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Importance of Document Management System

Thu, 13 May 2010 00:54:58 -0400

Today, almost every organization has to deal with a lot of paperwork. In order to manage the vast amount of documents and information, it is imperative to have an innovative and efficient system that allows easy storage and quick search along with efficient retrieval facilities. Now, you can personalize the electronic charts, forms, and other documents quite easily. And the credit for the same goes to document management system. The system is very helpful in creating and managing various documents, which get generated in various spheres of office activities. You can easily create the custom folders for managing critical data, documents, or any other form of information. It just goes without saying that the advent of document management system is nothing less than a boon for the overburdened business executives and managers looking for more efficient, smarter, and cost-effective way to manage their paperwork and make the administration more flexible, the document management system endows you with an accessible and browser-based access point for your office records and other information as well. The system takes you one step closer to paperless environment by making it easier and economical to get your business files and other information out the filing cabinet. **End Summary** Topics: document management system]]> legal document management]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author writes about document management system , legal document management service , real time documentation collaboration . To know more about document automation for law firms visit the site brightleaf.com.

Why Opt for Document Management System Software?

Thu, 13 May 2010 00:51:20 -0400

Old technology and outdated document management systems can hamper your business process efficiency. Filing cabinets and basement shelves filled with thousands of files of unstructured data have been the traditional storage method for decades, but these have become outdated and pose a hindrance to productivity. Small, medium, and large business corporations regularly face problems involving slow communication with clients, unsecured private information, stagnant document flow, fallible information tracking and monitoring as well as slow recording of data. The latest technology is changing the way businesses function. You can achieve complete control and flexibility of previously unstructured and inaccessible data by uploading information instantly. This can be achieved through digitizing the data with optical character recognition software and providing easy access to stored information with sophisticated documentation management system software. Scanning of documents, digitization and electronic data storage have become a necessity for streamlining business processes. Using document management system software for digital data storage allows for quick and easy processing and retrieval of large volumes of information that could be accessed as complete digital files through the use of scanners and document management system software. **End Summary** Topics: legal document management solution]]> document management]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author writes about document management system software , legal document management solution & document assembly solution . To know more about document process automation & document automation for law firms visit the site.

Benefits of Document Management Solution

Thu, 13 May 2010 00:48:22 -0400

Today every business, be it big or small, needs to handle a lot of information. This is one of the main reasons why there has been a sudden rise in the demand for document management software. Data management solution offers a great deal of help in filing, securing, retrieving, and sharing information. The system has a completely organized, methodical process that stores and recovers the documents whenever required, thus reducing manual work hours considerably. Document management system is an electronic filing system that makes use of various systems for electronic production, storage, and retrieval of files. The system provides secure access to only those who have the authority to admission. In addition to handling paper documents and text files, data management solutions also effectively manage data capture of video, audio, faxes, reports, emails, fonts, photos, and various images via electronic scanning and electronic imaging. Data management solutions were first developed to overcome the confusion and time it took to retrieve documents manually. This development was an effort to create a 'paperless' office where the entire filing system of the organization could be managed electronically. There are many benefits of document management solution. **End Summary** Topics: legal document automation system]]> legal document management]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author writes about legal document management system , document process automation & document automation for law firms . To know more about document collaboration services & document assembly solution log on to brightleaf.com.

Why Document Assembly System is Important for Law Firms?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:01:30 -0400

Law firms and other professional services organizations can streamline their document creation, improve their quality of deliverables, ensure the use of up-to-date content, and increase employee productivity by using a document assembly system. Often while preparing legal documents, lawyers need retrieval of information from different line-of-business systems, such as document management, contacts, and legal research systems. Then after they need to navigate amongst these systems to collect the information that needs to be consolidated. As a direct consequence, these highly experienced legal professionals often end up spending hours searching for the information they need. And many a times they may not even find the recently updated content. Besides, searching and consolidating information manually is a time consuming and often difficult task. It may also lead to errors. It is where the significance of a document assembly system comes into the picture. A reliable document assembly system is capable of improving productivity and reducing errors by enabling and streamlining document assembly along with optimizing content capture processes. Document assembly system also allows for content reuse. **End Summary** Topics: ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author generally writes about legal enterprise document assembly , document assembly solution , real time documentation collaboration . To know more about legal document automation system then log on to www.brightleaf.com

