Podcast: Will Alternative Business Structures in U.K. Law Firms Cross the Pond?

Discussions about Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in law firms often produce a lot of spirited debates, especially when the proposals about this idea are discussed by American Bar Association entities. Generally ABS refers to various different ideas about non-lawyer ownership or management of law firms. Last year when the ABA Commission on the Future of…

Hope to see you at ABA TECHSHOW 2017

Smart use of technology is more important in law firms today than ever before, particularly as the majority of states have added a comment to their Rules of Professional Conduct that lawyers need to appreciate “the risks and benefits of relevant technology” as they serve their clients. ABA TECHSHOW 2017 will be held March 15-18,…

GMail Phishing Attack is Sophisticated and Scary. Protect Yourself

This week we learned of a new Gmail phishing attack that is sophisticated, ingenious and is going to compromise a lot of Gmail accounts. Read the Forbes story This Gmail Phishing Attack Is Fooling Even Savvy Users and then share either this blog post or that story with those you know who might be using…

Client Confidentiality, Personal Privacy and Digital Security

Data security and keeping confidential information confidential is an area of concern for everyone who uses computers and the Internet. The number of online threats continue to multiply and the average computer user has to be aware of some basic precautions. For my column Client Confidentiality, Personal Privacy and Digital Security, I tried to cover…

The Four Corners of Law Practice Management

What is the meaning of law practice management today? In the Jan./Feb 2017 issue of Law Practice Magazine, I try to briefly provide a framework of the basics in my column, the Four Corners of Law Practice Management. Can you guess my four corners? Well, most members of the ABA Law Practice Division can. The…

12 years of blogging at Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips

It was on January 2, 2005 that I launched Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips. So this week the blog is 12 years old. Happy Blogiversary to me and to my loyal readers, some of whom have been with me for all of the 12 years. One of the reasons I wanted to mention this landmark…

Attorney@Work says Make the New Year YOUR Year!

Everyone talks about New Year’s Resolutions. My favorite joke is about the New Year’s Resolutions Gym concept. It is a gym during January and February, then converts to a bar & night club for several months until just before Thanksgiving. Then it becomes a holiday buffet for the rest of the year. Interested investors can…

Echos of Police, Privacy and Alexa

The last part of December contains many slow news days because so many people take off work during the holiday season. This week there was a collective sadness with the deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds. (RIP Princess.) This week there was also a collective “freak out” over coverage of a 2015…

The Basics of a Lawyer’s Smartphone

Somewhere a lawyer has just gotten his or her first smartphone. Maybe they received it as a Christmas gift. Maybe they were goaded into it by family, friends or co-workers. Maybe they grew tired of being handed a spouse’s phone to look at pictures posted by children or grandchildren. Maybe their flip phone just finally…

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups (or Don’t Tell Me I Can’t, Tell Me How I Can.)

I would like for every one of my regular readers to read Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups. It is a bit unfair to lawyers and even includes a sentence about entrepreneurs hating lawyers. But we’re tough and we can take it. This is important for you to read even if you never intend to advise…