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Best Practices for Virtual Lawyering

Best Practices for Virtual Lawyering

Back in March, when the pandemic was in its beginning stages, I wrote an article on how flexible lawyers can stay “sane” in their home offices. After over 9 months of distance-working, I’ve gleaned a few more pointers (4 to be exact) on the best practices for optimizing your remote working experience.

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New Law: The Gift of Choice

New Law: The Gift of Choice

One of the welcome results of progress, be it in politics, economics, technology, science, or law, is more choice. When dictatorships are toppled and democratic regimes replace them, the people are given the choice as to which candidates are elected as their leaders

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Lawyers: Precious ALSP Commodities

Lawyers: Precious ALSP Commodities

Lawyers; a precious commodity—as proven by the recent hiring spree many ALSPs (alternative legal service provider) have embarked on. There’s something in the air evidently, a palpable tension felt by top ALSPs to secure the best legal professionals for their talent pools.

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Believe It Or Not – Legal Outsourcing Myths

Believe It Or Not – Legal Outsourcing Myths

So, what’s the harm in legal outsourcing? Well, the only harm could actually lie in assuming there are reasons to distrust such a legal strategy, simply for being relatively ‘new’. Fact is, there just isn’t a viable reason that exists to disprove legal outsourcing’s usefulness in the industry. All that exists around this issue, are myths, which I will seek to dispel for you in this article. Consider me your legal myth buster!

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How Much Has COVID Really Changed The Legal Landscape?

How Much Has COVID Really Changed The Legal Landscape?

The word “disruption” is being used as a way to indicate the changes that the industry has ostensibly experienced as a result of the pandemic; but are these disruptions really the result of a global pandemic, or are they the tell tale signs of a paradigm shift that was brewing within the industry for years?

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The Inherent Risk To Using Unsecure Chat Software

The Inherent Risk To Using Unsecure Chat Software

In the years that popular video conferencing softwares (like Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype) have existed, we’ve witnessed changes in both their privacy policies and information use settings. Accordingly, caution is required in using them—especially now when these softwares are becoming an integral part of our work environments.

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