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Law Firm Operations

Solutions to Three of Your Law Firm’s Biggest Pain Points

When you’re in the groove, business seems to flow smoothly. Everyone is on the same page, people get back to you without a follow-up call, and things work how they are supposed to. Who doesn’t love those kinds of weeks, that go by without any fires cropping up? Unfortunately, nothing

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Law Firm Operations

Does Your Practice Management Software Spark Joy?

Inspired by the latest Netflix binge craze, “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” millions of Americans are decluttering. In the series, organizing expert Kondo travels to homes of stressed-out Americans to help them discard items that no longer spark joy and organize their living spaces in a meaningful way. Kondo contends

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Matter Management

Transform Your Practice by Becoming a Deming Disciple

The practice of law is complicated. A single case can involve multiple attorneys, dozens of files and hundreds of interactions among a law firm, clients, opposing counsel and courts. Given the vast scope of moving parts and operations of a legal matter, it is ripe for business process optimization.

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Matter Management

Automate Your Practice

The New Year is the perfect time to reassess how you’ve been doing and make adjustments. Have you thought about cleaning house and moving to paperless? Running a paperless office has never been easier. With the advances in legal technology, the days of large scale cabinets filled with files in

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Matter Management

Old-School Lawyer Problems Resolved with New-School Technology

We can all clearly picture a lawyer that has been in practice for decades. They are trapped behind a desk piled high with client files, various documents, and correspondence long needed to be sorted and filed. They complain that they can’t ever find what they are looking for in the

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Matter Management

The Cloud is Your Protector During Hurricane Season

This year’s hurricane season has been disastrous for many people and their businesses. Those that were affected by the storm, and even those that weren’t directly in the storm’s path, experienced devastating encounters that made it difficult, if not impossible, to operate under normal conditions. “In times of need, the

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Matter Management

You’re Making Your Clients Nervous with Weblinks

Why are you emailing your clients weblinks to documents? They’re not supposed to click on unknown links. It’s making them nervous. Even if you’re using popular apps like dropbox to share files, you can’t be sure your client will trust the link. Nor should they. They might think it’s a

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Matter Management

PROVE IT!

How can you prove what really happened behind closed doors?

Can we ever know what happened in a meeting behind closed doors, with no recording devices and no third party witnesses? Probably not.

Is email a clearer way to communicate a complex message? Not always….

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Matter Management

Pentagon Emails Used in Spoofing Scam

Most business owners don’t know how easy it is to send a fake email that appears to come from a colleague, vendor or even a public figure. This is one of many common misconceptions about email security and delivery. Here are some other common assumptions that are made every day…

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