Just because you are a law firm and not an IT company doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be tracking IT metrics. Technology is an integral part of your business, and the better it hits its performance targets, the better your firm can hit yours. As your law firm grows, outsourcing IT Read more…
As a technology firm ourselves, we can’t deny the impact the tech revolution has had on our daily lives (and livelihood). For all of us, technology has revolutionized everything about the way we work – and in many ways, it has made our lives easier. Just think how simple it Read more…
The truth of the matter is simple: law firm hacks are front-page affairs. It’s an inevitable consequence of dealing with valuable confidential information. But big headlines come from small openings. Hackers consistently bypass fancy IT gadgetry when people accidentally grand them the keys to the kingdom (phishing in IT parlance). Read more…
Logistics are simpler than they were in 2019. Pre-pandemic, there were countless stories from law firms losing substantial manhours to traffic – especially frustrating when it was 45 minutes each way to head to the courthouse for a 15 minute hearing. Then there were the last-minute cancellations of depositions when Read more…
To cut right to the chase – Dropbox is secure enough for law firms to use. They use solid encryption (once the files reach Dropbox) and you can enable two-factor authentication to further make sure your files stay protected. There is a caveat though – if you decide not to 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…
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…