Is One Bad Apple Too Many?
We all know the old saw about one bad apple being enough to spoil the whole bunch. Turns out it's true in the management context, too. Over the weekend I…
Some Worthwhile CLE Opportunities
There's no doubt that lawyers procrastinate, and I've found myself at the end of the year having to take a six hour worker's compensation course to get my require hours…
Weekend Audio: The Intersection of Media and Law – And a Free Book, too!
One of my favorite weekly radio programs is On the Media from public radio station WNYC in New York City. This week all of their segments dealt with the ways…
Crisis Averted! – IOLTA Accounts Now Fully Covered
On Friday the FDIC issued a final rule which now classifies IOLTA accounts as non-interest bearing accounts for the purposes of the Transaction Account Guarantee Program. So, why is this…
Become a Cybersulth on the Internet
If you want to know how to find just about anything on the Internet, you have a great opportunity to learn from the pros this Friday (October 24th) when Cumberland…
Managing Digital Documents Phone Seminar This Week
As electronic filing becomes more and more common, more and more lawyers have questions about best practices for creating, storing and retrieving digital documents. If you're one of those lawyers,…
Hey Google, I’m Over Here!
Like many people these days, I depend on Google a lot. It's practically my only search engine, and I've pretty much stopped downloading email at home in favor of a…
Weekend Audio – Financial Planning: What’s Your Number?
All the hoopla in the news right now about the "financial crisis" has everyone, lawyers included, on edge about the safety of their retirement assets. Which raises the question of…
What’s In Your Wallet?
That catchy slogan for one of the credit card companies took on a different meaning earlier this week. A friend of mine had out-of-town company visiting and when he went…
A Few Thoughts on Business Continuity
The Casemaker Legal Research System was down for a couple of hours one day last week as a result of extensive power outages in Ohio due to the remnants of…