Sat.Nov 13, 2021 - Fri.Nov 19, 2021

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Five Ways to Reduce Stress and Anxiety 

Attorney at Work

According to the ABA Profile of the Legal Profession 2020 , nearly 20% of lawyers suffer from anxiety. Lawyers struggle with anxiety at levels substantially higher than the general population and other highly educated professionals. It is important for law firms and firm leaders to “lead the way” for attorney well-being by creating a culture that does not increase our stress and anxiety to unhealthy levels.

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Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group Acquires Website and SEO Company LawLytics

LawSites

The Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group, which owns a number of legal practice management and legal search technology products, said today that it has acquired Phoenix-based LawLytics , a company that provides website management software for small law firms and solo practitioners. . The LawLytics platform is an all-in-one website publishing and SEO platform for small law firms.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 14, 2021

LLRX

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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Top 8 Technologies to Help You Run a Paperless Law Office

Rocket Matter

Let’s face it: there is an insane amount of paperwork that goes into running a law office. The amount of physical space required to manage these ever-expanding records is a challenge. Going paperless not only helps mitigate the need for physical files, but it helps streamline your legal practice by saving a ton of time… Read More » Top 8 Technologies to Help You Run a Paperless Law Office.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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ROI of Coaching: Is Your Firm’s Business Development Coaching Program Working?

Attorney at Work

A framework for measuring the ROI of coaching. Your firm or practice group launched a business development coaching program for your lawyers. Congratulations! You are among many progressive firms that realize the value of coaching in helping attorneys develop their rainmaking skills. But do you know how you will measure the program’s success? When we ask firms this question, oftentimes we get a one-dimensional answer: “We’ll know it’s a success if program participants bring in new business.

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Virtual Receptionist Service Smith.ai Launches Business Intelligence Tools to Visualize Call Metrics

LawSites

Smith.ai , a virtual receptionist service, today introduced business intelligence tools that enable law firms and other businesses to visualize metadata showing who is calling them, when they call, and what actions were taken with each call. Users of Smith.ai’s receptionist service will now have access, at no additional cost, to a call dashboard that uses graphs, pie charts and tables to visually depict call information.

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SixFifty.com: Employment Law Disrupter

The Law Product Makers blog

SixFifty Technologies LLC. is a relatively new entrant into the automated legal forms marketplace focusing on providing automated employment legal forms and policies to corporations that range in size from 50 employees to 1,000 and larger. Examples of employment law forms include state-specific employment contracts, employment manuals, independent contractor agreements, privacy solutions, and return-to-work policies.

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A Two-Factor Holler for the iDollar

Apps in Law

It may sound boring, but Jeff and I uncover some of the more interesting numbers from Apple’s fourth quarter highlighting the power of the iPad and how Apple “services” continues to grow. We also cover a couple of scary stories about how malicious actors are convincing folks to compromise their two-factor authentication tokens. Next, one of our favorite scanning apps just got an update , and we point you to an amazing pre-holiday deal on the 2nd generation AirPods.

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Today at 3 ET: Join Our Weekly Legaltech Week Roundtable, Discussing the Top Stories in Legal Tech and Innovation

LawSites

Today at 3 E.T., join our regular Friday Legaltech Week roundtable, as we discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation. Attendance is free, but you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions. Our lineup changes from week to week, but our regular panelists are: Nicole Black , legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase.

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Three Essential Law Firm Website Tips

NSLT

Three Essential Law Firm Website Tips Twenty years ago, law firms were being encouraged to go online and build out websites. (Quality wasn’t the primary concern. Simply having a website put you at the top of the industry.) Ten years ago, the focus shifted to creating better website experiences. Today, there’s a need for optimizing law firm website architecture to ensure prospective clients are getting as much value as possible from these sites.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Three Reasons Why It’s Easier to Run Your Practice Visually

Attorney at Work

When Janelle came to us, she was running her busy litigation practice off an 18-page to-do list she kept on a yellow pad on her desk. I’m sure you can picture that list. Frayed edges. Tasks jotted down in the margins while she talked on the phone. Assignments written on little flags sticking out of the sides. Things crossed off in red and other things highlighted with a rainbow of colors.

