MyCase

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It’s hard to believe that 2020 is nearly over. That means that it’s time to start thinking about 2021 and all of the potential it has for your law firm. Instead, a successful future is built on a strong foundation of planning, knowledge, and lots of hard work. Our 2020 webinar series is a great place to start!

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 25, 2021

Watching him walk backward as he livestreams from a ruin is the next best thing to being there. If you ever wondered what Rome looks like without all the tourists, his 2020 Empty Rome video is a haunting must-see. Elizabeth Minchilli , cookbook author and all-round enviable person, rules Instagram from Rome and Tuscany.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

Law firms leaders quickly learned that a willingness to adopt new technologies into their firms was a requirement for survival during the pandemic. Of course, the effect of the pandemic on the practice of law varied greatly from one firm to the next. The Shift To Remote Work. Technology Saves The Day.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

Law firms leaders quickly learned that a willingness to adopt new technologies into their firms was a requirement for survival during the pandemic. Of course, the effect of the pandemic on the practice of law varied greatly from one firm to the next. The Shift To Remote Work. Technology Saves The Day.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 3, 2022

You should have learned a few things from how your present firm has handled the work-from-home issue. How has the firm answered questions about working from home? Here the firms may differ overall, but once again, the partners you work for will override any firm commitment to the issue.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The unforgettable year that was 2020 is nearly over. As you prepare your firm for the new year, you’ll need to take into account the continuing effects of the pandemic and ensure that you build resiliency into your law firm’s business plan. 2021 Law Firm New Year’s Checklist.

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ALPS

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Just when you thought you had perfected your cybersecurity training for law firm employees… Time to think again. More people utilizing consumer-grade equipment in a less secure work-at-home environment creates a fertile ground for phishing attack victims. Employees cheerfully simply click away.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

2020 was perhaps one of the most disruptive years for law firms in recent history. And while many firms struggled to stay afloat, others adapted with ease in ways that all practices can replicate. 7:12 – The Biggest, Sweeping Industry Change of 2020. 13:17 – How Law Firms Are Coping With Change.

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MyCase

JUNE 15, 2021

2020 was a year for the record books. Businesses, including law firms, are beginning to re-open, and employees are heading back to work. Remote work can be profitable for law firms. According to a recent survey , many firms had a more profitable year in 2020 compared to 2019.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Law firms, especially, are areas where tech holds vast potential to revolutionize everything. From administrative tasks to remote work, technology helps staff members optimize their responsibilities and increase the firm’s profitability. Too often, law firms lose money in subtle ways. Remote work.

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LawSites

MAY 13, 2021

Ninety-two percent of law firms worldwide say they were completely or somewhat prepared for full-scale remote work at the pandemic’s onset, a survey released this morning finds. The survey drew responses from 201 business and legal professionals at firms worldwide, ranging in size from 25 to more than 500 attorneys.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In this Report you’ll find timely statistics regarding the technologies that lawyers are using and how they are being implemented in law firms. Topics covered in the Report include cybersecurity, basic office software, legal-specific software, cloud computing and mobile usage trends, and marketing tools used by law firms.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 5, 2021

Salt Lake City,UT – January 19, 2021 – NetDocuments, the leading secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams, and compliance departments, today announced unprecedented growth in 2020. Work Inspired” product solutions. Future-proofing in the cloud.

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MyCase

AUGUST 17, 2021

If nothing else, 2020 and 2021 have been years to remember. Not surprisingly, the legal profession has not been immune, and lawyers and their firms have been impacted in many different ways. What follows are some of the more notable data points from this year’s Report relating to lawyer wage and demographic information.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We recently caught up with guest blogger, April Brown, to discover how Covid-19 will transform law firms. Law firms aren’t an exception from this as many had to work around the restrictions and social distancing to keep running. Booms In Certain Areas Of Law. Reinventing The Work Style.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2020

She used it for the first time on April 1, 2020 when taking a remote deposition over Zoom. Remember early 2020? Routines of work, school, family and other obligations were clicking back into place. Routines of work, school, family and other obligations were clicking back into place. Before, I would never work from home.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Opinion 24-20 (March 23, 2020). Issues addressed: Working out of state. Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020). Issues addressed: Working remotely. Issues addressed: Working remotely.

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MyCase

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’ve finally left 2020 behind us and are looking forward to a new year – and hopefully a much less tumultuous one! So without further ado, here are my top 4 tips for building resiliency into your law firm as you start the new year. When your team is working remotely, effective client communication is key.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo.

