October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Here are tips to help make sure your data remains secure, your clients remain happy, and you remain ethically compliant. Our friends at Attorney at Work sourced expert tips on what lawyers can do to stay ahead…
In this installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers, Ginny Allen and Eric Sanchez share everything you need for an ethically compliant client intake process -- in 22 minutes. Competition for new clients is only getting tougher for attorneys. So how can…
Effective September 1, 2018, new Rule 1.15A sheds light on what exactly the Client's File actually is and how long lawyers need to preserve them. Find the answers to your questions here. On June 7, 2018, the SJC adopted an…
Lawyers are required to demonstrate competence with technology. The Massachusetts BBO recently published guidance, and we have more resources to help you to use tech right and stay ethically compliant. The Massachusetts SJC created new ethical obligations for lawyers on…
Data security is critical for lawyers. Here's how to start managing this risk as proactively as your clients and ethics standards deserve. We thank the team at Lawyerist.com for this helpful guest post. Before jumping into this practical primer, check…
Law firms should take - and understand - these 5 minimum steps to effectively address sexual harassment. This article was written collaboratively by Heidi S. Alexander, Justin L. Kelsey and Melissa Levine-Piro and was originally published in the November/December 2017…
Follow these steps to avoid data breaches in your law practice that would make you WannaCry. WannaCry. WannaCry. WannaCry. Yes, that’s how many lawyers feel when they think about digital data security, especially the folks over at DLA Piper who…
Along with the great benefits that come with using cloud technology in your law practice comes the need for ethical due diligence. Get the essentials on vetting cloud technology vendors below. Getting to the Cloud We regularly advocate for…
Lawyers need to know how their data is actually secured. Here are the questions you should be able to answer, and more. We thank Kurt Simione, founder of Technology Seed, LLC. for this helpful guest post. . . . Security patches, Antivirus, Firewall,…
We're starting off a series on Startup Questions with one of the most common inquiries we hear: legal malpractice insurance requirements for Massachusetts attorneys. Massachusetts does not require legal malpractice insurance for attorneys. However, it is highly recommended to mitigate the cost…