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Single App or Multiple Apps? How to Best Use Microsoft Office on your iPhone & iPad

Apps in Law

The choices for Microsoft Office on iPhones and iPads is a bit confusing these days, but Microsoft Office has a long, but interesting and curious, history running on Apple devices. And while there have routinely been Microsoft Office applications for the Mac, it has been a bit of a different story on the iPhone and iPad. When the iPad was introduced in 2010, there were no official Microsoft Office apps available for the iPad.

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Today at 3 ET: Join Our Weekly Legaltech Week Roundtable, Discussing the Top Stories in Legal Tech and Innovation

LawSites

Today at 3 E.T., join our regular Friday Legaltech Week roundtable, as we discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation. Attendance is free, but you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions. Our lineup changes from week to week, but our regular panelists are: Nicole Black , legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase.

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Three Essential Law Firm Website Tips

NSLT

Three Essential Law Firm Website Tips Twenty years ago, law firms were being encouraged to go online and build out websites. (Quality wasn’t the primary concern. Simply having a website put you at the top of the industry.) Ten years ago, the focus shifted to creating better website experiences. Today, there’s a need for optimizing law firm website architecture to ensure prospective clients are getting as much value as possible from these sites.

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Forecasting the Forecasters: Upcoming Trends in Judicial Analytics

Attorney at Work

The pace of litigation is dizzying. The path of every single lawsuit is filled with multiple inflection points, moments where attorneys have to make decisions about how the future is likely to unfold. In the past, attorneys navigated these twists and turns by relying on intuition, experience and anecdotal evidence. But things are starting to change.

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The FTC’s Strengthened Safeguards Rule and the Evolving Landscape of Reasonable Data Security

Debevoise Data Blog

On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced significant updates to the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Safeguards Rule” or “Amended Rule”). This rule, promulgated pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is designed to protect the consumer data collected by non-bank financial institutions, such as mortgage lenders and brokers, “pay day” lenders, and automobile dealerships, among many others (“subject financial institutions”).

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Virtual Receptionist Service Smith.ai Launches Business Intelligence Tools to Visualize Call Metrics

LawSites

Smith.ai , a virtual receptionist service, today introduced business intelligence tools that enable law firms and other businesses to visualize metadata showing who is calling them, when they call, and what actions were taken with each call. Users of Smith.ai’s receptionist service will now have access, at no additional cost, to a call dashboard that uses graphs, pie charts and tables to visually depict call information.

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Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts

NSLT

Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts Underutilized tools within Time Matters include the use of HotKeys or those keyboard shortcuts that help users move quickly throughout the program. Firms familiar with the program may recognize a few off this master list of key combinations to make your Time Matters office even more efficient.

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Estate Planning for Lawyers: Updating Your Documents and Planning for Impending Tax Law Changes

Attorney at Work

Although the pandemic has affected the legal industry in a multitude of ways, there’s no question that the surge in demand for estate and end-of-life planning legal services stems from the realization that no one is invincible in the face of COVID-19. Estate Planning Pointers. Amid a public health crisis, everyone is vulnerable — not just the elderly.

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Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group Acquires Website and SEO Company LawLytics

LawSites

The Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group, which owns a number of legal practice management and legal search technology products, said today that it has acquired Phoenix-based LawLytics , a company that provides website management software for small law firms and solo practitioners. . The LawLytics platform is an all-in-one website publishing and SEO platform for small law firms.

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Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts

NSLT

Time Matters Keyboard Shortcuts Underutilized tools within Time Matters include the use of HotKeys or those keyboard shortcuts that help users move quickly throughout the program. Firms familiar with the program may recognize a few off this master list of key combinations to make your Time Matters office even more efficient.

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Why SEO Matters for Law Firms

NSLT

Why SEO Matters for Law Firms Get a better understanding of why SEO matters for law firms and how lawyers can get started generating more traffic for their websites.

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Why SEO Matters for Law Firms

NSLT

Why SEO Matters for Law Firms Get a better understanding of why SEO matters for law firms and how lawyers can get started generating more traffic for their websites.