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Implementing a Virtual Law Firm
Are you considering implementing a Virtual Law Firm? Moving all of your data and your applications to the Cloud will help you accomplish that. But...
The Holy Grail of Electronic Note-Taking
I am somewhat of a “gadget guy”, and am also not fond of filing, retrieving, and lugging around paper. A lethal combination, which has led me down...
Implementing Windows 10 in a Law Firm
One of the best presentations I saw at this year’s ABA TechShow was given by Nerino Petro and Josh Lazar on implementing Windows 10 in a law firm. ...
Tech Resolutions for System Maintenance in 2017
Seems like the start of a new year is a great time for all manner of promises regarding changes to behavior (e.g., losing weight, hitting the gym...
Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2017
Take a practical approach to securing your firm’s data by assessing how and where your data is stored, then implementing policies to protect it....
A Cloud of Your Own: Virtualizing Law Office Systems
As the burden of managing the computing infrastructure of a law firm grows ever heavier, a new option is available for "virtualizing" law office...
New Wine in Old Wineskins
We’ve received numerous calls from clients lately who are the recipients of new hardware at their office. Whether it is Windows Server 2016 or...
Crypto 2016 Virus Spreading Fast
Over the last few days versions of the Crypto virus have been hitting hundreds, if not thousands, of organizations. Some large organizations such as...
Does Your Intake Process Create the Right Impression Of Your Firm?
When was the last time you thought about the experience of prospective clients contacting your office for the first time? What do they hear? Do they...
Feng Shui or Crosspointe – The Choice is Yours
The managing partner of a small law firm walked into the office one morning to find his new associate struggling to turn his desk around ninety...
Working Smarter in 2016
Welcome to the New Year! All of us start out the New Year with good intentions, but if the calls coming in to our office are any indication, many...
Practicing Law in 2016 Just Got More Interesting
Is your firm practicing law in Virginia? Congratulations! On December 17 the Virginia Supreme Court approved some significant changes to the...
Year End Resolutions
We all know those old adages – “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” “See your dentist twice a year.” “Change the oil in your car every 3,000...
Windows 10 and Microsoft’s New Policy Concerning Your Privacy
Since its launch on July 29th, Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system has been deployed to more than 14 million devices worldwide. Like most...
What YouTube Taught Me
In a May 31st New York Times opinion article titled “What YouTube Taught Me”, author Peter Funt described his experience in using YouTube to learn...
Server End of Life
End of life issues are always difficult ones to face, even when it comes to technology. Microsoft has announced its Server End of Life date for...
Windows 10 For All
Microsoft surprised the technology world in January of this year by announcing that, for a period of one year from its initial release date, the...
LegalTech New York 2015 – Day One
Here is the round up from Day One at LegalTech New York 2015, kicking off the year with one of the most important legal technology trade shows: This...
Resolutions for the New Year
We all know those old adages – “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” “See your dentist twice a year.” “Change the oil in your car every 3,000...
Demystifying Office 365
With Microsoft’s introduction of Cloud-oriented versions of their popular Office productivity apps, there has been a lot of confusion about Office...
Out-of-Control SQL Database Log File Part 1: The Culprit
We often get complaints from clients and their IT vendors about the out-of-control size of their SQL Server database transaction log file. In some...
It’s the New Normal
On May 19, the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments against five members of the Chinese military on charges of hacking into computers...
Report from the 2014 ABA TechShow
I have now returned from the ABA TechShow in Chicago, have waded through the avalanche of papers that were distributed at the show (well, mostly...
Live from Chicago… It’s ABATECH!
This week the ABA is sponsoring their annual legal technology conference in Chicago. Billed as “the place where lawyers, legal professionals and...
Winding Down Windows XP
Remember when Microsoft first released Windows XP back in 2001? Yes, it really has been over a dozen years since its initial release. Initially...
Planning for your Year End
Season’s Greetings! Following the Thanksgiving holiday we at Eastern Legal Systems find not bells, but our phones ringing with questions from...
Safety and Ethics in Lawyers’ Use of Cloud Services
The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.1 Competence states that “To maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, a lawyer should keep...
Heading into the Clouds
How often do you fly? Annually? Monthly? More than once a month? Frequent flyers seem to have a better appreciation for the “price/need/convenience”...
Review: ABA Techshow 2013
For years my fellow legal technology consultants had been recommending this conference. Now that I’ve had my first time there, I’m hooked. The Law...