The 2016 Legal Technology Survey Report, published by the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC), documents a common misconception in the legal industry that technology assisted review software tools are only useful in large cases. “There...
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Relationships Matter! Understanding 8 Benefits of Relationship Intelligence
When you want to win new business for your firm – relationships matter! In a recent conversation, a highly successful attorney mentioned that the business development opportunities that work best for him are predicated on relationships. This attorney finds that people...
Data Security Audits: Start with the Resources Under Your Roof
Perhaps no topic has attracted as much attention – and angst – in the legal profession this year than data security. One strategy that many corporate clients are employing to try to minimize their risk profile in working with outside law firms and their third-party...
The Key to Success in a Client’s Market, Know Your Firm’s Financials
Note: The following is a digest version of the post we published last Wednesday, November 9. On the chance that a portion of our Business of Law Blog readers may have been distracted by the day’s election news, we’ve decided to provide a second opportunity to read...
5 Ways Government Agencies Can Automate FOIA Compliance
Complying with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is an important way that our government agencies serve our democracy, but the fact is that complying with these mandates is incredibly time-consuming and expensive. A 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Justice...
3 Reasons Law Firms Should Care About Passive Data Capture
As they say in the legal profession, time is money. While most attorneys are measured by their proverbial “books of business,” the last thing they want to do is spend valuable time updating their client rolodexes. After all, clients pay top dollar for expert legal...