27 Monday Jul 2015
Posted in Advertising, Law Firm Web Sites, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Marketing, Search Enginges, Technology, Using Social Media
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How to Create a Successful Law Firm Website: Getting Started, by The CyberAdvocate
http://www.thecyberadvocate.com/2015/07/27/create-law-firm-website-pt1/
Creating a new website for your law firm, whether you’re opening up a new practice or updating a dated law firm, can be an immense task. I’d love to say that following this guide will allow you to put together a successful and profitable website in your spare time. It won’t. . . .
21 Sunday Sep 2014
Posted in Law Firm Web Sites, Law Office Management, Legal Blogs, Marketing, Technology, Using Social Media
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SEO and Social Media, by Lisa Pansini, Legal Productivity Blog
SEO has always been about one thing: publishing high-quality content that gets seen and linked to by as many people as possible. For years, the foundation of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has been dominated by two key elements: content and links.
Today’s online society has given rise to a third: social media. It wasn’t around during the dawn of the SEO industry, but it’s difficult to ignore the power and importance that social media has in any marketing strategy.
Social Media does more than allow companies to keep up with their competition. It allows them to reach out and interact with their customers while building their brand, creating a sense of community, and driving traffic to their website.
When it comes to social media, however, there is no ‘one size fits all’ rule. . . .
23 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Apps, Cell Phones, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Using Social Media
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App of the Week: Refresh L- Insight on People You Meet, by Lisa Pansini, Legal Productivity Blog
Have you ever had a meeting with a client or acquaintance who you know nothing about? If you want to make a favorable impression, use Refresh, the app that crawls through publicly available information to give you a snapshot of your contacts.
Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, Tech Crunch and more, Refresh searches the web and social networks to deliver insights about the people you connect with. It delivers information including mutual interests, shared passions, and important moments. It’s an incredible tool when it comes to business and social networking. . . .
20 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in Law Office Management, Using Social Media
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Twitter To Remove Images Of Deceased Upon Request, by Tim Hornyak, PC World
If LinkedIn has a similar policy, please let me know. -CCE
Twitter said late Tuesday it will remove images and videos of deceased people upon the request of family members, but it put conditions on the policy.
The microblogging service made the announcement a week after the daughter of the late comedian Robin Williams said she would quit Twitter after receiving gruesome images of him from online trolls.
The move also comes as Twitter tried to delete images and video depicting the death of U.S. photojournalist James Foley, who was apparently killed by the militant group Islamic State, better known as ISIS.
‘In order to respect the wishes of loved ones, Twitter will remove imagery of deceased individuals in certain circumstances,’ Twitter spokesman Nu Wexler said in a message about the update to its policies.
‘When reviewing such media removal requests, Twitter considers public interest factors such as the newsworthiness of the content and may not be able to honor every request. . . . ‘
01 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Malpractice, Social Media, Technology, Technology, Technology, Trial Tips and Techniques, Using Social Media
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ABA's Model Rules, Law Office Management, Lawyerist Blog, Legal Ethics, Legal Malpractice, Legal Technology, Luddite, Megan Zavieh
Luddite Lawyers Are Ethical Violations Waiting To Happen, by Megan Zavieh, Lawyerist Blog
Do you have a smart phone but only know how to make a telephone call? Do you think of a cloud as some white puffy thing in the sky that looks like a ducky? Do you have a computer on your desk but never turn it on? Is the password to your computer actually “password”? Then this article is for you. Technology is here, and it is not going away. Resistance if futile. -CCE
Technological incompetence used to be merely a competitive disadvantage. Now, it is a potential ethics violation — or even legal malpractice.
During my first year of law school, we were not allowed to do computerized research. Instead, we were taught to use the leather-bound reporters, Shepherds, and treatises. It was only during our second year that we were deemed worthy to use Westlaw and Lexis to ‘confirm’ our book findings. (Of course, I doubt any of us ventured into the stacks again.)
This approach reflected the general attitude of the legal profession in the mid-to-late 1990s. Technology was grudgingly accepted, but not required. Lawyers at big firms had online research accounts and solos went to the law library to use the books. Nobody thought anything was wrong with this, although online research did give big firms a competitive edge.
