I’m just going to put this quote out there. I don’t have anything else to add other than this is probably one of the biggest causes of re-work in the industry. “Here’s the rub — the litigation support folks, and yes, even the world’s most amazing project manager — have no idea what the lawyers…
For law firms, I would guess that 1-2 are the most likely mistakes being made. What would you say? As for dumb mistakes to avoid, consider the following: 1. Do not keep unnecessary client data “just in case you need it someday.” 2. Do not forget to encrypt data. 3. Do not leave access paths…
Tom O’Connor does a nice job recapping the session on Pro-Bono and Access to Justice issues. It’s something that I’ve been thinking a bit about myself, given my place working in law, and also as an advocate for abuse survivors, because taking legal action is not cheap, and so many kids and parents are not…
This is often the case with malware – Yet the attack could the been prevented by basic IT practices, the report says. As early as 2014, the Department of Health and the Cabinet had written to NHS trusts, saying it was essential they had “robust plans” to migrate away from old software. In March and…
What this does is tell us that Equifax isn’t all that different than law firms. Sure, we want to make sure patches and updates are applied, we all have a time set aside to do exactly that on a regular basis. We tell everyone when it’s time to do that, and during the updates certain…
Hidden away in a recently seen blog post about moving to the cloud on Cicayda’s website this week was this little nugget: There is absolutely no reason to keep hiring internal staff for litigation support when we have the team to help perform all the heavy lifting. Now, since I work in a law firm…