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Honey, I shrunk the Word Document.

I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t gone to print an MS Word document at one time or another and had a last page that had perhaps only a small amount of text on it. Trying to get your document so you could do away with this page with minimal text can be very frustrating. However, Word 2003 and Word 2007 users actually have a simple way of doing away with the last page of a document that only has a small amount of text on it.

2 June, 08
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Missouri Solo & Small Firm Conference Turns 13

The Missouri Solo & Small Firm Conference is unequivocally the most successful solo and small firm conference. how's that for a statement from an attorney? The conference turns 13 this summer and has more than 800 folks registered to attend this 3 day event starting Thursday June 12 and ending on Saturday June 14.

5 June, 08
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Missouri Solo & Small Firm Conference Turns 13

The Missouri Solo & Small Firm Conference is unequivocally the most successful solo and small firm conference. how's that for a statement from an attorney? The conference turns 13 this summer and has more than 800 folks registered to attend this 3 day event starting Thursday June 12 and ending on Saturday June 14.

5 June, 08
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E-Discovery gaff waives Attorney-Client Privilege

It seems a number of factors were at work in this case including poorly defined keywords for the search as well as a failure to properly review documents that were not electronically searchable. The end result was that 165 privileged documents were turned over to the Plaintiff by Creative.

9 June, 08
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All Chairs Are Created Equal – Or Are They?

There was an old joke among horse cavalry troopers after long rides which was they had gone 40 miles in the saddle with Major Assburns. I feel the same way when I have to sit for long periods of time in a cheap desk chair or one that was built for looks rather than function.

11 June, 08
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Casual is OK – But Leave the flip flops at the Beach.

It seems like summer is finally here which means summer dress codes will be an effect at most workplaces. Here at the State Bar Wisconsin, we not only have a dress code but we also have a casual Monday policy. Like most employers, it is sometimes necessary for us to remind employees that certain items of clothing are inappropriate due to the fact that they may be too revealing, present an image that is unacceptable for a professional membership organization or are inappropriate in other ways.

12 June, 08
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Dealing with the Deluge: Flood Resources for Wisconsin Lawyers

Flooding is affecting attorneys and their clients throughout Wisconsin. The State Bar of Wisconsin has assembled resources for lawyers available here. They have also created the Wisconsin Lawyer’s Flood Assistance Bulletin Board for lawyers who need help and for lawyers who want to help their fellow attorneys. The bulletin Board can be found here and is divided into General Discussion and Affected Areas sections. Affected Areas is further divided into Northern, Central, Southern, Western and Eastern areas covering all of the State’s counties.

13 June, 08
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Dealing with the Deluge – Get your faxes without a fax machine.

If you have been forced out of your office due to flooding, getting your faxes can be an issue. While you can forward the fax line to another number such as your home telephone line, this requires that you have a fax machine their and also ties up that line for voice calls. A better solution would be to sign up for a 30 day free trial with one of the fax to mail services.

20 June, 08
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