December 2008

For years, if you wanted to read cutting-edge, mind expanding, futuristic material, you just had to grab a copy of Wired magazine or go to its website. While many say staff changes and the passage of time has caused Wired to lose its edge, I submit the following collection from its most popular and "most

Your ABA published a concise feature on risk management for law firms by expert Anthony E. Davis. You may be tempted to skip it. Don't.

As Davis notes, "The words 'risk management' are very negative to lawyers because, by definition, lawyers are risk averse. And if there's anything that lawyers are more hostile to than

Here's a really great Internet search tip. I have posted it before, but it bears repeating. Scott Buhlinger, attorney with the law firm of Brewer, Worten, Robinett, Bartlesville, OK, e-mailed me this week. Scott's no dummy, so he started his e-mail with many laudatory comments about how he reads my blog all the time and it is great.

I'm going to do a live webcast on a cutting edge topic on December 16, 2008 if any of you are interested. "What Space? Social Networking for Attorneys" with Jim Calloway, Director of OBA Management Assistance Program

Use of social networking websites has exploded with some situations that have generated headlines. Should a lawyer use

UPDATE: After I did the following post I received several e-mails from readers in Massachusetts noting that the effective date of the new regulation there was delayed until May 1, 2009. My colleague Rodney Dowell of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program posted a primer written by one of his state's lawyers on how

A couple of months ago, I was interviewed by National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association on the topic of Software as a Service (SaaS.)  The resulting article, "Practicing Law with SaaS," is a good overview of the topic. Lawyers are so protective of client confidentiality that they are rightfully quite concerned