possible.

First Stop: iTunes

Before I present my list, I should note that when I need to explore and find resources on any topic, I tend to start with Apple’s iTunes application (apple.com/itunes). iTunes, which can be used both on Macs and on Windows machines, is a store of free and paid items that can be quite useful. So, first off, I open iTunes on my computer (or iPad, although usually for this I’m sitting with my laptop or desktop Mac). In all the cases discussed below, I sometimes put the term ‘law, ‘constitution,’ ‘justice,’ ‘trial,’ and such in the search box to narrow the field. Skipping over the entertainment choices (Music, Movies, TV Shows), I head straight for iTunes U.

iTunes U is a collection of presentations, seminars, classes, and the like from universities and colleges, associations, and galleries all over the world—even from schools in the K-12 range. There are all sorts of categories, and one of them is ‘Law & Politics,’ with topics such as ‘Legal Writing,’ ‘Constitutional Law,’ etc. There’s a wealth of information there. It’s free (really!) and downloadable and playable on your iPad, iPhone, iPod, or computer.

After that, still searching in iTunes, I head to Podcasts. As with iTunes U, there are all sorts of providers of podcasts on a variety of topics—and they’re free. Not all are worth listening to, and there’s no similar topic breakdown, but there are podcasts on ‘Government & Organizations,’ ‘Business,; and, of course, ‘Technology’; you can search all topics if you want to see if there’s something more focused on trials and litigation.

There is also, of course, iTune’s App Store. There are loads of categories, and any number might include a relevant and helpful application for your iDevice related to trials and litigation. On my iPad are apps for the following general topics: reading (Kindle, Zinio, iBooks, Instapaper), messaging (Messages, Skype, Google Voice), access/storage (Files Pro, CrashPlan, USB Disk), writing (Pages, Penultimate, Notability), scanning (JotNotPro, AT&T Code Scanner, RedLaser), signing documents (SignEasy, SignNow, DocuSign), printing (Cloud Printer, Printer Pro), conversion (myConvert, Units, Ruler Plus, iHandy Level), and law (Fastcase, FedCtRecords, LawBox, Iowa Lawyer magazine). It seems everyone has an app these days, which is good, and they’re either free or inexpensive enough to test. And there are apps that follow the whole topic of applications and scout out other apps to try for a day or two, which is good to know.

Finally, the Books topic on iTunes includes many free books, mostly those long copyright-free, but a few that are recent and especially helpful (iPad at Work, business and finance topics, etc.). There are both e-books (readable on iOS devices or computers using iBooks) and some audiobooks (which tend to cost between $10 and $20, but that might be worth it for a long trip).

Now for That List

Over the years I’ve collected a list of numerous websites, blogs, and online articles that might provide helpful information for lawyers involved in trial work, particularly related to working with Macs and iOS devices. Here are the ones I’ve found most useful: . . . .

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iPhone and iPad Tips, Apps, and Podcasts.

24 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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CarPlay App, iOS8, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Overcast App, Safari, Stylus

In The News, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2015/01/in-the-news275.html

As usual, Mr.Richardson has shared a variety of tips and apps for iPhones and iPads well worth noting. I must find time to listen to more podcasts. There is so much great info there, and I’m missing it! -CCE

CI’ve long been a fan of using a stylus to take handwritten notes on the iPad. There are a lot of nice styluses on the market, and I’ve tried a ton of them, but in my opinion there is still no one perfect stylus because the iPad just isn’t designed to detect something smaller than a fingertip. Of course, Apple could change this, an there are now rumors that Apple might be creating a stylus for the iPad. Serenity Caldwell of iMore explains why this would make sense, and I would also love to see a stylus designed by Apple to work well with an iPad. And now, the other news of note from this week:
• If you listen to podcasts, I strongly encourage you to check out Overcast, a fantastic app that I use every day. California attorney David Sparks explains why he likes the app.
• New York attorney and iPhone J.D. reader David Rosen asked me to share that he started a new blog on New York civil procedure called Arguments & Demonstrations. In his latest post, we learn that, according to a recent New York opinion, chimps are not people with legal rights. Those damn dirty apes!
• CarPlay is a technology that is just starting to be included in new cars. In theory, it should be the best way to connect your iPhone to your car. In practice, the technology is still pretty new and rough around the edges. Jason Snell of Six Colors explains how it works, and also what doesn’t yet work.
• One of the more sophisticated features of iOS 8 is that apps can include action extensions, so that you can use features of one app from within another app. Allyson Kazmucha of iMore rounds of 11 good examples of action extensions on the iPhone.
• Rene Ritchie of iMore has some great tips for using Safari on an iPhone.
• And finally, what is a device that you use every day and every night? No, not your iPhone, I’m talking about your toothbrush. But don’t you wish that you could get those two critical devices to talk to each other? If that has been keeping you up at night, then you’ll want to learn about the Oral-B Electric Toothbrush with Bluetooth Connectivity, a toothbrush that pairs with your iPhone to make sure that you brush your teeth long enough and in the right way. You can get it on Amazon for only $125. Here is a video from Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal explaining why the Bluetooth in your iPhone and the white teeth in your mouth might work well together: [See post for video.-CCE.]

