realLegal.com Presents Electronic Brief Based on Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court.Business Editors, High-Tech/Legal Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2000 American Academy of Appellate Lawyers The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers is a non-profit organization consisting of the Fellows who have been elected to the Academy. It was founded in 1990. Its mission is to "advance the highest standards and practices of appellate advocacy and to recognize outstanding appellate Sponsored Presentation of E-brief At Its 10th Anniversary Activities This Week As part of its 10th anniversary meetings in Washington D.C. this week, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL AAAL abbr. American Academy of Arts and Letters ) witnessed the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court for the case of Harris Trust v. Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. . In addition to the traditional 'paper' briefs for this case, the AAAL distributed an electronic brief of the case contained on a single CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). to those in attendance, produced by Denver-based realLegal.com, as a demonstration of new technology. The e-brief, which in this case included 11 separate briefs with 5,000 links to case law and citations, was published to a CD-ROM by realLegal.com and distributed to lawyers on both sides of the case being heard, the 60 members of the AAAL, and was also made available to the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court of the United States Final court of appeal in the U.S. judicial system and final interpreter of the Constitution of the United States. The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was . Eric Magnuson, immediate past president of the AAAL, cites the need for streamlining brief review for judges and lawyers by placing reference materials and exhibits at one's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . "The appellate process is all about information -- conveying to an appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. the essence of the lower court proceedings in a form that is both manageable enough for the appellate court to quickly get to the heart of the case and detailed enough for the court to delve deeply into the facts of the case before it to ensure that justice is done," said Eric Magnuson, immediate past president of the AAAL. "E-briefs are a great tool for both lawyers and the appellate courts in that process." realLegal.com, the developer of e-brief, is focused on developing electronic tools to streamline the legal process. "Cases like this sometimes require 20 to 30 boxes of exhibits in addition to the thick 'brief' books that are thoroughly reviewed by the Justices," said Marty Steinberg, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of realLegal.com. "It is our goal to utilize today's technology so that the tedious process of research and getting up to speed on a case can be transformed from digging through boxes and trips to the library to simple mouse clicks." About this e-brief This e-brief is based on a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that involves an ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA See Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). case (Employee Retirement Income Security Act The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq. (1974), is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established Pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals enrolled in these plans. ) that is being tried by the law firms of Covington & Burling Burling may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Burling. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that , attorneys for the appellant, and by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, attorneys for the respondent. e-brief Technology A realLegal.com e-brief, published to a CD-ROM or to a secure repository on the Internet, includes all of the documents that constitute a traditional paper brief and all of the documents to which the brief refers, all digitally stored and hyperlinked. Typically, briefs, transcripts and audio/video are gathered; hard copies of exhibits or lower court records are scanned, case law is downloaded and all documents are hyperlinked. realLegal.com e-briefs are organized systematically from the Table of Contents to the Conclusion and allow for seamless review via hyperlinks and navigation tools that can also allow for pinpoint or string citing. Dennis Haserot, realLegal.com director of publishing services said, "realLegal.com's electronic hyperlinked publishing technology makes it easier than ever for attorneys to state their case and for a judge to conduct case review. We are typically retained by the law firms to produce the e-brief. The courts are asking for and in some cases requiring e-briefs as a means to more effectively review the case and increase efficiencies." Examples of other e-briefs created by realLegal.com include a case before the Washington State Supreme Court, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Superior Court of California and U.S. Court of Claims. About realLegal.com realLegal.com (formerly PubNETics) is an Application Service Provider (ASP) providing e-business technology solutions for the legal industry, including courts, litigators and court reporting firms. The company provides next-generation applications for the creation, dissemination and management of trial and deposition transcripts. Also a leader in legal publishing The production of texts that report laws or discuss the Practice of Law. Originally limited to printed materials, legal publishing now encompasses electronic media as well, with most legal publications becoming available online or in CD-ROM format. , realLegal.com develops software designed specifically to meet the electronic publishing and transcript management and delivery needs of the legal industry. In the publishing arena, private research indicates that realLegal.com has submitted as many electronic briefs to U.S. courts as all other publishers combined. Interested parties can contact realLegal.com at 888/584-9988 for a free copy of the e-brief CD-ROM created for the AAAL. For more information please visit www.realLegal.com or call 888/584-9988. |
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