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The State Bar of Wisconsin has published a two part article I co-authored with Bryan Sims of The Connected Lawyer in the July editions of its InsideTrack e-newsletter. Titled 'Avoiding ethical pitfalls with electronic documents' , part 1 is on Metadata and part 2 is on Redaction.
Here's some advice for both job applicants and employers doing the interviewing - don't forget social networking sites! There have been a number of stries over the past 18 months about job applicants who have had potentail job prospects crash and burn after less than thoughtful tweets and Facebook postings. Applicants need to get smarter about how what they tweet and post can impact potential employers and employers need to understand the world of social media.
Most people delete Outlook email messages by clicking on the Delete command or using the Delete key on their keyboard. However, this doesn't permanently delete the message; rather, it sends it to the Outlook Deleted items folder. And there it sits in most cases, waiting to be permanently deleted when the user finally gets round to using the Empty Deleted Items command (from the right click context menu).
If you've ever had to try and get someone who is posting your materials on their site without permissioin or someone who has posted malicious information on the web dealt with, it can be a confusing and daunting task. The Law Technology News Daily alert email has a link to How to Protect Client Reputation From Web Attacks which provides a nice overview of things to do including the absolute need to use the complaint procedure of the hosting site.
As part of that presentation, we thought it would be helpful to provide links to Windows 7 resources that covered things from pre-upgrade checklists to resources for using Windows 7 after installation. We have found these links to to be very helpful in making the switch to this terrific new operation system and hope that you will as well.
If you haven't signed up for a free Dropbox account, you should do so. Now. Immediately. Don't Delay. Get'r Done. You get the idea and that's how strongly I feel about this terrific tool that is part online storage, part file synchronization and part file sharing service.
I’m a big fan of Dropbox and wrote about this terrific tool in my recent post Dropbox: Have you Got Yours? With consummate timing, the folks at Makeuseof.com posted an article entitled The First Unofficial Guide to Dropbox , making available for free download or online reading, Matt Smith’s Using the Magic Pocket: A Dropbox Manual ebook.
Terrie Wheeler of Market Your Law Pracitce provides self paced marketing services and virtual marketing coaching to attorneys (State Bar of Wisconsin members receive significant discounts as MarketYourLawPracticecom is an Affinity Benefit) )recently did a webinar on Tips to Market your Law Practice in a Tight Economy. Covering a wide range of topics, tips and tricks, Terrie also started attendees thinking about what they can do to get started marketing their practices in these tough economic times. Using real time polling, Terrie solicited feedback from attendees about their recent marketing efforts and whether or not they thought the economy was impacting their practice.
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