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How To Make § And ¶ On Your iPhone.

11 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apps, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology

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Codification App, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Pilcrows, Raymond Ward, Section Sign

Sections And Pilcrows –Making The § And ¶ On The iPhone, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2014/12/sections-and-pilcrows.html

Yesterday, I reviewed an app called Codification, which uses for its icon the section symbol — §. That is certainly a symbol that lawyers need to type a lot, but it isn’t immediately apparent how to do so on an iPhone or iPad. I was discussing this with Ray Ward, an appellate attorney at my law firm who also publishes the great blogs The (New) Legal Writer and Louisiana Civil Appeals, and he reminded me that it is almost impossible to create the pilcrow on an iPhone. The what? Yeah, I had to look that one up too; a pilcrow is a symbol that most lawyers call the paragraph symbol — ¶.

You can type many additional characters using the iPhone and iPad keyboard by holding down on a letter. I see that I haven’t posted a full list of those shortcuts since 2010, back when iPhone J.D. had far fewer readers, so I though it might be useful to post the list again, which is largely still the same in iOS 8: . . . .

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Is Email Between You And Your Client Safe? No, And This Is Why.

01 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Clouds, Confidentiality, Emails, Encryption, iPad, iPhones, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Malpractice, PC Computers, Technology

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ABA Legal Ethics Opinion, Allen Mihecoby, Email, Encryption, Gmail, Hacking, Internet, Lawyerist Blog, Lisa Needham

How to Encrypt Attorney-Client Communications, by Lisa Needham, Lawyerist Blog (with hat tip to Allen Mihecoby, CLAS, RP!)

http://tinyurl.com/kfrpqz3

If you have decided you need to get serious about client data protection, you will need to consider encrypting both your data and your communications. We have previously covered how to encrypt your data and will focus here on how to encrypt your email communication.

What Is Encryption?

Simply by using the Internet, you are probably using some sort of encryption scheme during some activities, whether you know it or not.

Encryption is simply the act of turning your data into unreadable gibberish. If your data is intercepted or hacked, the thief now has nothing but a pile of garbage.

End-to-end encryption is a must for transferring sensitive data across the internet. In end-to-end encryption, your data is encrypted while it travels towards your intended location and the same encryption occurs on the reverse trip. Your bank (hopefully) uses end-to-end encryption. Your practice management software (hopefully) uses end-to-end encryption if it stores and syncs data remotely. This sort of encryption is done for you without any effort on your part, as it is just a standard feature of the infrastructure you are using to bank or update client data or similar activities.

Why Do You Need to Care?

A few years ago, the ABA issued a formal ethics opinion stating that if there is a significant risk that a third party might gain access to the email, attorneys have to warn clients about that risk.

This poses a problem, because unlike your bank and practice management software, email is usually unencrypted. This is true whether you are using a desktop client or a web-based email like GMail. . . .

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Using Location And Time To Exonerate Or Implicate.

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Criminal Law, Evidence, Experts, Forensic Expert Witness, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Ball In Your Court Blog, Cell Phones, Cell Towers, Craig Ball, Evidence, Geolocation Data, Legal Technology

Location. Location. Location., by Craig Ball, Ball In Your Court Blog

http://tinyurl.com/mq2u5zv

Okay, you have to admit that it’s pretty cool when a judge calls to pick your brain! – CCE 

I’m peripatetic. My stuff lives in Austin; but, I’m in a different city every few days. Lately looking for a new place for my stuff to await my return, I’m reminded of the first three rules of real estate investing: 1. Location; 2. Location and 3. Location.

Location has long been crucial in trial, too: ‘So, you claim you were at home alone on the night of November 25, 2014 when this heinous crime was committed! Is that what you expect this jury to believe?’ If you can pinpoint people’s locations at particular times, you can solve crimes. If you have precise geolocation data, you can calculate speed, turn up trysts, prove impairment and even show who had the green light. Location and time are powerful tools to implicate and exonerate.

