The Crypto Virus Plague
Like living organisms, computer viruses continue to evolve, and a particularly nasty new species, the crypto virus, poses a serious threat to all computer users. A crypto virus makes your files inaccessible by encrypting them with an unbreakable code. Once the virus...
Raising Security Awareness In Your Firm
It’s all too common lately to read or hear about cybersecurity breaches in organizations. And the causes of most data breaches aren’t complicated. An employee opens an email that promises something desirable. Someone never turns off their workstation. Files are...
When is a Bill Not A Bill?
In most law offices, the billing needs to be reviewed by one or more attorneys before being sent out to clients. Depending on which billing program you use, there are a number of ways to do this. First and foremost, we recommend generating a pre-bill worksheet...
Paper:Less – not Paperless Office
The quest for “the paperless office” is akin to the search for the Holy Grail: no one is quite sure what the term “paperless” really means for a law practice today, or what is the best path to arrive at that elusive destination, but lots of folks seem to hold it up as...
Accounting for Law Firms
In my experience, attorneys seem to display an almost visceral dislike for – or fear of - accounting. Perhaps it is because, as professionals, they recognize what they don’t know, respect another profession’s specific area of expertise, and are content to delegate...
Data Security and Cloud Storage
With increasing usage of cloud-based document storage facilities, there is growing concern about data security. Recent headlines about data security breaches at major corporations have sensitized the business world to the damaging consequences of such incidents. For...
Using the Phone Call Manager in PCLaw
"I really wish we could do more with our PCLaw program. It does our billing, keeps track of our trust account beautifully, and the partners and our accountant love the reports. I know there’s more we could do… but I don’t know how.” We frequently hear this from our...
Windows 10 For All
Microsoft surprised the technology world in January of this year by announcing that, for a period of one year from its initial release date, the company will provide a free update to Windows 10 for any user of Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. While this move was...
PCLaw 14 – How to E-mail Bills
We are 15 years into the 21st Century, yet there are firms who still use “snail mail” as the means for sending bills to clients. Here are some of the reasons: The firm enjoys paying for postage and using up their stationery The firm likes the time it takes for the...
Gavel & Gown Releases Amicus Premium 2015
At the annual Gavel & Gown consultant conference in Toronto last week, G&G President Ron Collins announced several important enhancements to their popular Amicus Premium and Amicus Cloud practice management applications. These products clearly will become the...