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Lawyer/Client Privilege and Confidentiality: Important Distinctions and Similarities

by Law Office of Joseph A. Corsmeier, P.A. on 5/18/2012

The terms lawyer-client confidentiality and lawyer-client privilege are often used interchangeably and the differences between them may become somewhat blurred. Although both terms address information related to the client...more

How to Create the Most Effective Demonstratives for Real Estate Cases

by Cogent Legal on 5/17/2012

At Cogent Legal, real estate and land use cases are among our favorite to support. They can offer up rich and tangible imagery to shape for jury scrutiny. Not surprisingly, trial teams for such cases, on occasion, come to us...more

Client Service: How Could Your Law Firm Create “The New Gold Standard”

by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/17/2012

If you are a regular reader, you know that I rarely learned about client service from observing what law firms were doing. I focused on what other service business leaders were doing. I write frequently about the service I...more

Don’t Overlook the Value of Visual Content

by Joe Geisman on 5/17/2012

When developing and implementing a content marketing strategy, attorneys and firms should consider utilizing visual instruments together with text-based content. Such tools, when properly integrated and employed, can help...more

Understanding the Processing Phase of eDiscovery

by Kevin L. Nichols on 5/17/2012

The Processing stage of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) has three distinct perspectives when approaching the manipulation of data: the Litigation Support Professional, the Litigation Paralegal, and the...more

The "Social Security Crisis" Comes to Law Firms

by Ed Poll on 5/17/2012

Pension Obligations in Firms For years we have heard the warnings about impending doom for the Social Security system, as the number of retirees receiving benefits continues to increase and the number of workers...more

Meet Sophia and Jacob, J.D.S (2035)

by John Hellerman on 5/17/2012

The Social Security Administration just released its most popular baby names of 2011—Sophia for girls, Jacob for boys—and it got HBC thinking: What will the legal profession look like when a baby Sophia or Jacob,...more

Legal Business Development: YOU Can Be More Interesting... Really!

by Paula Black on 5/17/2012

Do you want to be more interesting? I am not talking about dazzling others with your brilliance... I am talking about being so fascinating that people WANT to listen. I think we could all use a dose of... interesting! Don't...more

How to Create an Action in Acrobat to Save as PDFA

by Beverly Michaelis on 5/16/2012

Step-by-step directions on how to create an Action (macro) in Acrobat to save PDFs as PDF/As for CM/ECF court filing....more

Client Development Lessons from South Dakota

by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/16/2012

Nancy has a bucket list of places she wants to visit and things she wants to do. We checked one item off her bucket list recently when we visited Mount Rushmore. If you ever visit South Dakota, I know you will be impressed...more

Author Cain Says Over 50% of Lawyers are Introverts: Video [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/16/2012

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Former Wall Street attorney and author Susan Cain talks about her book, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," and what it means to be an introvert or extrovert in the legal...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – May 16, 2012

by Rob Robinson on 5/16/2012

Highlighted in Forbes’ Law & Technology Blog as one of Eight Great Law & Technology Resources, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange Weekly eDiscovery News Updates provide readers with a trusted compilation of key...more

How to Create a Preeminent Attorney Development Program

by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/15/2012

I was interviewed recently using Google + Chat. That was a first for me. I was asked why I left a lucrative and enjoyable law practice to work full time coaching, teaching and helping younger lawyers. The interviewer told me...more

Building Grit

by TopLawyerCoach.com on 5/15/2012

Grit can Help You Achieve Your Goals and Overcome Obstacles. Grit by definition means, "firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck." Now take a good look at yourself. Is grit a quality you possess? You'd...more

Legal Business Development: 7 Lessons Lawyers Can Learn From Hollywood Screenplays

by Paula Black on 5/15/2012

Brian Clark, founder of Copyblogger wrote an article... 7 Timeless Business Lessons You Can Learn from Hollywood Screenplays, which gives a great way to think about how to build a law practice. Let's take a look. "1....more

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