In 2013, email is ubiquitous, and just about every lawyer has some form of electronic research available on his laptop, tablet, or phone. And everyone — lawyers included — uses Google to find everything else. In law practice, that includes research on witnesses, opponents, judges, and anything else not found in a Fastcase, Westlaw, or Lexis database. Technology is an unavoidable part of practicing law.
Ethics rules follow practice
The ethics rulemakers have taken note of this evolution, and the rules have grown to require technological competence.
Lawyers cannot ignore technology
The ABA made it abundantly clear that lawyers must keep up with technology when it amended comment 8 to Model Rule 1.1 on competence. Comment 8 now reads:
To maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology, engage in continuing study and education and comply with all continuing legal education requirements to which the lawyer is subject.
(Emphasis added.)
As Nicole Black, Director of Business Development at MyCase, puts it, ‘I think it’s pretty clear that […] lawyers can no longer turn a blind eye to technological advancements and their effect on the practice of law.’ . . .
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Clouds, Computer Forensics, Confidentiality, Cybersecurity, Disaster Preparedness, Emails, Encryption, Google, Intellectual Property, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Blogs, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Mac, Management, Marketing, Passwords, PC Computers, Social Media, Supervising Support Staff, Tablets, Technology, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on Is It Time For A “Bring Your Own Device” Policy for Your Law Office?
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Mobile Device Security for Lawyers: How Solos and Small Firms can Ethically Allow Bring Your Own Device, by Will Harrelson, Curo Legal Blog (with hat tip to Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog!)
The Start of Bring Your Own Device Policies
It really is the iPhone’s fault. Yes, Apple is to blame for designing the most desirable piece of technology of the last decade. So desirable, in fact, that employees of all stripes requested (and, often, begged) their IT departments to toss the increasingly-‘corporate’ Blackberry out the window and allow the use of their personal iPhones for corporate emails and calls. As a result, we have been living in the age of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ where employees use a single personal mobile phone (or tablet) for both their personal email, texting, and social media while also using it for work email, word processing, and other enterprise applications.
Before the Bring Your Own Device era, a company’s greatest out-of-office security concern was an employee who left a briefcase in a taxi. Today, the worry is an employee misplacing a device the size of wallet containing almost limitless amounts of data that criminals or hackers would easily and quickly exploit if given the chance. Clearly, there is an obvious financial motivation for all businesses to protect their own or customer’s sensitive data.
However, lawyers face particular ethical consequences if they fail to take reasonable efforts to either investigate the technologies that they implement or protect their client’s confidential information. . . .
27 Tuesday May 2014
Posted in Cybersecurity, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Malware, Office Procedures, Technology, Trojans, Using Social Media
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U.S. Employees Are Weakest Link In America’s Cybersecurity – Part One, by Ralph Loosey, e-Discovery Team®
The Chinese army knows this vulnerability and attacks American employees every day to steal trade secrets and gain commercial advantage for Chinese businesses.
Criminal hackers can cause tremendous damage, whether trained in China or not. If a high level expert, such as any member of China’s elite Unit 61398, aka Comment Crew, gets into your system, they can seize root control, and own it. They can then plant virtually undetectable back doors into your systems. This allows them to later come and go as they please. . . .
13 Sunday Apr 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Apps, Cell Phones, Clouds, Computer Virus, Disaster Preparedness, Dropbox, Emails, Encryption, Google, Heartbleed, Identity Theft, Law Firm Web Sites, Law Office Management, Legal Blogs, Legal Technology, Malware, Office Procedures, Passwords, PC Computers, Search Enginges, Technology, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on The Mashable Hit List.
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The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now, The Mashable Team
http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/
If you wondered whether any main specific websites are affected, such as Yahoo, this list will help you. It will also help explain the Heartbleed bug, and why you should pay attention to what it is. If you want to know whether your specific bank was compromised, this list may not answer all your questions. So, if you’re not sure whether you should change your password, go ahead and do it.