A judge called today to inquire about ways in which cell phones track and store geolocation data. He wanted to know what information is recoverable from a seized phone.  I answered that, depending upon the model and its usage, a great deal of geolocation data may emerge, most of it not tied to making phone calls. Tons of geolocation data persist both within and without phones.

Cell phones have always been trackable by virtue of their essential communication with cell tower sites. . . .

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iPhone Candy Courtesy of iPhone J.D. Blog’s Sixth Anniversary!

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, Clouds, Emails, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Microsoft Office, Tablets, Word

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Apps, GoodReader 4, iCloud, iPad, iPhone, iPhone J.D. Blog, iPin, Jeff Richardson, Powerocks Super Magicstick, Reader 7

Six Years Of iPhone J.D., by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog

http://tinyurl.com/oc2ptjb

Congratulations and thanks to Jeff Richardson for six years of iPhone J.D. Blog. As usual, Jeff shares a sweet collection of apps in honor of his yearly anniversary. Thank you, Jeff! -CCE

iPhone J.D. turns six years old this week.  Seems like it was just yesterday that I wrote the first post on iPhone J.D., explaining why I found the iPhone a valuable tool in a law practice.  Back then, almost no attorneys used iPhones (about 5% according to a 2008 Am Law Tech Survey), but now the majority of attorneys in the U.S. use an iPhone (around 60% according to the ABA).

Over the past six years, I’ve written over 1,200 posts on iPhone J.D., including reviews of over 300 apps, reviews of every major iOS device released by Apple (from the iPhone 3GS to the new iPhone 6 and all models of the iPad) and reviews of over 300 accessories.  I’ve also tried to provide lots of tips and tricks for getting the most out of your iPhone and iPad, and discussed all of the tech news that I think that you might want to know about if you use an iPhone or iPad.

Through the years, I’ve gotten tons of great feedback from iPhone J.D. readers, ranging from emails to over 2,500 comments on the site, and I’ve been honored to share guests posts by attorneys from around the world who use iPhones and iPads in their law practice.  Site traffic has grown steadily every year, and in just a few days, one of you is going to load iPhone J.D. and it will be the 5 millionth page view since the site launched.

Popular posts this year.  It’s a tradition on iPhone J.D.’s anniversary (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) to identify the most popular posts from the prior 12 months.  Perhaps it reveals something about the topics that iPhone and iPad owners have been thinking about lately.  Here are the ten most viewed posts published in the last year . . . .

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Permacookies – AT&T’s and Verizon’s Way Of Saying “Hello.”

16 Sunday Nov 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Cell Phones, Cybersecurity, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac, Search Engines, Tablets

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AT&T, Cell Phones, Cookies, Internet Tracking, iPads, iPhones, Nick Mediati, PC World, Permacookies, ProPublica, Smart Phones, Verizon, Website Address

AT&T Kills The ‘Permacookie,’ Stops Tracking Customers’ Internet Usage (For Now), by Nick Mediati, PC World

http://tinyurl.com/kff7k94

In recent weeks, Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called ‘permacookies,’ a method of tracking what their users do while browsing the Web with the intent of sharing that data with advertisers. Verizon’s permacookie program lives on, but AT&T has ceased the practice, ProPublica reported on Friday.

At least for now.

AT&T tells ProPublica that its use of permacookies was ‘part of a test,’ which has since wrapped up, but the company says that it ‘may still launch a program to sell data collected by its tracking number.’ For its part, AT&T says that it will allow customers to opt out of the program if—or when—it decides to use permacookies for advertising purposes.

The story behind the story: Permacookies aren’t cookies in the traditional sense: Instead, they’re unique identifiers appended to website addresses you type in on your device that let carriers see what kinds of sites you visit.

Permacookies exist for the same reason traditional tracking cookies exist—so advertisers can see what sorts of things you might be interested and serve up related ads in the hopes that you’ll click on them. But unlike regular tracking cookies, which you can easily delete from your browser or block entirely, there’s no way of removing or blocking permacookies since they’re handled entirely by the carrier. . . .

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iPriviledge – Is It Legal To Be Forced To Use Your Fingerprint To Unlock Your iPhone?

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Admissibility, Appellate Law, Apple, Cell Phones, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Evidence, Fifth Amendment, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Passwords

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Colin Miller, DNA Sample, EvidProf Blog, Fifth Amendment, Fingerprints, iPhone, iPriviledge, Password, Passwords, Touch ID

iPrivilege: Virginia Beach Judge Finds Prosecution Can Force Defendant To Supply Fingerprint To Unlock iPhone, by Evidence ProfBlogger, Editor Colin Miller, EvidProf Blogger

 http://tinyurl.com/lyvlk4o

In relevant part, the Fifth Amendment states that:

“No person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself….”