Importance of Legal Document Management System

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:47:09 -0400

A busy office like that of law firms must have a document management system in place to effectively store and file electronic or paper documents for their easy retrieval. Improper or mismanaged handling of documents in a law firm can cause unnecessary risk, and may also be extremely time consuming. Legal document management systems have the ability to control security and access permissions. They take care of all document management necessities, which are vital to the law firm. In legal document management system, documents can be assigned to specific, pre-determined user groups, where different versions of documents can be made and stored along with logging the check-in or check-out of a particular user. In addition to that, changes to materials, for instance notations and removal or addition of pictures or text can be logged into the item's indexed meta data so it could be easily retrieved whenever needed. These features are highly important for a law firm that relies heavily on the accuracy of data and the security of sensitive documents. A good legal document management system will save all versions of a document, effectively detailing the complete life cycle of the file from creation to disposal. **End Summary** Topics: ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author have in depth knowledge of document process automation , legal document drafting , secure document collaboration . To know more about corporate legal solutions then log on to www.brightleaf.com

How Can a Legal Document Management System Benefit You?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:33:57 -0400

The storage of legal documents and the ability to track or retrieve their changes, progress, and location is known as legal document management system. A document management system is necessary for any business or organization that needs a high level of documentation and 'paper trails' to make sure that retrieval of any important documents takes place quickly. If your desk is buried under a pile of paper, it is time you opted for document management system software that will ensure the security of your valuable data while providing a comprehensive, search-friendly archive. Legal document management system should integrate seamlessly with other computer authoring tools like Microsoft Office applications and Adobe publishing systems along with other regularly used desktop publishing software. An efficient legal document management system will allow the documents to be edited and viewed in their native applications as well as be safely stored and scanned with a meta data and indexing to develop search-friendly content. Users can easily tag documents to facilitate a quick search and retrieval in a legal document management system. **End Summary** Topics: ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author writes about legal document management system , process automation system , document process automation & legal document drafting. To know more about document automation for law firms then log on to www.brightleaf.com

Some lawyers are paid to get deals done; others (at NBC) are paid to get them undone

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:03:38 -0400

The Conan O’Brien-Jay Leno contretemps seems to have settled somewhat: Leno’s off the air until after the Olympics; Conan’s off the air until…well. at least until his non-competition agreement expires in September. So, what better time to look back at one of the many factual issues that the new media got wrong during this whole mess: namely, what if anything that Conan’s contract said about when “The Tonight Show’s” timeslot. It was generally reported last month that NBC was able to push Conan out of TTS’s traditional 11:35 airing and past midnight because his contract didn’t specify that he was entitled to any particular timeslot. This tidbit was reported over and over again and was basically accepted as gospel truth by all media outlets. While it might initially seem peripheral, this was actually a critical inflection point for the outcome of this entire debacle: if NBC was free to move Conan’s show, then Conan would have been in breach of his contract by failing to accede to any such move. But if Conan had a contractual right to 11:35, then NBC would have been in breach if they forced one. **End Summary** Topics: document assembly system]]> Document Collaboration Services]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author generally writes about document assembly system , Document Collaboration Services , legal document management solution , legal document drafting. To know more about document automation, log on to www.brightleaf.com.

A Drunkardâs Walk: how our brains are lying to us about the numbers around us.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:57:18 -0500

Perhaps because of Brightleaf’s cool Interpreter technology, we’re fascinated with the science of pattern recognition. If you’ve ever gotten this piece of junk email, and were able to comprehend it quickly, you’ll probably agree with me when I say that our brains are basically big, whompin’, lightning-fast pattern-matching engines. “Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe….” While it has been widely debunked that this email actually originated from any “Elingsh uonervtisy rscheearch,” it does point out something very interesting about how we recognize patterns: we cheat. In the interests of speed, our brains employ sets of heuristic processes—shortcuts designed to accelerate processing time—so we can make our identification and move onto the next task. Evolutionarily speaking, this probably got us to where we are today. **End Summary** Topics: document management software]]> document management solution]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author generally writes about document management software , document management solution , legal enterprise document assembly . To know more about Corporate Legal Solutions then log on to brightleaf.com.

