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Highlights From the 2018 Legal Trends Report

By Sam Rosenthal

By using industry insights and data, you can better understand how to deliver experiences clients want. The Legal Trends Report—an annual report that looks at anonymized and…

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Understanding Your Prospective Client

What do prospective clients value in an attorney? Are they more interested in your online reviews or your fee schedule? Does your heavy caseload cause potential clients to hire someone…

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Law Firm Cash Flow - Advice on How to Achieve a Collection Rate of 90%

By: Claude Ducloux Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Director of Education, LawPay

As a veteran of nearly 39 years of legal…

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Understanding the Importance of Law Firm Efficiency

Attorneys know there is usually more work than time in most days. That’s just how it is when you are staffed to provide legal services, but not marketing, office administration,…

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Can You Surcharge Clients Who Pay You With a Credit Card?

By Claude Ducloux, Attorney at Law, LawPay Director of Education, Ethics, and State Compliance

Most merchants accepting credit cards will pay some sort of processing fee to their credit card…

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Moving to the Cloud: Options for Every Firm

Knowing if your firm should move to the cloud can be a difficult under¬¬¬¬¬taking. The resources used to make a decision about how to store your firm’s data are often…

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Data Breaches Shut Down Firms - Don’t Let Yours Be Next

After 40 years of serving over 300,000 clients, law firm Mossack Fonseca shut its doors for good. The Panamanian firm came under scrutiny after hackers exposed 11.5 million of its…

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How To Find Your Law Firm’s Optimal Marketing Strategy

Law firm marketing is like a foreign language for many attorneys. There seems to be an unlimited number of marketing and advertising avenues—online, TV, radio, and print, to name a…

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Cyber-Criminals Are Using AI to Hack You, But You Can Use It to Fight Back

If you’re a fan of science fiction, keep reading. Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been an important trend in the digital landscape, but it’s quickly expanding its influence into the…

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Solutions to 3 of Your Firm’s Biggest Pain Points

When you’re in the groove, business seems to flow smoothly. Everyone’s on the same page, people get back to you without a follow-up call, and things work how they’re supposed…

A Message From OneTrust: How Ready Are You for the CCPA?

OneTrust & IAPP CCPA Benchmarking Report

The swift passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act by the California legislature last summer caught many privacy professionals off guard. Given the haste with which it became law, as…

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The 27th Animal Law Conference Explores the Complex, Evolving Topic of Animals’ Legal Status

Justice the horse was badly mistreated by the person who was supposed to take care of him — Gwendolyn Vercher. Vercher left Justice out in the cold, without adequate food…

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The Power of a Platform: Why Your Corporate Legal Team Needs a Legal Hub

According to The Legal Executive Institute’s 2018 State of Corporate Law Departments: Innovation, Data and Collaboration Drive Optimal Results, one goal of a modern and proactive corporate legal…

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How Law Firms Can Prevent Client Nonpayment

Chasing down non-paying clients is the bane of most lawyers’ existence. And when you’re already spending an additional three and a half weeks on unplanned work every year,…

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Special Report: Business Adjusts to Data and Privacy Rules – Download Now

Bloomberg Law Special Report

Now that GDPR has become the required framework, data collection and use issues are emerging. This report looks at key sectors where the European regulation is…

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Best Practices in Cyber Risk Governance

The same cyber risks that apply to the enterprise as a whole apply to leadership teams and the board of directors, especially since business leaders exchange strategic and sensitive information…

5 Essential Technologies for Firm Growth

Implementing new technology is one of the best ways to differentiate your firm and position it for growth. However, most established professionals aren’t early adopters, and that’s understandable. Vetting a…

A Message From OneTrust on Managing Vendor Risk

Whitepaper: The Ultimate Vendor Risk Management Handbook

Massive amounts of personal data flows to and from third-party vendors, creating many privacy compliance and security challenges. With new regulations and frequent data breaches relating to third-party vendors, proper…

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Let’s Talk About You, Your Colleagues and Your Clients

It takes a lot of different people to make your firm run smoothly. That’s why Tabs3 has created billing, practice management, and financial software that fits the needs of a…

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Document Automation vs. ALSP: Which Is Right for Your Firm?

Technology’s driving shifts in every industry, and the law is no exception. New tech promises to help you address your biggest challenges, and you do your best to choose the…

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