
People Should Stop Using Law School Email Accounts Years After Graduating
Telegraphing that you went to a good law school with an email address typically looks unusual.
Telegraphing that you went to a good law school with an email address typically looks unusual.
When it comes to emails, pretend you're paying by the word.
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
Technology -- your work friend that could ruin your career in a keystroke!
Unneeded follow-up emails can create more unnecessary work for associates and demoralize them.
Not a good look for the law school.
Emailing documents attorneys drop in the mail is usually the right thing to do since this makes it easier for parties to receive materials.
From training to technology, uncover the essential steps to futureproof your law firm in a competitive market.
Lawyers need to implement practices and procedures that minimize risk of exposing confidential communications and increase efficiency.
It's the corporate way of life.
Email efficiency is key to your success.
Receiving an out-of-office reply can be somewhat annoying in certain circumstances.
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
For a variety of reasons, lawyers should call each other more often instead of relying on email as a primary means of communication.
Here are a handful of email hacks that may make your life as in-house counsel incrementally better.
Don't wait forever to respond to emails. But take care to act prudently.
Unencrypted email used to be sufficient when communicating with clients electronically, but in recent years, the tide has begun to turn.
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