Inline Document Management

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:48:25 -0500

The number of documents that you have to manage grows each year. And your risk management and compliance burdens with respect to those documents grows even faster. Brightleaf eases these burdens with flexible, full-featured legal document management and contract lifecycle management capabilities that are easier to implement and use than you think. Here’s how we're different: With Brightleaf, you don’t just place your documents into a contract management system, you place contract management into your documents. While you are drafting, reviewing, or approving, Brightleaf superstructures your documents system with "active elements" -- performance benchmarks, deliverables, re-pricing windows, expiration and renewal dates – that you’ll need to manage contracts downstream, and then automatically pre-populates those active elements into your calendar and alert systems. By hooking Brightleaf Interpreter to your existing document repository system, Brightleaf can pre-read inbound and proofread outbound documents for you, automatically identifying key management elements and bringing them to your attention thus providing you complete legal document management solution. **End Summary** Topics: document automation system]]> document assembly]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Author generally writes about the legal document management , document assembly system & Document Collaboration Services . For more details on document automation system log on to brightleaf.com

Document automation platform propels the business of business law

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:47:52 -0500

Daniel Gaffney Chief Executive Officer Director Dan uses his considerable experience in managing technological innovation and complex international operations to drive Brightleaf’s strategy and growth. Before starting Brightleaf, Dan was President and Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Fundamentals, Inc., a leading business process automation and data structuring solutions provider that he led through international mergers to its purchase by Hemscott Plc and Veronis Schuler. Dan has held executive leadership positions where he has overseen market development efforts for biometric technology firms and has managed strategic operations across fifteen countries on four continents for Compaq. He holds a Masters of Science Administration - Technology and Innovation from Boston University, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. Dan is a competitive cyclist and sits on the Board of Directors of several charitable organizations. Venkat Srinivasan, Ph.D. Chairman Dr. Venkat Srinivasan guides Brightleaf with diverse experience from his string of entrepreneurial successes and his rich academic background in credit, finance and knowledge-based technology architectures. He is currently the founding CEO of Rage Frameworks, Inc. **End Summary** Topics: legal enterprise document assembly]]> secure document]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> The author is an expert on legal document management system. The author writes on various topics like legal enterprise document assembly , secure document collaboration , document automation platform .

mini b.leaf from our embedded 2-L on how they (donât) teach legal technology in law school

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:34:10 -0500

Got an interesting post from our former intern who is now deeply ensconced in her 2nd year. Among her other thoughts, she reports that at law schools,”legal technology” basically means “Word and Westlaw” and nothing else. Take it away, embedded 2-L… “The thing lawyers have in common with everyone else is the need to find balance. Balance between work and home, business and pleasure, etc. Then, there is also the balance between tradition and technology. This is particularly relevant to lawyers, especially given the world we live in. Lawyers are often trained to think in terms of tradition and precedent. And there are those, including myself, who believe in taking notes by hand. But, the practice of law is changing and that change is being felt everywhere. This year, I am working in one of the Law Clinics here at Syracuse. When drafting documents, Word is the only software used and Westlaw is the extent of research technology. But, legal search engines are not the extent of technology in actual legal practice. Both law students and lawyers need to be trained in more than Westlaw and LexisNexis. **End Summary** Topics: document process automation]]> document management software]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Legal document management service help you to gain new clients & retain the existing ones. Brightleaf offers your legal document management solution through which you can create, control, and collaborate your documents more productively & more profitably, extending services & controlling cost structures. With secure document collaboration ,

Lean Six Sigma in the AmLaw 100

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:32:40 -0500

Seyfarth Shaw is not your typical 739-lawyer firm. For one thing, in the midst of an economic downturn, and in the face of what the Association of Corporate Counsel terms a “slow-motion riot” by corporate clients everywhere, Seyfarth reported gains in gross revenues (+ 5.5%), net profits(+3.5%), and profits-per-partner (+5.5%) last year. (Check back here though for follow-up on the firm’s all-associate conference call today) In an AmLaw Daily interview several months ago, Seyfarth’s chairman, Steve Poor, attributed the firm’s performance to its clear-eyed recognition of fundamental flaws in the large-firm economic model and the anticipation of what might happen to that model should the rising revenue waters recede. Poor stated, “Everyone loves rate-insensitive work,” he says. “But we realized several years ago: That model is fundamentally flawed. We realized a day like [the downturn] would come.” Armed with that realization, the firm redoubled its efforts to provide more cost-effective services. At last week’s “Controlling Legal Costs” conference at Manhattan’s Harvard Club, Seyfarth stole the show with a stunning presentation by Boston-based partner Lisa Damon about the depths of its dedication to process improvement and cost-cutting through Lean Six Sigma methodologies. **End Summary** Topics: secure document collaboration]]> Corporate Legal Software]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Grow your business with document automation system where you can create, control, & collaborate your legal documents more productively & more profitably, accelerating deal cycles & controlling risk profiles. Document automation for law firms help them to earn profits in legal areas. Legal document drafting creates a powerful,

