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Product Review: RainMaker Software's Business Intelligence Suite
Founded in 1845, Robinson & Cole LLP is a commercial law firm with more than 200 lawyers in six offices throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. As with most firms, our time and billing system is critical to daily operations. Vast amounts of information go into the system, but extracting data in a meaningful way was always a struggle. Standard reports were inadequate and our system did not lend itself to on-the-fly customizations. To get the information that we needed in a format that we wanted, we would have to contact our time and billing vendor to create customized reports, which was both expensive and time consuming. Further, we'd often have to run reports at night, because they would slow down our entire system. We were simply unable to get the critical information that we needed in a practical and timely manner.
When we were looking to upgrade our time and billing system in 2001, we did a comprehensive review of several leading vendors. We evaluated their technologies and spoke with their current customers. After much consideration, we selected RainMaker's Financial Management system. Reputation and customer service were important to us and we had a good rapport with RainMaker. We also liked the flexibility of the software, both in its ability to integrate with our firm's other systems and in reporting. In fact, RainMaker's outstanding reporting capabilities, which are part of the company's Business Intelligence product suite, were a major factor in our decision.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.