We look at three attorneys' positive experiences-and offer one cautionary note. The solution works much the same way now as it did then, with the addition of an Internet front end. Users can perform a variety of searches on databases of documents, view a scanned document image on screen, and make notes on key evidence. The user can permit other users to view his notes, or make them private. Small sets of search results can be saved to your computer, or printed on your office printer.
Large results can be output and shipped.
I recently worked on a case with a number of outside counsel with varying levels of computer literacy. Casecentral made it manageable. Because those measures are actually more extensive than those that we use internally, we felt confident. The firm's real estate group was asked to organize a client's work group that was engaged in the development and marketing of a master planned community outside the client's headquarters. Extranets are used for exchanging and managing documents, and as a private 'virtual conference' area for conducting threaded discussions.