The Supreme Court has stated that the Fifth Amendment only covers “testimonial” evidence that results from compelled communicative acts, i.e., acts which disclose the content of one’s mind. Therefore, the Fifth Amendment does not cover a suspect’s act of appearing in a lineup or giving a blood sample to determine whether there are drugs in his system. The Fifth Amendment also does not cover the act of completing a handwriting exemplar. Imagine that the police find an alleged confession note written by the defendant. The prosecution can force the defendant to complete a handwriting exemplar in which the defendant writes a pre-printed paragraph in his handwriting so that a handwriting expert can compare the exemplar and the confession note. All of these and similar acts are not communicative because they are nontestimonial in that they do not force the defendant to disclose the contents of his mind.

What about if the defendant has encrypted files on his computer? Can the prosecution force the defendant to decrypt them? Some courts have said no. Other courts have said yes.

Can the prosecution force a defendant to supply his fingerprint to use for the TouchID on his iPhone? For the last year, I’ve used this article to teach my students that a judge could likely order a defendant to supply his fingerprint to unlock his iPhone. Recently, this possibility has become a reality.

According to an article in SlashGear:

[A] judge has ruled that you can be forced to relinquish your fingerprint to investigators seeking access to your device. The reason, says the judge, is that the fingerprint isn’t knowledge like a password, but is instead a physical object of sorts, like a key or a DNA sample.

The ruling was made recently by Virginia Beach Circuit Court Judge Steven Frucci, and was the result of a case against EMS captain David Baust, who was accused of attempted murder. The case’s prosecutors wanted access to Baust’s phone, believing that it might have a video of the alleged crime, but the defendant’s lawyer argued against this.

And, according to an article in the Huffington Post:

[I]t’s unclear how the ruling will impact Baust’s case. If his phone is protected by Touch ID, prosecutors could access it using Frucci’s ruling. If the phone is protected by a passcode or both a passcode and Touch ID, they can’t . . . .

One workaround to this issue could be to just turn off your phone if cops approach. In that case, you’d have to enter your four-digit pin when you turn it back on, even if you use Touch ID. . . .

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Log In With Your Thumb – Now There’s An App For That.

20 Saturday Sep 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, Cybersecurity, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac, Passwords

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1Password app, iOS, iPads, iPhones, Legal Productivity Blog, Logins, Passwords, Safari, Tim Baran

App of the Week: 1Password – Login to Apps and Sites with Your Thumb, by Tim Baran, Legal Productivity Blog

http://tinyurl.com/kw24hjs

Everyone should be using a password manager. It provides a strong, unique password for each online account and keeps them all in a secure, encrypted, yet quickly accessible place. Our favorite, 1Password, just got even better.

Here are three of the many new enhancements:

  • Login to Apps – Use 1Password to log into a growing list of your favorite apps and even update your passwords—all with just a tap!
  • Login to sites in Safari browser on your iPhone – You can now fill 1Password Logins directly within Safari.
  • Unlock with your thumb – After unlocking with your Master Password, get back into your vault in 1Password, Safari, and your favorite apps with just your thumb on devices with Touch ID. Check Settings > Security to learn how this works and pick your auto-lock time.

And, for the first time, 1Password is free for iOS devices.

I’ve used 1Password for a couple of years on my desktop, phone and iPad, and it’s quickly become indispensable. And, it keeps getting better!

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CaseManager iPad App – Fast, Inexpensive, And Highly Recommended.

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apple, Apps, Calendar/Docketing, iPad, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Technology

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Calendar, Case Manager App, iPads, iPhone J.D. App, Jeff Richardson, Legal Technology & Tips

CaseManager — Manage Your Legal Practice On Your iPhone or iPad, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D.

 http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2014/09/sponsor-casemanager.html

iPads are very popular, but not all attorneys use them to their full potential. This app sounds great. I would like to hear more from those who use it. -CCE

[C]aseManager was created by New York civil rights attorney John Upton as a fast and inexpensive solution for sole practitioners and attorneys with small firms who want to use mobile devices to manage their law practice. The app debuted in 2011, and I discussed the app in August of 2012 and January of 2014. However, the app recently received a major update to version 6.0, when the interface was revised to match the aesthetic of iOS 7 and the upcoming iOS 8. CaseManager is a beautifully designed and useful app for keeping track of all of the key information in your cases:  events, tasks, contacts, time and expenses, plus the facts, notes and documents unique to each case. 

The basic organization of the app is the same as before, but now in version 6, when you launch the app the first thing you see is the calendar entries for today, so you know immediately what is ahead of you. . . .

[Emphasis added.]

 

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