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Judge’s Benchslap for Missing E-Filing Deadline By Three Minutes.

13 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Benchslap, Calendar/Docketing, E-Filing, Judges, Law Office Management, Legal Technology

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Above the Law, Benchslap, Brief Writing, Deadlines, E-Filing, Judges, Staci Zaretsky

Judge Shames Lawyers Over Midnight Filings In Awesomely Sarcastic Order, by Staci Zaretsky, Above The Law

http://tinyurl.com/oeld5yg

Thanks to the advent of electronic filing, lawyers get to work nearly 24 hours a day. You’re not expected to work that much, of course, but your firms certainly wouldn’t mind it if you did. Got a motion due at midnight? No problem! You’re overworked and you’ve got a million other things on your plate, so putting one filing on the backburner can’t hurt. After all, you can just furiously write it the night it’s due, and click a few buttons to get it filed by 11:59 p.m. But for some, until the last minute will come back to bite you in the ass. . . .

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Time Management Tips From Jim Calloway.

09 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Apps, Emails, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Malpractice, Microsoft Office, Office Procedures, Outlook, Tablets

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David Allen, Deadlines, Docketing, Email Management, Inbox Zero, Jim Calloway, Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips Blog, Microsoft Outlook, Remember the Milk, Stephen Covey, Things, Time Management, Timothy Ferriss, Toodledo, Trello

Time Management by Buckets and Lists, by Jim Calloway, Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog

http://tinyurl.com/lbgd94z

How much time is wasted prioritizing ever-changing deadlines, projects, and e-mail? As always, Mr. Calloway provides common sense approach to time management, including management of e-mail, to-do lists, and more. -CCE

Time management is a challenge for us all these days. There are so many more distractions and so many more electronic avenues for assignments to come our way. It is a constant struggle to maintain productivity and a constant goal to improve. Missing a calendar entry can be critical in a law firm, so we live by our calendars. But making certain that critical tasks are completed promptly is equally important. Many lawyers put critical to-do items or deadlines on their calendars, even though they should be in a task list.

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Tax Audit Triggers and How To Avoid Them.

13 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Finance and Banking Law, Government, Internal Revenue Service

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Accounting, Contractors, Deadlines, E-Filing, Finances, Gross Revenue, IRS, Net Income, Quicken Docstoc, Receipts, Red Flags, Self-Employment, Social Media Profile, Sole Proprietor, Tax Audit, Tax Deductions, Vacations

10 Red Flags That Can Cause a Tax Audit, by Docstoc Articles, Quicken Docstoc

http://tinyurl.com/my99j5b

There are plenty of common audit triggers that business owners know to avoid. Never mix your business and personal finances. Don’t deduct things without receipts. Most of these preventative measures come down to common sense.

However, every year countless businesses get hit with an audit they never saw coming, and it ends up wasting their precious time and money. Where did they go wrong? Here are 10 little-known audit triggers that every business should know (and some suggestions on how to avoid them) . . . .

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Writing Well When In A Crunch.

25 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Legal Writing

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Deadlines, Legal Writing, Professor Anna P. Hemingway, Professor Jennifer M. Lear, Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer blog

Quality Writing On A Tight Deadline, by Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer blog

http://tinyurl.com/pwlrjmq

Writing a project at the last minute? What us? Goodness gracious, never! But, it might not hurt to take a peek, just in case. -CCE

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