Communications
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Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content
Virtual Collaboration Tools For Lawyers
Learn the new standard for law firm connectivity, highlighting Client Intake, Internal Communications, Obtaining Client Signatures + Countersignatures, and 2-Way Text Messaging tools designed specifically for law firms. -
Legal Marketing, Sponsored Content
Who (And What) Matters In Legal Industry Media?
Tell us about how you like and use media within your firms! - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Legal Marketing, Sponsored Content
Who (And What) Matters In Legal Industry Media?
Tell us about how you like and use media within your firms!
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Sponsored Content
Free Attorney Guidebook: Strengthen Your Client Communication Skills
Download LawPay's free eBook and come away with tips and tactics to help you communicate with clients and build trust. -
Television
John Oliver Urges More Direct Action To Protect Net Neutrality
Bonus: Watch John Oliver make fun of a prominent lawyer. -
In-House Counsel
Leave Texting To Your Friends And Family, Not Your Lawyer
Sorry, but complex legal questions cannot be answered in the space of a tweet. -
Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
Email Etiquette For Lawyers – Beware Of The Send Button
Make sure you are comfortable with the content of your email being shared with the world before you click "send." -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: A Potential Impediment To Growth, Culture, And Client Development (Part 2)
If you run a law firm, you have to get “out and about” and talk directly with everyone involved in the enterprise. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: A Potential Impediment to Growth, Culture, And Client Development (Part 1)
As a law firm grows, how can lawyers -- especially firm leaders -- keep track of everything going on? -
Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Strong Attachments (Or: Important Advice About Email)
Sloppiness with email attachments will dent your reputation, especially if it occurs frequently or overlaps with other demonstrations of carelessness. -
Biglaw, Quote of the Day
6 Ways That Associates Can Disappoint
Junior associates aka millennials: suck it up and pick up the phone. -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
Abbrev's For Idio's (Or, 3 Tips For Effective Communication)
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers three lessons about communication. -
Technology
A Wake-Up Call To Counsel Over ESI Discovery
The recent case of Brown v. Tellermate Holdings Ltd. is noteworthy for its imposition of near-terminal evidentiary sanctions, and order directing counsel and defendant to jointly pay plaintiffs’ cost of bringing motions to compel. But its important lesson is that counsel must stay abreast of continuing changes in information technologies, and critically assess client information about electronically stored information if they are to meet their duties to courts and clients.
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK.
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few.
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
Please help us benchmark your firm against your peers through this (always) brief and anonymous survey and enter for a chance to win a $250…
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Technology
Discovery of Communications Between Insurers and Reinsurers
In today's complex work of insurance, many insurance risks are "reinsured" by a separate insurance carrier. In those instances, it is not unusual for insurers and reinsurers to have regular communications concerning the insured, and in particular, concerning matters about which they both have an interest. Most of the time, the insurer and reinsurer consider such communications to be confidential, and not subject to discovery. However, whether seemingly confidential communications between insurers and reinsurers is discoverable in litigation involving an underlying insured is not a clear cut question. Outside of Texas, there is a split of authority regarding the issue of discoverability of reinsurance communications. A recent order issued by the Northern District of Texas demonstrates that such communication can be discoverable if an insured can persuade the court that the sought after information is relevant to his or her underlying claims. -
JD Supra
Insurers Be Warned, Your Communications Are Discoverable
Insurers and reinsurers regularly communicate regarding matters they view as confidential. These communications often relate to claims, both routine and litigated, by the underlying insureds. Insureds, in turn, seek discovery of these communications when claims become contentious and litigated. Recent federal court decisions in Minnesota and Texas demonstrate the willingness of courts to permit discovery of communications between insurance companies and their reinsurers. Conversely, a federal court in Indiana recently rejected requests for reinsurance communications. These cases illustrate the difficultly faced by insurers and reinsurers in understanding the discoverability of their communications prior to litigation. Although insurers and reinsurers may view their communications as confidential, they must be mindful of the potential discoverability of these communications, particularly when litigated claims are involved. -
Federal Government
INCOMING! Commission's Net Neutrality Comment Conundrum
Ed note: CommLawBlog is part of the LexBlog Network (LXBN). LXBN is the world’s largest network of professional blogs. With more than 8,000 authors, LXBN is the only media source featuring the latest lawyer-generated commentary on news and issues from around the globe. As comments pile up in the Open Internet proceeding, straining the FCC’s […] -
Federal Government, Supreme Court
It's ALIVE! Aereo Lurches Back To Life, Sort Of
Trying to make lemonade out of the lemon handed to it by the Supreme Court, Aereo has come up with Plan B. -
Education / Schools, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology, Videos
Call It Schooling Clients
Solo practice columnist Carolyn Elefant explains how to create pre-taped, on-demand webinars that you can use for many purposes. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Episode 11: Work. Life. Balance.
Where do you draw the line with your clients when it comes to your availability? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Legal Advice!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann gives examples of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad legal advice, followed by the advice that should have been given instead.