Published By Jim Calloway
Suzanne Rose of Tennessee (and Suzanne Rose Consulting) started her blog recently, but swore me to silence for a while. Time’s up, Suzanne.
Risky Biz dervives its name from the idea that running a law firm can be risky. It is certainly true that law firms have risks, including the basic business risks of profitability…
We’ve all heard about the Zotob worm shutting many businesses as it swept across the world recently. The Law Tech Guru Jeff Beard reminds us that he posted a primer called "Wireless Networking Best Practices: Version 2.0" some time ago which is still valid. He notes that he mentioned in that primer to disable the…
The April issue of Law Practice Today has been posted online. The featured topic this month is malpractice prevention and risk management. It contains 8 to 10 feature risk management articles and a set of ethics links from Tom Mighell. I haven’t finished them all tonight, but they are all worth your attention. Print…
OK, if you aren’t doing your data backups properly, if your staff backs up most of the data but not all, or if you don’t back up the laptop because "a lot" of the data is on the network, you are hearby sentenced to go to Engadget’s Worst Data Disaster contest and read horror stories…
I know lots of people check their e-mail remotely when out of town. They use cybercafes, hotel business centers, convention sponsored Internet access points and a variety of other venues.
If you ever check your e-mail, bank account, airline reservations, OBA-NET or any meaningful password protected site via any computer you do not own, you…
It was a lot easier keeping confidential material safe and secret when it only resided in your head and on paper. Now we have Internet connectivity, e-mail, databases, and electronic copies of at least every document that your office prepared. The privacy and security enemies list includes virus writers, hackers, phishers, adware and spyware. My …
I was very intrigued when I read Brett Burney’s Review of the Mirra Personal Server 2.0 on LLRX.com. I didn’t get one of these for Christmas, so I may have to buy one myself for my home system. I think that many lawyers should be investigating external hard drives as a part of their disaster…