December, 2018

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5 Tips for Making Recruiters Your Best Friend and Career Miracle Worker

The Estrin Report

"Working with a good recruiter can help make your career. Here’s the inside scoop: Recruiters, and I am talking about the staffing agency kind, hold the keys to literally hundreds of contacts they have built up over the years. They have the ears of the hiring authorities of the very firms you want to get into.".

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Timing Is Everything: Response Time is Essential for Converting Law Firm Leads

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Nobody has ever liked waiting. But, there has never been a point in recorded history where people have liked waiting less. Cave people, I suppose, never had the benefit of the internet and smartphones. But, I’m not even talking about the Neanderthals; heck, people are far less patient than they were even ten years ago, since things like Netflix have pumped urgency addition up on steroids.

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Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Paralegal Offsite

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In the world of technology and freelancing , remote workers can be seen in numerous industries, including the law system. The I nternational Virtual Assistants Association classifies virtual paralegals as independent contractors who support multiple clients from a remote location, usually their home, offering technical and administrative services. The offsite paralegals are trained to provide support to law firms and lawyers having the necessary experience and education to facilitate services fr

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Sabin Center Releases its Summer/Fall 2018 Semi-Annual Report

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The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law posted its Summer/Fall 2018 Semi-Annual Report, which includes a summary of the Center’s key activities between June and December 2018. It is available for download here. Below are some key highlights from the report: In September 2018, the Silence Science Tracker expanded to include anti-science government actions taken at the state and local levels: [link].

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Transforming eDiscovery: Document Summarization, Sentiment Analysis, And Chatbots Take Center Stage

A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.

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Delaware: Special Schedule for Division of Corporations on December 14

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On Friday, December 14, 2018 an employee recognition luncheon is planned for all personnel in the Department of State Division of Corporations. Staff members will not be available between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. This schedule change will mean: All 30-minute and Priority 1 (one-hour service) must be received by 5:00 p.m. Priority 2 (two-hour service) must be received by 4:00 p.m.

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5 Networking Tips for Folks Who Hate to Network

The Estrin Report

Change your attitude! Don't give up! It's worth the extra effort. Really. It's who you know. Networking. No matter how you tweet ‘em up, link ‘em out or face ‘em down, if you are not professionally networking on a regular basis, you are clearly committing career suicide. And, let’s not leave out the importance of the old-fashioned, rarely done, one-on-one, face-to-face, in-person meeting, the one where you busted your budget by purchasing the latest designer jeans with built-in dirt and precise

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Oh, the Horror! Don’t Be Left without a Data Backup System

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

You know what’s really scary? Losing your law firm data. Even so, many law firms don’t utilize effective data backups. Every business needs to backup its electronic data; but, the imperative is even more important for law firms, which have ethical and fiduciary duties tied to their client relationships. And, although it’s now 2018, many law firms subsist on remarkably thin data backup systems.

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2018 Law Firm Virtual Resource Guide

Lawfecta

If you’re reading this, it’s because 2018 is coming to close and you’re done messing around. You want to enter 2019 strong, and to do so, you need the best technology out there for small business with a focus on the legal industry. We have you covered. Our top virtual tools for law firms that help us collaborate and build great success for our team here at Lawfecta and our wonderful clients.

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No Cost of Living Change in Webcasting Royalties for 2019 – Rate Proceeding for 2021-2026 about to Begin

Broadcast Law Blog

Last week, the Copyright Royalty Board announced its calculations for whether there would be a cost of living increase in the 2019 rates that Internet radio stations pay to SoundExchange for the public performance of sound recordings. In its initial release on the subject, the CRB’s announcement indicated that commercial webcasters would continue to pay at the rate of $.0018 per performance (set after a cost of living increase last year – see our post here ).

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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FCC Starts Warning Stations of Noncompliance with Online Public Inspection File Rules

Broadcast Law Blog

This morning, the FCC has started to email out notices to numerous radio stations throughout the country, notifying them that there are issues with their online public inspection files. The email notices do not reveal what the specific problem is – but instead simply say that there are issues and ask for notice of corrective actions to the FCC. We have been warning of the FCC’s concern about incomplete or inactive online public files for some time, and the potential impact that noncompliance cou

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Time Out: Gaining Time by the Minute

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

There’s nothing like daylight savings time to get you to observe how dramatic a small shift in time becomes.? Push back one hour, and all of a sudden it’s instant winter.? People are like, ‘Wow, when did it get so dark out?’? And, hot chocolate sales start to rise. Saving time as a business owner can have a similar effect on you.? But, instead of greeting the coming of winter, you’ll be saying things like, ‘Wow, I just got home, and it’s not even dark yet!

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Playing Music in Bars and Restaurants – Cautions When Allowing Broadcast Stations to Play in Retail Outlets

Broadcast Law Blog

Yesterday, I noted a news story about a bar that stopped hosting live music when it was hit with a lawsuit by BMI because it had not paid royalties for its use of music. The issue of music in bars and restaurants also came up in a continuing legal education seminar on music licensing that I moderated the week before last. Given that I have not written on this topic in some time, I thought that it was worth a reminder that retail outlets, including bars and restaurants, have to pay music royalt