Lawyers & Employees Working From Home: General Concepts

I promised the PBA Solo and Small Firm Section that I would address specific issues related to managing employees when working from home. I reached out to ask people what they wanted to know about, and there were a lot of questions. Given this, I have decided to break it up into pieces. The number […]

Free Webinar on Starting the Process of Working from Home

Gang, CLEWebinars.com asked me if I would record a free webinar based on my blog post about getting started working from home. This webinar is meant to be basic in nature. It covers the steps you need to take to: Access your documents Make and receive phone calls from a business line Manage your email/contacts/calendars […]

Starting From Step One: Working From Home

I have spoken to some attorneys who have no idea where to begin when it comes to bringing their law offices home. Unfortunately, due to the situation, they probably will be unable to have the technical support they would normally receive as they move from an old-fashioned practice to one that is able to be […]

Is Your Law Firm’s Data Secure? Common Security Loopholes

I forgot to share the first post I wrote for the PBA Cybersecurity & Data Privacy. I wrote that post last year and it was actually picked up by the PBA’s magazine. As the title suggests, my article focuses on some of the common areas where law firms (and other businesses) are likely to have […]

Website Security, SEO, Portals & Legal Ethics

I am a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Committee. As part of that committee, I write a blog post per year. My blog post for 2020 is on how website security matters for marketing (including search engine optimization). It also addresses why lawyers and their clients need to be aware […]

How I Preserve Website Evidence

The Steps I Take to Preserve Website Evidence at L&A Sometimes, the content I write for Lowenthal & Abrams crosses boundaries and might be of interest to those who read this site. Today I wrote about how I use a program called I use a program called HtTrack to preserve website evidence.

Try iExplorer to Preserve Client Text Messages on iPhones

How to Backup Messages from your iPhone: Try iExplorer I don’t encourage lawyers to communicate with clients about their cases through text message, but, if you are going to do so, you need to preserve those messages and put them in the client’s file. I am not talking about messages such as, “see you in five […]

Roomba Brush Clicking or Not Spinning?

Dog Hair and Roomba = Problems I have a Roomba 500 series. I also have two dogs. Until recently, I also had a lot of carpet.  Roomba + dogs that shed a lot + carpet = very sad Roomba.  It took me more effort to keep the vacuum running than it was worth. However, when […]