There are a lot of conversations about the pay gap, and how much of that is gender bias, and how much of it is because of women’s choices. I think this article, and the study it is about, can help us understand the true culprit, long hours. In the end, until we get a handle…
This is interesting, though I can’t help but think that the second reason at the end of this paragraph is less a technical problem than someone using your own culture against you. “Hackers always look for the weak link, and they have learned to get around MFA by exploiting gaps in companies’ lost-phone protocols. They…
There’s something profoundly sad in the fact that working remotely became popular as a way to provide flexibility, and allow individuals the freedom to carve out their own sense of work-life balance, but has proven to do the opposite because we haven’t figured out how to do that. “I think there’s an awareness that is…
During a recent ILTA webinar on coordination between outside counsel and a legal department on eDiscovery, I noted that a couple of the final points that were discussed were things that I think frequently get overlooked in the beginning of an ediscovery project. Phyllis Strader and Caroline Sweeney talked a lot about choosing whether to…
It’s a little slow, but it’s good to see firms starting to get it. “The legal industry has been slow to embrace the trend due to compliance issues, heavy regulation and concerns over client data protection. That is changing, however, with the steady rollout of new technologies, improved security capabilities and wider connectivity. Turnover is another…
The Big Four are coming for us law firm folks. “KPMG’s legal services division revenue rose by more than 30 percent in 2018 in a record-setting performance, according to the firm that expects growth to continue in a burgeoning market that’s stoking concerns among traditional law firms about potential competition.” Now I know all of…