VERSION 2 IS HERE!

New release of leading litigation support software features tools for handling electronic evidence.

Summation Legal Technologies, Inc. has released version 2 of the Summation Blaze® LG product line (comprised of Summation Blaze LG, LG Gold, and iBlaze®). The latest version of America's most popular litigation support system includes tools for handling electronic evidence, a hot topic in the litigation world.

HIGHLIGHTS OF VERSION 2 FEATURES INCLUDE:

PRODUCTION TOOLS
New production tools allow users to create automated, Bates numbered production sets, and then print them with stamps and redactions. Users can instantly retrieve a detailed production history for each document in the database or production set. iBlaze users can electronically archive production sets as searchable Briefcases with permanently stamped and redacted images. Briefcases can then be burned to a CD in a format which allows any user to view the images and document abstract data via a web browser - enabling paperless document productions.

EDOCS AND E-MAIL
(LG Gold and iBlaze) Now you can search e-mail and attachments, electronic documents, and pleadings along with transcripts, scanned documents, and notes with ONE simple command. Users can easily load electronic documents (Word,WordPerfect, Excel, PDF, etc.), e-mail (from Outlook & Lotus Notes) and e-mail attachments directly into Summation's searchable database. Summation software will automatically extract and code the meta-data for each document into a record and load the full text. Electronic documents can be viewed either in their native file format or as a text document!

PLEADINGS FOLDER
(LG Gold and iBlaze) Ever want to search your internally created pleadings with Summation? Version 2 can point to a directory of pleadings right on the firm's network or the user's hard drive. These files, even though they are not "loaded" into Summation, can be searched along with your other case data, and the Pleading hits are displayed in Summation's integrated search results screen. Users can have multiple pleadings folders in their Case Explorer tree.

For a detailed description of new version 2 features, see the Release Notes at info.summation.com/products/pdfs/.

SUMMATION WINS 4TH CONSECUTIVE TECHNOLAWYER @ AWARD

Summation received the TechnoLawyer "@" award for Favorite Litigation Support Solution, for the fourth consecutive year. Results were announced on April 11, 2002, in a cyber ceremony conducted by TechnoLawyer Community Manager Neil J. Squillante.

"This is very great praise indeed, as we recognize the members of the TechnoLawyer Community as some of the most sophisticated users of litigation technology around," said Samantha Miller, Summation's Marketing Manager, who accepted the award on behalf of Summation. "Since Summation was introduced in 1988, we've worked hard to provide the litigation community with an application that's practical, powerful and easy to use. As litigation needs evolve, Summation will evolve to address those needs."

CaseVault™, Summation's litigation support hosting service, received the TechnoLawyer "@" award for Favorite Litigation ASP (Application Service Provider).  

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This e-mail contains highlights from the newsletter In Summation. Download the entire edition of In Summation at info.summation.com/products/pdfs/.

IN THIS ISSUE

The following articles are included in the print edition of the Summer 2002 In SUMMATION. To view the complete newsletter, download the PDF from our website.

SUMMATION NAMED LAWNET SIG

CASEVAULT WINS 2002 TECHNOLAWYER AWARD

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

WEB RESOURCES

HELP FOR IT

VERSION 2 RELEASE NOTES

LAWNET SIG DAY SCHEDULE

SUMMATION TO THE RESCUE BY BRUCE OLSON

E-DISCOVERY...HERE TO STAY BY MICHAEL ARKFIELD

RESOURCES FOR LEARNING V2

TRAINING INFORMATION

ABOUT SUMMATION

SUMMATION SUCCESS STORIES

SCRIPTING...MY FAVORITE FEATURE

 by Paul Engel

Summation Blaze LG comes with a laundry list of great new features, but the one that I believe is the most powerful is Scripting. In my opinion, this is the feature that has made the upgrade from 5.x most compelling.

Almost Infinite Customization
In layperson's terms, scripting makes LG almost infinitely customizable. Scripting is like Macros on steroids. A programmer is able to access the data within a case to read it, edit it, add to it and output it. They can either use the functions that come with LG or write their own functions. For example, most of the items on the menus and toolbars can be executed through scripting commands.

When a firm has a task that is not currently supported by LG, they can write a script, or have one written for them, and presto…the function now exists. These Scripts are written specifically for LG and are launched from within LG. The best way to understand how scripting can complement your use of Summation is to read some examples of capabilities that have been added to Summation through scripting.

Here are scripts that have been requested and implemented by several of my clients.

Multientry Sort - The firm often has paralegals, legal assistants or clerical staff manually sort the values in multientry fields. This makes the data easier to use. The Multientry Sort script automates this tedious task. The user can run the script on the results of a document summary search. It sorts the values in the multientry fields being displayed in Column View. It optionally deletes any duplicate values in any field.

Auto-populate Enddoc# and Pageamt fields - This script allows a firm to have their service bureau only code the beginning document number during scanning. The script automatically derives the ending number and number of pages and populates the appropriate fields. It provides an audit report that details any overlapping numbers and gaps so that they can be manually corrected. This saves the firm tens of thousands of dollars in coding costs. The script can be made to focus on Begdoc#/Enddoc# or Bates number fields, and can run on new document collections or existing databases to inspect the numbering sequence for problems.

As you can see, scripting can automate many tedious or formerly impossible tasks. The examples above speak only to document collections. Similar functionality can be implemented for Notes, Transcripts, and the ocrBase.

Perhaps you can now understand why I believe that scripting is the best new feature of Blaze LG. With scripting, there is very little that the program can't do! If you haven't upgraded yet, let scripting be your reason.

Editor's Note:
Summation Blaze LG uses an Object Model that accepts common scripting languages, such as VBScript, JScript, as well as other Object Oriented languages, including but not limited to Visual Basic and C++. All Summation Blaze LG products include a built-in Scripting Wizard. The Summation scripting object model is available at: info.summation.com/scripting/#scripting.

SUMMATION RELEASES WEB SERVER CONSOLE (SWSC)

Summation Legal Technologies is pleased to announce the release of the Summation Web Server Console (SWSC).

What is the SWSC?
The SWSC is a web-based wizard that helps your IT department provide secure, dynamic remote access to your Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, and Summation databases as remote data stores over the Internet, directly from your iBlaze® Case Explorer.

What are the benefits of the SWSC?
As Summation users already know, remote, searchable access to data residing in a variety of data sources can be invaluable in helping you win a case. The question is how to gain access to this dynamic data when you are not connected to the LAN where the various data stores are located. The SWSC allows the network administrator to provide simple, reliable, secure access to live databases for remote users with the same familiar iBlaze interface they already know and love.

When might you use the SWSC?
Here are a couple common scenarios where you might use the SWSC:

1. A firm with attorneys at multiple remote locations wants to share access to a central database. The remote attorneys can be given access over the Internet to the central database simply by double-clicking on the UDL (supplied by the SWSC administrator) in the iBlaze Case Explorer tree.

2. A firm has an existing Microsoft SQL database containing case data that it wants to share with co-counsel or corporate counsel who are also using iBlaze. The other attorneys can be given access to the same live database available to the primary firm, over the Internet. This means that all of the various counsel can be assured they are working from the same set of data, rather than potentially stale records.

If you would like more information about the SWSC, please e-mail sales@summation.com, or call (800) 735-7866.