If you’re an attorney who has been paying only marginal attention to the online security of your confidential client communications, perhaps this month’s ruling from the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility will persuade you to take a closer look. The opinion, which provides guidance to lawyers on protecting client confidentiality […]
Ivan Rasic is CEO and Co-founder of LegalTrek, a billing software for law firms. Recently, I came across his August 16, 2016 article, “Law Firms vs. New Law: How to Face the Future of Legal Services?” In it, Ivan outlines 5 principles to help lawyers and firms navigate the change that market forces are putting […]
The September 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review is a good read for lawyers for many reasons, one of which is Mohanbir Sawhney’s article “Putting Products into Services“. In his article, Sawhney outlines steps for professional services firms to use product development as a way to increase profitability and gain a competitive edge. One of […]
CB Insights (cbinsights.com) published this post that visually outlines 50 legal tech startups that are changing the legal industry. How do they define legal tech? all tech-enabled companies offering services and products to those in the legal industry. That includes technology catered to individual lawyers, larger corporate law firms, and other key stakeholders in the […]
North Carolina attorneys are getting a glimpse of what the future holds due to recent events happening right here in our state. Avvo is offering limited legal services to consumers online. Legal Zoom filed a 10.5-million-dollar antitrust lawsuit against the North Carolina State Bar which was settled last year. Part of the consent order that resulted from that lawsuit requires both parties to “mutually support and use best efforts” to pass House Bill 436. HB436 will further define the “practice of law.”
