On July 20 I warned you about new federal regulations known as the "Red Flag" rules, which require businesses, including lawyers and law firms, to take pro-active measures to detect and prevent identity theft. The rules were scheduled to go into effect on August 1. The FTC, the agency charged with the…
The agent who sells us our professional liability insurance coverage sent me this last Wednesday: On August 1, 2009, new federal regulations enforced by the FTC will go into effect; the so-called Red Flag rules, which require businesses, including lawyers and law firms, to take pro-active measures to detect and…
The Acrobat for Legal Professionals blog has a great post called "Add Dynamic Exhibit Stamps in Acrobat using a free stamp set." The electronic exhibit stamp has both a static graphic element and a changing numeric or alphabetic element and permits you to electronically stamp documents with exhibit numbers or…
For lawyers, time is money. For lawyers who charge hourly rates, inefficiency may result in more fees on the front end but will result in a clients over time. For contingent fee lawyers, efficient practice increases profitability. This blog post from Litigation Cost Control reminds us of the efficiencies that…
Or at least move in that direction? Here is a great post from a lawyer who has figured out how to do it. An an excerpt: In the three years that I’ve been practicing as a solo lawyer I have been completely paperless. Before that, when I worked in a…
Maxwell Kennerly has written an excellent post titled "Contingent Fee Business Lawyers as Venture Capitalists" at his Litigation and Trial blog. An excerpt: Day in and day out, the primary thing a contingent fee law firm does is spend lots of money. In addition to all the normal costs of…
Ken Shigley from Atlanta offers an interesting post concerning his research into and thoughts about some of the lawyers who advertise in his community. He starts his post with these words: As a serious personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, I am frankly embarrassed by the inundation of billboards and…
The Tennessee Bar Association has filed proposed changes to the ethics rules governing the conduct of Tennessee lawyers. The project represents the first effect to change the rules since tan entire new code was adopted in 2002. Read the petition of the TBA here. Read the a red-line version here.…
I came across www.PowerPointforCourt.com, a website that offers a product to teach lawyers and their support staff how to effectively use Powerpoint. The price? $89 for a download. Here are the chapter headings: Introduction to Courtroom Technology Utilizing Synchronized Deposition Videos Formatting the Master Slide Header and Footer Custom Slide…
"I’ve got a $1,000,000 lawsuit." No – you have a lawsuit with a $1,000,000 ad damnum. There is a huge difference between the two. Tennessee law requires an ad damnum in all cases except medical malpractice cases. An ad damnum must be stated in the initial complaint only in products liability…