Mini-bleaf: German contracts and efficient draftingâ¦kurz ist nett

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:19 -0500

In a meeting last week, an AmLaw 100 partner related to us that he had just completed a commercial transaction in Germany, where, under the German Civil Code, the contract had to be read aloud in the presence of a notary before it could be executed. While this initially struck us as archaic and inefficient (and about as entertaining as listening to Andy Rooney narrate the changing seasons), that partner continued to point out the convention’s one hidden benefit: brevity. Because each German drafting party knows that they’ll eventually wind up sitting around a table in Freiberg or Bremen listening to a recitation of their work, there is very little tolerance for hyper-parsing we see so often in our US contracts. **End Summary** Topics: legal document management software]]> corporate legal solution]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> At law firms & legal departments good business demands best practices. Brightleaf automates routine & repetitive document creation, document assembly system , secure document collaboration , and management tasks, collapsing the inefficiencies & delays that frustrate you and your clients.

b.leaf from our intrepid embedded 2L correspondent

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:59:54 -0500

When I began my summer internship at Brightleaf Corporation I had just survived the infamous 1L year of lawschool. I knew Rule 12(b)(6), res ipsa loquitor, and all of the other things 1Ls think make or break their careers. But most importantly, I knew that the economy would pick up by the time I graduated and I would be fine. How did I know this? When I entered law school, they said that 94% of their graduating class had a job within 9 months. The world needed lawyers and I was going to be one. After all, I got good grades, made the National Trial Team and I was in a Clinic. I had big dreams of running down a Manhattan street in my power suit on my way to some major law firm where I would work my way up the ranks. There was no reason for me to worry, right? Wrong. I came out of my internship with a completely different frame of mind. The idea that I would need skills that law school didn’t give me had never crossed my mind before then. Didn’t they want us to be prepared for our future careers? **End Summary** Topics: legal document management software]]> corporate legal solution]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Let your legal documents manage themselves with the inline document management, real time document interpreter, real time document collaboration , automated document assembly & legal document drafting . Whether you are in a business law firm or corporate legal department, Brightleaf provides the best intelligent document process automa

61% of legal departments seek alternate billing structures from the outside counsel they hire

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:59:24 -0500

According to this week’s Corporate Counsel magazine, more and more legal departments are paying less and less to their outside counsel and they are adopting a variety of strategies to achieve that reduction in spending. The list of these strategies vary from the traditional (keep more work in house) to the more novel (ban first-year or even second-year associates from working on their projects), but what is noteworthy about them is their increasing popularity. 61% is a lot. At Brightleaf, we talk to a lot of in-house and outside counsel. From the latter, we occasionally hear commentary–usually from very senior partners–that alternate billing is nothing new. Their argument usually goes like this: “Back in ‘88 (…or ’01..or whenever), another bubble burst in the economy. That bursting also caused clients to pull back on expenses just like this one has. We survived that. Therefore, everything will be back to normal when the economy rebounds just a bit further.” And, they’re at least partially right. In tough economic times, clients will naturally spend fewer dollars and will naturally expect more for the dollars that they do spend. **End Summary** Topics: legal document management software]]> corporate legal solution]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> With the document automation of law firms of Brightleaf, your document workload will reduce, & thus will reduce your burdens & risks. As a business law firm & corporate legal departments, you will need legal document management software to minimize the client's risk. One can make out the corporate legal solutions With Brightleaf which lets you work the

