Articles

Aug 29, 2017

Are Alexa and Her Friends Safe to Use in Your Law Office? The Pros and Cons of Personal Assistants

Excerpt: Many commentators have predicted that 2017 will be the year of Amazon’s Alexa. Alexa is one of several virtual voice assistants

Aug 24, 2017

What Lawyers Need to Know: Changing Requirements for Credit Card Processing

Excerpt: Does your firm accept and process credit cards? If not, you probably should. Clients are more apt to pay their

Jul 17, 2017

Can You Trust Your Expert Witnesses with Confidential Data?

Excerpt: Not always. There was a recent case in which confidential data was not, to put it mildly, well handled. The corporate

Jul 07, 2017

Running with the Machines: Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law

Excerpt: Back in 2015, we wrote an article entitled “How Will Watson’s Children Impact the Future of Law Practice?” What a lot

May 26, 2017

Ransomware: No Honor Among Thieves and More Expensive

Excerpt: The FBI says that ransomware nets cybercriminals $1 billion a year. No wonder so many people want a piece of

May 17, 2017

Three Compelling Reasons for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers to Understand Their Technology

Excerpt: Let’s dive right in. If lawyers understand their technology . . . Lawyers can save money Serious money can

May 13, 2017

The Ransomware Epidemic and How to Protect Your Law Firm

Excerpt: Remember the good old days of ransomware? You would get an e-mail saying that you owed the IRS money and could

May 08, 2017

The Short and Useless Life of a Bad Resume

Excerpt: Over the last 20 years, I have reviewed hundreds of resumes. Most of them hit the wastebasket very rapidly. There are

May 07, 2017

Cybersecurity for Senior Lawyers

Excerpt: When we were asked to do this article for senior lawyers, our first question was: “Are they still practicing law?”

May 01, 2017

Should Lawyers Choose Google’s G Suite or Microsoft’s Office 365?

Excerpt: More and more companies and law firms are moving to the cloud and not in a small way. BetterCloud reports that

Apr 03, 2017

Securing Your Law Firm’s Website: A Critical Cybersecurity Task

Excerpt: One of a law firm’s most critical assets is its website – and yet protecting it is a priority that is

Mar 30, 2017

The Real Lesson of the WikiLeaks Vault 7 Document Dump

Excerpt: Some days are just more interesting than others. You could almost hear the mournful wailing of spooks (the CIA kind) as