TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected the 60 best legal technology articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. BlawgWorld is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Chelsey Lambert of Lex Tech Review on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Lexicata - Super-Charging the Law Firm Lead Conversion and Client Intake Process

Word LX Professional Ranked #1 So Far in TL NewsWire Annual Awards

A Disruptive Pricing Model for Cloud Practice Management

The Best Online Survey Tools of 2017

Fastcase 50 (2017)

Review: HP Spectre x2

Review: DJI Spark

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Coming today to SmallLaw: Security is a game of one-upmanship. What served your law firm well five years ago may make it vulnerable to attack today. In this issue of SmallLaw, law firm CIO Matthew Berg provides a helpful checklist of basic security measures for small law firms in 2017. From physical security to phishing to passwords to VPNs, you'll quickly spot any existing holes. Matt also covers how to train your staff and suggests policies to implement. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for an unpleasant topic small firm owners must confront.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Neil Squillante, First Look at Slidebean

Thomas RuBane, Lawyers, Ethereum, and the Blockchain

Mike Brem, iPad a Consumption Device, Not a Creation Device

Ron Kovach, Amicus Attorney Small Firm Quandary

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Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to the 39 best articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week. SmallLaw is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Rosen Institute on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Now Is the Wrong Time to Redesign Your Website

43 Bullet Points on Personal Productivity

Is Your Firm's Culture a Toxic Cesspool?

New Jersey Says "No" to Avvo, Other On-Line Legal Service Platforms

Why Your Law Firm Needs a Marketing Technologist

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Subscribe now for free.

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

Baker McKenzie Announces 80 Partnership Promotions

Ballard Spahr Names Attorneys to Firm Partnership

Michael Best Names Eight Attorneys to Partnership

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC to Merge With Indiana-Based Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP

Congratulations to Stephen Poor of Big Law Business on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Automation to Squeeze the 'Muddy Middle' of Big Law.

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Coming today to SmallLaw: The winding down of LexisNexis' cloud practice management software Firm Manager after six years on the market has law firms wondering whether smaller players can survive. In this issue of SmallLaw, practice management veteran Cathy Kenton draws on her experience to address this concern. She also explores related questions about the overall reliability of cloud software and the difficulty of migrating from one cloud product to another. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn about a law firm's unusual recruiting strategy.

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Robert Rice, Review of OnSip

Ian O'Flaherty, Defending TranscriptPad

James Vann, On-Premise v. Cloud VoIP (Plus Vonage Business)

Joseph Kashi, Don't Mention the War to Hugo Boss

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

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Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected the 43 best legal technology articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. BlawgWorld is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Rosen Institute on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: 13 Easy Growth Tools We Use and Love

Review: AOC I1659FWUX Portable USB Monitor

The Best Ransomware Protection of 2017

Five Reasons to Buy Surface Pro, Three Reasons to Avoid

Rethinking the iPad Pro as a Laptop Replacement

Review: HP Spectre X2

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Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Neil Squillante, Review of CoinBase

Ken Laska, How I Use an iPad Pro in My Law Practice Plus Review of NoteTakerHD and Apple Pencil

Michael Osborne, Review of Telus Business Connect (RingCentral)

Douglas Thomas, Tip for Using Scans as Model Documents in Word Format

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Serendipity
Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Scott Gardner, Inside My Mac Law Office: PDF Expert, iPad Scanning, and More

Ted Alatsas, Review of Smokeball

Sharon Sperling, Review of Amicus Attorney

Tom Trottier, Mouse v. Trackpad

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Serendipity
Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.