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Are You Thankful for Your Law Practice?
By Jim Calloway As we head into the Thanksgiving when we are encouraged to count our blessings, are you thankful for your law practice? Most lawyers undoubtedly are. Given the challenges we have faced the last few years, optimism is sometimes in short supply. But according to a recent Thomson Reuters survey, 2022 State of…
Protecting Client Information on Portable Devices
By Jim Calloway What if you copied a lot of documents to a USB flash drive for working offline and now you can’t find the drive? Do you have to report this potential breach to firm management or notify the client of this potential breach? Suppose a hacker has gotten into your laptop and downloaded…
Disaster Planning: It’s Not Just for Hurricanes
By Jim Calloway We have certainly seen many weather-related disasters this year. How long has it been since your law firm reviewed its disaster plan? Disaster Planning: It’s Not Just for Hurricanes is our new Digital Edge podcast. Our guest Shawn Holahan is Practice Management Counsel and Loss Prevention Counsel for the Louisiana State Bar…
Smile for the Camera: Leverage the Power of Video
By Jim Calloway If one picture is worth 1000 words, how many words does that mean a video is worth? It is a nonsensical question. Yet we all understand that video content on the Internet is extremely popular and today many people prefer receiving their information and entertainment through apps like TikTok and YouTube. Some…
The Ethics of Attorney-Client Email and Having Client Data on a Smartphone
By Jim Calloway Most of us are doing business in the digital world these days, but protecting your clients’ confidential information must always be top of mind. Two recently released opinions from the Pennsylvania Bar may provide helpful guidance for lawyers. Formal Opinion 2022-500 Ethical Considerations for Lawyers Storing Information Relating to the Representation Of A…
A Keystroke to Memorize. Windows Key Plus H.
As you likely know, Microsoft 365 provides great speech recognition built right into Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote. You just click on the microphone icon labeled Dictate and begin your dictation. But to dictate into other applications on your computer, there are other built-in options. It’s simple on a PC, just use the Windows key…
Financial Issues for Lawyers
By Jim Calloway The September 2022 issue of Law Practice Today is a finance-themed issue. Among the seven features are Fundamentals of Accounting for Lawyers, Making it Rain, Eight Ethical Financial Mistakes Lawyers Make and How to Value, Sell & Purchase a Law Practice. The ABA Law Practice Today webzine is available to anyone, whether…
Slack v Teams for Law Firm Instant Messaging.
By Jim Calloway Can We Use Slack in our Law Firm? Some of us participate in Slack groups. Slack is a group messaging app that is simple and easy to use. As we know, group texts might work for social occasions, but aren’t great for business situations. (One reason — someone can be added late…
Time for iPhone Users to Upgrade to iOS 16
By Jim Calloway Every fall Apple holds a media event to highlight new versions of its offerings. This year the new features of iOS 16 have received a lot of attention. We know that upgrades are sometimes a mixed blessing. They bring needed features but also, they seem to change things unnecessarily. One new feature…
Your Law Firm Cookbook: How and Why
By Jim Calloway Why does your law firm need documented standard operating procedures? Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway interview guest Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association on the August 2022 edition of the Digital Edge Podcast, Your Law Firm Cookbook: How and Why. Catherine outlines…