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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MARKETING 3.0: How <i>Bates</i> Changed the Future of Legal Practice
October 18, 2011
It's taken more than 30 years for the legal profession to overcome the long-standing tradition under which any form of frank marketing and promotional activity has been considered unacceptable.
LEGAL SALES II. - QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR FIRM
September 29, 2011
LEGAL SALES QUESTIONS II. - QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR FIRM In the last post, we discussed the importance of preparing your team of attorneys for a pitch by researching the prospective client and being able to pose questioins to showcase your knowledge and commitment. The next step in effective law firm business development is being able to answer specific questions about yur firm. Clients are interested in determing how compatible your law firm would be with their&#133;
Worldox Takes Center Stage at Calfee with GX2 and Productivity Suite Upgrade
September 29, 2011
In early 2011, we began planning to move offices, prompting us to take stock of all our technology. We were running Windows XP and Office 2007 and could have stayed on Worldox GX, but GX2 included a feature called "Workspaces" which would help us supplement our author-based profiling system, thereby helping lawyers and staff to organize and find documents more readily. Thus, we began to build the case internally for upgrading to GX2.
Increasing Speed and Confidence in Second Request Responses with New Technologies
September 29, 2011
Responding to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Requests for Additional Information and Documentary Materials (more commonly known as "Second Requests") presents substantial challenges in assembling a comprehensive and complete production of requested information and documents from company archives.
Five Ways You May Be Contributing to a Data Breach
September 29, 2011
While attorneys understand the importance of client confidentiality, many are less concerned about data security. This can be a serious oversight, since law firms are becoming increasingly vulnerable to security breaches. As other industries such as healthcare, financial services and the government start to recognize the dangers of security breaches and deploy more stringent security measures, the hacker community has begun to eye the legal industry as low-hanging fruit.
Mind the Gap: Innovative Efforts to Improve the e-Discovery Process
September 29, 2011
While many scholars and practitioners continue to simply lament the widening gap between "ideal" e-discovery regulations and the painful realities of the current legal system, a growing minority from both the bench and bar are working hard to fill the void in a number of innovative ways.
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September 28, 2011
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Taking Responsibility for the e-Discovery Process
September 28, 2011
This article provides a checklist of best practices for both in-house and outside counsel to consider, discuss and monitor throughout the litigation to ensure confidence in the client relationship and the e-discovery process.
Is Your Company Sitting on Buried Treasure?
September 28, 2011
In order to find buried treasure in your company's insurance policies, it is first important to understand how it was lost in the first place. There are many ways in which companies overlook or fail to pursue available insurance resources. Here are some of the more common.
The NLRB Wants to Be Your 'Friend'
September 28, 2011
Many employers have implemented or at least considered implementing Internet/social media policies in an effort to protect their reputations, protect their employees, and prevent the dissemination of confidential or proprietary information on the Internet. These policies seem to make perfect sense, but unfortunately, employers need to re-think them in light of the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in <i>Hispanics United of Buffalo, Inc.</i>

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