We can look to Hollywood for some do’s and don’ts, and I’m not referring to the dresses on the red carpet.

This post is a little different from our usual content, but I thought it might be helpful to folks sharing a similar problem when trying to format data in Excel.   Sometimes I find it useful myself to read how people solve tricky little Excel issues, so I offer this up in that spirit. I play with a lot of [...]

Bad billing habits are ultimately one of the key causes of lawyer job dissatisfaction.  Failing to send out timely bills (often caused by timesheet procrastination) directly results in higher receivables. Higher receivables lead to higher write-offs. Higher write-offs lead to less revenue.  Less revenue leads to all sorts of financial stress – and extra stress is certainly not something lawyers [...]

Nationally-known speaker Lisa Solomon, Esq., explains how solos and small firms can realize several benefits from outsourcing substantive legal work to independent, US-based contract (a/k/a freelance) lawyers.   Contract lawyers aren’t just for big firms anymore. In the full presentation (accredited in Florida, Texas and Illionis, and available at RocketCLE) Lisa covers what you need to know when considering this [...]

What do law firms need to know about the cloud? There’s enough information to fill an entire day-long seminar. But this quick, seven point guide should point you in the right direction.

Watching Watson compete on Jeopardy this week was amazing, notwithstanding the odd Final Jeopardy foul-up on Tuesday night. (Watson oddly answered “What is Toronto????” to a Final Jeopardy question that was titled “U.S. Cities.”) A logical explanation for the cause of the mistake was given, though my inner paranoia prefers to fantasize a more Hal-ish rationale. As in, maybe Watson learned [...]

Email marketing is a tactic that our lawyers and law firms are exploring more and more, especially given its relative low cost. And if you know what you’re doing, you’ll get a good success rate.

Certainly the chart rings disturbingly true, even for the most disciplined among us. How to combat its vicious cycles.

Today, a good lawyer practicing alone or with a handful of colleagues can accomplish far more than that same lawyer or team could’ve several years ago. Technology can democratize virtually anything, and the practice of law isn’t exempt.

Email is a total drag, both figuratively and literally. There you sit, before a full inbox, and heaven only knows what you’ll find. Your inbox is not just something you have to process: it contains hopes, fears, desires, and all sorts of emotions that can pop out and manipulate your psyche. Not only that, as you very well know, it [...]