Even better, find a password manager in this list of the best of the best from PC Magazine by Neil J. Rubenking — http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407168,00.asp. If you use one password for more than one website — and lots of people do — this is a good solution and a wise move regardless of the Heartbleed bug. -CCE
05 Saturday Apr 2014
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ABA TECHSHOW 2014 – Interview with The TECHSHOW Chair, by Jim Calloway, Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog
If you are interested in legal technology and law office management and you don’t know about Jim, it’s time to get acquainted. Jim Calloway is the Director of the Management Assistance Program of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is a nationally recognized expert, and the recognition is well deserved. Among other things, he produces, with Sharon Nelson, The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology, a monthly podcast. You will also find his articles on the ABA’s and Oklahoma Bar Association’s websites.
In this post, he shares an interview with Techshow Chair, Natalie R. Kelly, 60 Sites in 60 Minutes lineup, the ABA Journal article on the program, and 60 sites list. Really good stuff. -CCE
17 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in Criminal Law, Employment Law, Ethics, Grand Jury, Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Management, Paralegals/Legal Assistants, Social Media, Supervising Support Staff, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on Beautiful Young, Dead Paralegal Found in Bathtub of Attorney Boss Who Has Possible Mob Connections.
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A. Charles Peruto Jr., Above the Law (blog), Accidental Death, Alcohol, David Lat, District Attorney Seth Williams, Grand Jury, Julia Papazian Law, Paralegal, Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Paralegal’s Death In Boss/Boyfriend’s Bathtub Declared Accidental, by David Lat, Above the Law Blog
Last May, a 26-year-old paralegal by the name of Julia Papazian Law was found dead in the bathtub of her boss and boyfriend, prominent Philadelphia defense attorney A. Charles Peruto Jr. The news set tongues wagging in Philly. It had all the elements of a tabloid tale: a beautiful young woman, a wealthy and successful lawyer, and possible organized-crime connections. (Peruto has represented such prominent alleged Mob figures as Joey Merlino and Nicodemo Scarfo.) . . .
A grand jury was convened, conducted an investigation, and concluded there was no evidence that the paralegal’s death was anything but accidental. I saw no discussion or evidence of an investigation of any ethical or employment violations concerning the employer/employee relationship.
After the grand jury’s investigation, the paralegal’s boss used Facebook to reply to the District Attorney in a direct and explicit statement. -CCE
12 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in Advertising, Law Office Management, Marketing, Using Social Media
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Brian Zisk, Derek Lazarro, Forbes, Jeremy Pepper, Karey Rees, Kathleen Kilian Wainscott, Klout Score, LinkedIn, Networking, Profile, Rachael Hand, Rob Asghar, Social media, Susan Wampler, Veronica Belmont, William Arruda
Your LinkedIn Profile: Go Big Or Go Home, by Rob Asghar, Contributor, Forbes
LinkedIn is an enigma. It now has some 260 million users, and it’s a daily routine for millions of ambitious professionals. But millions of others reluctantly create profiles, feel guilty for not having a stronger profile, and wonder, ‘Does anybody really get a better job through this thing anyway?’
Some do, but that’s not really the point. The point is that you need to take control of your personal and professional branding on the Internet.
For most people, their LinkedIn profile isn’t just their online resume, it’s a window into their existence. It allows others to quickly find out about your background, your competence, your network–and, above all, your sense of self. . . .
02 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted in Adobe Acrobat, Clouds, Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Social Media, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on Robert Ambrogi’s Most Popular 2013 Posts
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My Most Popular Posts of 2013, by Robert Ambrogi, Robert Ambrogi’s Web Sites
07 Saturday Dec 2013
Posted in Adobe Acrobat, Passwords, Search Enginges, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on Stolen Passwords – Is It Too Late?
There are many public databases of breached accounts, the largest breach being that of Adobe.com, but no way to search across all of them. Until now.
26 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Law Office Management, Using Social Media
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LinkedIn drives more traffic to law firm websites than all other social media combined, by Kevin O’Keefe’s Real Lawyers Have Blogs
http://bit.ly/17IbvO0
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