Creating an Employee Work From Home Office and Policy

Now that I finished my post on setting up a secure Internet connection, I want to write about equipment, confidentiality, and connecting that to a work from home policy for your employees. I previously mentioned that the first thing you should do is talk to and train your employees on issue surrounding confidentiality. The same […]

Working from Home: Internet Connections

The first critical aspect when working from home these days is a secure Internet connection. Many people have either cable or fiberoptics connections at home. (Think Comcast for cable or Verizon Fios for fiberoptics). However, do not assume that your staff has a good, secure Internet connection. Ask employees what they have, and of course, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Time for a Technology Checkup?

This post was originally written in 2011. I updated it in May 2026. Law firms are buying AI tools at a frantic pace. Many of those purchases will sit unused. Others will get used badly. That isn’t a new issue. Firms have always made the same mistakes when buying technology. The advice from 2011 still […]

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.