Report from LegalTech New York 2017: Law Office Technology Innovations Revealed
LegalTech New York 2017, renamed “Legalweek: The Experience” as a result of ALM’s acquisition of Legal Week from U.K.-based Incisive Media, wrapped up on Thursday evening, February 2. Crosspointe Consulting Group Partner Dana Riel demoed PCLaw in the LexisNexis booth,...
New Engine, Better Functionality for Timeslips 2017 Backups
Sage Timeslips is a popular time and billing application used in thousands of law firms. Created in the late 1980’s as a DOS-based time tracking system, the application has been through many iterations over the years. What almost all of those versions have had in...
Tech Resolutions for System Maintenance in 2017
Seems like the start of a new year is a great time for all manner of promises regarding changes to behavior (e.g., losing weight, hitting the gym regularly, etc.). How about your tech behavior? Here are four suggestions, courtesy of Brian Chen and The New York Times,...
Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2017
Take a practical approach to securing your firm’s data by assessing how and where your data is stored, then implementing policies to protect it. Here is a cautionary tale from real life: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged three Chinese citizens with making...
New Service Release for Sage Timeslips Premium / Sage Timeslips 2017
With this latest service release, Sage Timeslips Premium and Sage Timeslips 2017 users can now convert charges recorded on credit cards into Timeslips expense slips.
A Cloud of Your Own: Virtualizing Law Office Systems
As the burden of managing the computing infrastructure of a law firm grows ever heavier, a new option is available for "virtualizing" law office systems,shifting this technology burden to outside service firms. The widespread availability of high speed office Internet...
Managing Workflow with Practice Management Software
One of the more powerful features of practice management software is its ability to manage a firm’s business processes and workflow. Virtually every firm has, at some time or other, employed various kinds of manual “control sheets” to track and manage record...
Replacement Slips in Timeslips
A little known and infrequently used feature in Timeslips, called “Replacement Slips”, can be a powerful solution for a firm’s clients’ bill formatting demands. Our clients’ clients, it seems, want it all, and often attempt to dictate to our clients their exact bill...
Are Electronic Signatures Legally Binding?
More and more firms are using electronic signatures. You need to familiarize yourself with the global protocols and implement firm-wide guidelines for their use. An e-signature is a legally recognized consent in a digital format. Did you know there is a difference...
Playing By The Rules: Choosing a Time, Billing, & Practice Management Software
We are really excited to announce that our team member, Dana Riel, will be the speaker for this month’s CosmoLex Webinar, titled: “Playing By The Rules” BROADCAST: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th at 2:00 PM EDT With so many “rules” out there for lawyers, it’s easy to trip...