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Blumberg

MAY 18, 2021

The development of Coronavirus vaccines took off in January 2020 when its genetic sequence was published. The first vaccinations began in December 2020 kicking off the most urgent immunization effort since the polio vaccine. Maintain a Covid safe working environment and accommodate those with health and other issues. Conclusion.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It finds that law firms are seeing an average 10% increase in the growth of new business, but that their fees are 3% below where they should be given recent trends in inflation. The past two years have fundamentally changed how lawyers define the role of work in their lives,” said Jack Newton , Clio’s founder and CEO. “The

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InHouseOps

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What’s the biggest threat to the future growth ambitions of top law firms? Increased competition from international firms? This relatively niche, back-office support problem has become so troublesome in recent years that it was listed as the biggest threat to the future growth ambitions of the top 100 law firms.

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2021

Legal professionals agree that the pandemic accelerated the critical role of technology in the future success of their law firms and legal departments, but only a third believe their organizations are well prepared for addressing technology’s increasing importance. Firms Investing in Tech. Organizations Poorly Prepared.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 18, 2021

Over the last year, meetings that were once exclusively held in courtrooms or law firms were suddenly happening in kitchens and home offices. Hard-wired desk phones were replaced with cloud telephony, and in-office firewalls and security protocols needed to be transformed for home WiFi. So where do we go from here?

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MyCase

JULY 21, 2021

However, the uncertainty we continue to face means that law firms need to be fully prepared for whatever may come. If you’re not sure what categories of software your firm needs to have in place for a hybrid office, my ABA Journal articles on legal software are a great place to start. Document management tools.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2021

With little notice, law firms across the country were forced to shut their doors, leaving attorneys of all practice areas to figure out a way to work from home. Bureau of Labor Statistics , the employment of lawyers is projected to grow by 9 percent from 2020 to 2030. According to the U.S.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Over the last year, meetings that were once exclusively held in courtrooms or law firms were suddenly happening in kitchens and home offices. Hard-wired desk phones were replaced with cloud telephony, and in-office firewalls and security protocols needed to be transformed for home WiFi. So where do we go from here?

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Spoiler alert: we did not see anything like the movement to the cloud we expected in 2020. Nonetheless, we still expect the practice of law to be much more cloud-intensive in the near future than it is now, with courts and clients driving many of the changes. Small and medium-sized firms report the highest use—roughly 65%.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The shift from office work to working-from-home has triggered a colossal transformation in industries like healthcare, finance, education, and even law firm management. . From billing to staffing—you name it, nearly every facet of legal operations has had to adjust under these new working conditions.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The published results represent one of the most comprehensive technology surveys of law firms available. The insights contained in the reports are particularly helpful to the solo and small firm demographic, the largest segment of the legal marketplace. Are firms continuing to adopt cloud-based software for their remote workers?

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Every Wednesday, we’ll be posting a new report from one of our experts, so stay tuned! The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report showed the surge in cloud usage we expected after March 2020 starting to take off, led by solo lawyers. In 2021, 70% of respondents reported that they used cloud computing, up from 60% in 2021.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It’s perfect for lawyers working from home who need to be able to locate information quickly and easily. Then there’s the 2020 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide , written by Sharon D. Remote working software. Nelson, John W. Simek, and Michael C.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 7, 2022

What new collaboration tools have you started using since March 2020? TM : I was already using Zoom and Microsoft Teams for collaboration prior to March 2020; but my use of them increased exponentially due to the pandemic. Also, more people are using meeting scheduling apps with me than before 2020.

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MyCase

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Not surprisingly, the number of lawyers working remotely has increased year over year as attorneys became more comfortable using the technologies that permitted them to work from anywhere. The events of 2020 only served to accelerate that trend. So without further ado, let’s dive into the findings.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Every Wednesday, we’ll be posting a new report from one of our experts, so stay tuned! Law firms were forced to really evaluate the necessity of the technology they use in their firm and what potential technology is missing that could be useful. This increase is not an outlier.

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ALPS

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Thrust into the Work-From-Home (often seen online as WFH) environment, many lawyers scrambled to learn the technologies that would allow them to continue their practice of law during the pandemic. From the outset, Zoom dominated the video conferencing market. Background.

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LawActually

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Thankfully, I wasn’t furloughed, unlike many of my colleagues, and work for me has stayed pretty buoyant throughout (apparently commercial deals are still being done, generating a need for contract negotiation and drafting — and us commercial contracts lawyers haven’t been (totally) replaced by AI just yet).

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