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Build Your Own Law Firm #1: Malpractice Insurance
- March 17, 2018
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Starting a Law Firm
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Risk is the first consideration for any business owner. Starting a new business is an inherently risky proposition: You may be leaving a salaried position. You may misjudge the market for your services. You may be overcome by the business management responsibilities that threaten to strangle your technical proficiency. But, for lawyers, the notion of
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Turn Me On, I’m a Radio: Why Your Legal Software Isn’t Sirius XM
- September 11, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Technology
Many lawyers find fast frustration with new software. This is, in large part, grounded in a notion many attorneys carry with them that the products they buy should ‘just work’. This also has some roots in the general culture. I mean, when you buy a new car, you intuitively know how your car radio is
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Empowered by Embroker: New School Professional Liability Insurance for Modern Law Firms
- July 9, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Malpractice, Technology
There’s not a more traditional subject matter for lawyers than the acquisition of professional liability insurance. And, not much has changed about the way that law firms acquire insurance, since law firms started acquiring insurance. It’s like grandma’s apple pie: scratch-built, time-consuming and rough around the edges. But, in the modern economy, lawyers, as insurance
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System of a Down: How to Reverse Engineer a Law Practice
- June 17, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Technology
When you build a law practice, sometimes it comes out looking like one of those old Volkswagen kits: personally beloved by the builder, while others looking on are just like, ‘What the actual fuck?’ I do think that the vast majority of solo and small firm lawyers have a good sense of how to run
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Nothing New Under the Sun: Recent ABA Ethics Opinion on Lawyers’ Use of Encryption Does Not Have Much Practical Effect
- May 26, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Malpractice, Technology
The American Bar Association has recently released Formal Opinion 477, covering data security obligations of lawyers and law firms, including with respect to encryption. You can access a full copy of the opinion, as well as a summary of its content, at my friend Bob Ambrogi’s always hyper-relevant LawSites blog. As usual, when something like
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Version of Events: Cloud Software Means You Never Have to Update
- May 22, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Technology
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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Old School: Tech-Ready Attorneys Can Help Traditional Law Firms
- February 28, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Malpractice, Technology
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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License Suspension: Pay for Software Access for Your Whole Team
- February 10, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Malpractice, Technology
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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Dual Threat: Why Keeping Two Calendars is a Terrible Idea
- January 3, 2017
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Malpractice, Technology
I find it strange that many malpractice insurance applications continue to ask lawyers whether they maintain a ‘dual calendar system’ — because it is, and always has been, a terrible idea. Keeping more than one calendar invites transposition errors. Plus, it’s more likely that any one person will fail to do two things, than any
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All-Star Game: Software Performance Reflects the User, Too
- November 30, 2016
- Posted by: jaredcorreia@gmail.com
- Category: Financial Management, Malpractice, Technology
There’s no perfect software (excepting ‘Tecmo Super Bowl‘); and, lawyers, who professionally pick nits, are harder to please than other business software customers, even excluding considerations respecting professional ethics requirements. Of course, usability is a two-way street. Software vendors have to build and update truly useful platforms for law firms; but, law firms must also
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