All but gone are the days of getting the first glimpse of the plaintiff, plaintiff’s attorney, experts, percipient witnesses or investigating police officers at the time of the first deposition or court appearance. Thanks goes to our young colleagues. Within moments of mentioning a witness or assigning a matter to our MAs, I receive an email containing a screen shot of the plaintiff’s MySpace page, a photo of the plaintiff’s attorney from his firm’s website, or a photo of the investigating officer receiving a community service award, accompanied by the newspaper article confirming his credibility and experience. This information, pulled up and forwarded so quickly and effortlessly by your twenty-something associate, can be very valuable. Or at least, very interesting!