Legal Document Drafting

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:21:43 -0500

Drafting a legal document requires both skill and knowledge because a draft is a summary of the case and if it is not well drafted, it means that the first step itself is not taken properly. However, there is a host of companies that offer corporate legal software that offer legal document management solutions to the lawyers. Earlier, legal document drafting involved going to a form book and having a legal secretary key in text that has been cut and pasted by the attorney. In later years, computers and word processing software made it possible to store documents for future retrieval. Document assembly solutions, on the other hand, involve an automated approach to creating legal document drafting. Document management solutions combine technology with the knowledge of legal experts, to replace the amount of personal involvement a lawyer usually needs to put in the preparation of a particular document. A typical document assembly solution combines pre-packaged templates with standard text, and variables clauses that are assembled by a legal expert. The programs are designed in a way so as to enable a junior attorney to be prompted through a series of questions about the subject matter. **End Summary** Topics: Offering legal document process automation service where you]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Electronic legal document drafting increases the efficiency of the law firm which is the cost effective method for the client. Here, Brightleaf offers you legal document management solution that combines pre-packaged templates with standard text, & variables clauses that are assembled by a legal expert. Document assembly solution software can also.

Why opt for document management software

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:21:13 -0500

As a law firm owner, you are always faced with the challenge of streamlining your business processes and increasing the productivity of your business. Much of the work of your firm is based on documents and so one of the best ways of increasing the efficiency and profitability of your business is to focus on effective management of documents. Firms are now using electronic legal document management software to make the classification, storage and retrieval of documents more efficient. Legal firms require document management software or a document management system because proper records mitigate legal risk. Since the implementation of Sarbanes Oxley Act in the United States, effective records management has become an essential requirement for good corporate governance and financial reporting. Also, organizations are required to retain certain documents for predefined periods by the law. Imagine how tedious a task it will be to maintain and search for records maintained in paper files and folders. On the other hand, electronic document management software is capable of storing and retrieving data at the blink of an eye. Document management software has also facilitated the process required for signing contracts and agreements. **End Summary** Topics: Offering legal document process automation service where you]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> We offer document management solution to law firms and corporate legal departments which is facilitated with the process required for signing contracts and agreements. With the document management software you can increase the admissibility of electronic documents and document management system is the ability to automate scheduled events on documents.

Document assembly system helps you deliver quick and cost effective results

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:20:54 -0500

A document assembly system helps law firms and other professional services organizations in streamlining their document creation, improving their quality of deliverables, ensuring the use of up-to-date-content and in increasing employee productivity. When preparing legal documents, lawyers often need to retrieve information from disparate line-of-business systems like document management, contacts, and legal research systems. They then navigate among these systems to collect information that is to be consolidated. As a result, these highly paid legal professionals might spend hours searching for the information they need, often without finding the recently updated content. Also, searching and consolidating information manually is a difficult and time consuming task. It may also lead to some error. This is where a document assembly solution comes to rescue. A document assembly system can improve productivity and reduce errors by enabling, streamlining document assembly, and optimizing content capture processes. Document assembly system also facilitates content reuse. This is because document assembly system possesses tools that create smart precedents, clause libraries, and packages of documents which the law firms can share and re-use whenever the need arises. For instance, lawyers delegate some of their drafting work to the junior staff. **End Summary** Topics: Offering legal document process automation service where you]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> With Brightleaf, legal document assembly system you can deliver quick & cost effective results to your customers. document assembly solution can improve productivity & reduce errors by enabling, streamlining document assembly , and optimizing content capture processes.

Legal document process automation service

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:20:32 -0500

As a lawyer do you want to create goodwill in the minds of your clients by offering them the quickest and the most cost effective solution to their problems? If yes, you will first need to organize yourself and your work. The reason for this is simple: In today’s dynamic market, clients are clamoring for change and your competitors are using all means to capture your market share. You can, however, stand ahead of your competitors by streamlining your processes. And this you can do by adopting the legal document process automation platform. This platform creates a powerful, flexible, easy-to-use environment that streamlines the entire process of dealing with your clients’ documents. By using the legal document process automation service, you can create, control, and collaborate on those documents of your clients that are more productive and more profitable. This is because legal document process automation allows you to collect and schedule different documents produced at different geographical locations by different departments and at different points of time for printing at specific times. This results in effective order processing and lesser distribution cost. **End Summary** Topics: Offering legal document process automation service where you]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Brightleaf is a document automation platform offering corporate legal solutions to law firms & legal departments to produce documents that are thorough and precise. With legal document process automation service you can deliver the documents to your clients in a manner that creates value and minimizes risk for your clients.