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Gamification is becoming serious business in the corporate world. Now, the legal industry is beginning to take notice of the potential for gamification to enhance performance and profits. Turning a task into a game is a great way to keep someone’s attention and motivate them to learn and to perform. Teachers and parents have used…
Easy, instant crowdsourcing is one of the great boons of the online age, but attorneys have been slow to take advantage of it in their work. Some social networking websites, like LinkedIn, offer groups where legal strategies are sometimes submitted to the wisdom of the crowd, but legal research itself remains, for the most part,…
Microsoft’s PowerPoint is nearly synonymous with digital presentations. However, just because it is the industry leader does not mean that it is the only option, or the best one. Other brands of presentation software are winning users over, for two main reasons: because they are free, or because they offer better features. The Free PowerPoint…
In general, a network-attached storage (NAS) device is best suited to smaller law offices with four to 12 attorneys — those firms big enough to need some form of IT management, but small enough to lack a big budget for network setup, maintenance and annual upgrading services. An NAS may be the perfect solution. It…
It can be frustrating to carry a laptop to meetings, depositions and other obligations, especially if you are also toting the lawyer’s ubiquitous paper files. Making a presentation to a judge or opposing counsel can be awkward without the “right” kind of equipment — the kind that does not require added screens, hookups, microphones, special…
New innovations are revolutionizing online payment processing. These emerging technologies are easier to integrate than past products, and they may even lower the cost of accepting money through your website. Soon, they may change the way you and your firm conduct online transactions. New Payment Gateways, More Possibilities When you bill for invoices or take…
A 2011 report by Maura Grossman and Gordon Cormack showed technology-assisted review to be 50 times more efficient than manual review at that time. Adoption of e-discovery technology has grown since and continues to raise new issues and challenges for attorneys wishing to fulfill their obligations under the law. Electronic discovery (commonly called “e-discovery”) refers…
MyCase now runs with Intuit’s QuickBooks. What did they get right and what misses the mark? In September, practice management software company MyCase announced integration with Quickbooks accounting software. MyCase users are now able to synchronize invoicing and payments done in MyCase with their Quickbooks accounts. As is always the case with new technology, some…
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