Perry Mason was able to find a smoking gun with spectacular consistency – unfortunately reality doesn’t live up to Hollywood in this case. That being said, we have worked with attorneys who had clients come to them after a theft and after finding their surveillance system’s hard drive in a Read more…
With the world switching to virtual and hybrid offices, tools like Slack & Discord have become increasingly popular – and for good reason. Used correctly, they can be powerful collaboration tools and increase a team’s productivity by moving conversations out of email and into a dedicated channel. With that being Read more…
Zoom is great because it just works. The settings are easy to understand and – after the craziness of 2020 and 2021 – very few people are having trouble getting Zoom to work. But what about when you want to share a recorded Zoom meeting? Before we answer that, we Read more…
Say you have a client trying to transfer files to you with a thumb drive – doesn’t matter why. But your law firm runs on Macs and your client uses a PC running Windows and you get an error message when you try and plug the drive into your Mac. Read more…
Is your staff working remotely (at least part of the time) right now? Well, welcome to the club. The legal world has forged new path with work-from-home. Business happens now outside the office, and everything looks much different. That presents challenges. You are concerned about productivity and transparency. How do Read more…
Remote and hybrid offices have created a new challenge that many law firms were not ready for. And even as the pandemic draws to a close, many firms have found out their best staff want to work remotely – at least part of the time. Law firms are looking for Read more…
As you start going back to the office more consistently, odds are it’s going to be different than things were in 2019 –a marriage between work-from-home and in-office is going to be the standard for most law firms going forward (at least for the short term). For Mac-first law firms Read more…
Data is the new oil – while it’s not a perfect metaphor, just as oil was vital to the 20th century economy, data is essential in the 21st. And in a post-COVID world with some staff working remotely while others are back at the office, managing your law firm’s data Read more…
First: the good news: COVID has enabled a lot of law firms to shrink the size of their office lease without affecting productivity. The not-so-good news: one file with a social security number, full name (and spousal relationship), and date of birth can go between $50 to $100 dollars on Read more…
Why do many businesses around the world use Google Drive? To put it simply, it’s awesome! Google Drive helps you manage everything from email access to cloud storage. It can be an answered prayer for your law firm and a saving grace for file management. Here’s a bit of a Read more…