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  • Version of Events: Cloud Software Means You Never Have to Update

    • May 22, 2017
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    • Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Technology
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    This is version 2.0 of version 2.0.  The planned obsolescence of planned obsolescence. This is the update to end all updates. No, I’m not holding up a sign, and talking about the end times.  I am, however, addressing software versions.  Even now, I regularly run across law firms that operate different versions of local applications. 

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  • Collateral Damage: What Does Access to Justice Really Mean for Attorneys?

    • May 3, 2017
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    • Category: Financial Management, Marketing, Technology
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    The battle for access to justice (or A2J, if you can dig it) is being fought on two fronts.  There is, of course, the traditional notion, that lawyers should be connected with those most marginalized members of society via a pro bono or ‘low bono’ model; but, the definition of ‘those who can’t afford a

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  • Swing Low: How Comfort Promotes Stagnation

    • April 28, 2017
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    • Category: Marketing, Technology
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    Almost every solo lawyer or small firm manager could stand to sharpen her business management skills. Some don’t know what they don’t know — I mean, how many years have we been talking about law schools needing to produce more business-ready/business-capable attorneys?  Others, however, who do recognize that there are flaws in their business development

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  • New School: Law Students and Young Attorneys Need to Hone Their Soft Skills

    • March 2, 2017
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    • Category: Technology
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    The other day, I wrote about how small law firms are beginning to recognize and value the technology management contributions of their attorneys.  And, in many cases, that value is being attached to young lawyers.  How this all shakes out in terms of job structure and compensation is anybody’s guess; but, one thing is clear:

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  • Old School: Tech-Ready Attorneys Can Help Traditional Law Firms

    • February 28, 2017
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    • Category: Malpractice, Technology
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    Lawyers have a breadth of skills that are applicable across many industries.  That’s one of the reasons why attorneys do so well when they venture outside the profession. Take Steve Young, for example.  If you didn’t know, Steve Young is a lawyer.  He’s also a famous professional football player, sports analyst and the owner of

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  • Pick Up the Pace: Some Secret Sauce While You Wait to Join the PACER Class Action

    • February 16, 2017
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    • Category: Financial Management, Technology
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    If you use the PACER system regularly to access (and pay for) federal court records, you probably hate it.  It’s clunky.  It’s expensive. And, it may soon become a relic, as pressure mounts to make PACER documents accessible via an open (read: free — or, at least, less expensive) system. But, while you wait for

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  • License Suspension: Pay for Software Access for Your Whole Team

    • February 10, 2017
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    • Category: Malpractice, Technology
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    It’s the oldest trick in the lawyer’s technology arsenal: You save money by buying one software license that everybody shares.  It’s kind of like how you bring on a law clerk, and everybody starts accessing his Westlaw password.  Not that that happens . . .  (See, I’ve got your back.) If it’s not one software

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  • Living in the Past: It’s Not Your Old System That’s Holding You Back

    • February 9, 2017
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    • Category: Technology
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    So many law firms are buried alive.  Covered by old data, entombed in systems they don’t want to use anymore.  Those systems are so gargantuan, bloated with data as they are, that lawyers treat them as ‘too big to fail’ — even if they’re failing on a daily basis.  In those instances, the argument against

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  • Defense Against the Dark Arts: Security in the Cloud

    • January 23, 2017
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    • Category: Technology
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    When lawyers object to cloud technology, the argument is usually grounded in data security.  The claim is that, surely, a cloud-based program is not as secure as alternatives.  But, what lawyers often fail to consider is what those specific alternatives might be. If you’ve watched Amazon’s excellent ‘The Man in the High Castle’ (or read

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  • If You Build It . . . Oh, Never Mind

    • January 16, 2017
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    • Category: Financial Management, Technology
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    Sometimes, building stuff works out: Roy Kinsella got to play catch with his dead father. Other times, not so much: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was, um, rather shaky. Lawyers love to tinker.  Especially solo and small firm lawyers, whose businesses are so completely in their own hands.  If they can’t find a system that works

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