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Impressions from LegalTech 2013
Here is a round up of our tour of the Exhibit Hall at last week’s LegalTech New York 2013, one of the most important legal technology trade shows....
Coming up at LegalTech NYC 2013
With LegalTech New York 2013 fast approaching, from Wednesday, January 29 to Friday, January 31 at the New York Hilton, we can report on what key...
A Hidden Gem in Time Matters?
The attorney was interested in saving emails in Time Matters but her face fell when I showed how it was done. “We are careful to save our emails as...
Attaching Supporting Documentation in Timeslips 2013
When firms incur client-related costs, they are often obligated to include documentation to prove those costs were paid. At the very least, a copy...
Beginning of the End for the PC?
Having just survived election season, we are all very much attuned to “key indicators” that can help to predict outcomes. Certainly we have seen no...
To Tile or Not To Tile?
Windows 8 is now upon us, and the “RT-level” tablets from Microsoft are marching in right behind this new operating system. January will bring the...
Pet Peeves of a Legal Technology Consultant
Here is a scenario that never fails to amaze me: A firm invested in practice management and billing software over 9 years ago, then never upgraded...
Focus On Productivity: Using Emails Wisely
You walk into your office in the morning, open your Inbox, and there they are: several new email messages. But how many of them are really “new”? ...
Windows the 8th: Legitimate Heir or Pretender to the Throne?
The next version of Windows should be upon us by the fall of 2012. According to Windows president Steven Sinofsky, Windows 8 will represent a...
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…
It is June and let’s face it: with graduations, weddings, and warmer days, thoughts inevitably turn to vacations. It’s easy enough to plan on what...
How to Protect Your Firm From Malpractice Suits
In case you missed it last week, LexisNexis released a very interesting White Paper titled When It Comes to Legal Malpractice, an Ounce of...
BYOD – Tech Gets “Consumerized”
BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”) is becoming an increasingly prevalent mantra in the small business – small law workplace today. Smartphones, tablets,...
Getting Ready for the New Season
Spring is upon us, and the news is full of spring training and “season-opening” news for major league baseball teams. Professional baseball players...
Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground
As new cloud-based systems are announced each day, law firms are balancing the responsibility to keep client data secure with the need to make...
The Tablet Wars
Judging by all of the press coming out of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), tablets appear to have now “arrived” as a serious player in the...
You Bought the Software, Now What?
Okay, you have selected your case management or billing/accounting software, it has been purchased, delivered, installed and it is up and running....
Tablets in the Cloud
If Moses were to recreate his famous descent from the cloud today, coming down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments in hand, what would he be...
IRS Guidelines for Mobile Phones
From time to time we want to inform our clients not only of the latest in legal technology, but also of items that affect your use of that...
As the Clouds Roll In
I am casting my vote for “Cloud” as the leading candidate for “techie buzzword of the year.” Those of us in the industry who are old enough to have...
Whither Timeslips? News from the Sage Summit Conference
Mark Twain once said: “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” As much as Timeslips’ competition wishes it were so, this...
Back up Your TM Database
The other day I met with a client who wanted to update hundreds of records. I recommended we first backup their Time Matters database. “I didn’t...
Backing Up a Timeslips Database-HowTo
A Timeslips® database contains data related to a user’s time, client-related expenses, bills, accounts receivable and funds transactions. It...
Backing Up Your Data: A Cost-Efficient Safety Net
It must be sunspots – at least that’s my opinion – but this week alone I received four panicked phone calls from clients. One firm experienced a...
Sticking Your Toe in the Cloud
As I return from certification training in Salt Lake City for NetDocuments, the popular document management service for document-intensive...
R U Ready for Mobility?
On February 23, 2011 LexisNexis hosted a webinar to preview its soon-to-be-released Time Matters Version 11 product, which should begin shipping in...
Time to take stock of your Technology Tools
Here you are in 2011 and the year-end pause is over. You are already ramped up, dealing with deadlines, client development, and administrative work....
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…
Season’s Greetings! It’s December. There is a crispness to the air. Lights are everywhere. Music is playing in the streets. And Section 179 of...
Psst, Wanna Follow Us?
Did you know that 71% of “tweets” from Twitter are ignored? That statistic doesn’t surprise any of us here at Eastern Legal Systems. After all,...
Plain Speaking About Software Upgrades
As law office automation software has grown more powerful, it has also become more elaborate and complex. As a result, the frequency of “service”...