Bates numbering has been a staple process for legal professionals for many years now. Originally, Bates numbers were affixed to paper documents using a handheld stamping machine created by the Bates Manufacturing Company. The process was noisy and prone to error: it was easy to miss a page, which then required the stamper to go back and create a special intervening number. The process was noisy and prone to error: it was easy to miss a page, which then required the stamper to go … [Read more...]