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Lawyer’s
Guide to Mobile Computer Security
An article in the Sept. 22, 2006, online issue of Enterprise
Security Today was titled, “Hundreds of Census
Bureau Laptops Lost.” The article went on to detail
that the Census Bureau has had 217 laptops, 46 portable data
storage devices and 15 handheld devices become lost or stolen
since 2003.
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E-Discovery
The New Federal Rules
It had been true “once upon a time” that
satisfying a request for production was often as straightforward
as opening a file cabinet and pulling out the requested document(s).
Today, a request for production may well stir caution, confusion
and not just a little fear in the heart of the attorney who appreciates
the new complicating realities created by advances in computer
technology.
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Maximizing
Your E-Potential
Opening a solo law practice is quite daunting.
I have to admit, when I first made the decision to hang a shingle
and go out on my own, I had many concerns. Number one was financing,
number two was financing and number three was financing.
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Conflict
Checking Systems from A to Z
A sometimes
troubling issue in law firm management is developing an appropriate
system for checking conflicts of interest. Every lawyer or
law firm, no matter how small or how limited the practice
area, must have a conflicts database and a procedure by which
it is consulted and the review is logged.
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Motivating
Law Firm Staff
Sometimes when discussing matters with the partners
of a small law firm, I will ask the question, “Who’s
your director of human relations?” Inevitably the answer
comes back “We don’t have one.”
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Addiction and
the Law
How dependency issues continue to affect the legal
profession
This is a condensed version of an article originally
published in the August/September 2006 issue of the Oregon
State Bar Bulletin.
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