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Law Practice Management
The Tennessee Bar Association has a variety of resources and practical information on law office management issues available to help members better serve clients and practice more efficiently and effectively.
Below you will find the Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed, brought to you by the Law Office Technology & Management Section of the Tennessee Bar Association. "PMA Pipes" is an RSS newsfeed that was designed by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center. It combines posts from the blogs of Practice Management Advisors from across the United States, as well as the ABA's Site-tation blog, into one convenient location. The blogs brought to you by this feed include: Law Practice Matters, Reid My Blog, Law Practice Tips, Law Practice Advisor, The Last Word, Thoughtful Legal Management, and Compujurist, among others.
Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed
[Avoid a Claim] Danger Signs: Five activities generally not covered by your LAWPRO policy
This article originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of LAWPRO Magazine. It refers to LAWPRO coverage for Ontario lawyers, but the dangers listed would likely apply to any lawyer’s errors and omissions coverage.
On occasion, lawyers have engaged in activities that have made them front-page news, subject to embarrassment and possibly lawsuits or discipline complaints. Not only can this kind of attention be bad for a lawyer’s reputation, it can also damage or even destroy client...
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[Law Practice Tips Blog] Opening a New Law Practice - New resources
The articles from "Opening a Law Practice" issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal, published in October 2012 are now all available online. Enjoy and share this post with others, especially a lawyer or law student who is contemplating setting up...
[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] Top Ten Family Law Developments to Have on Your Radar.
In the past 18 months, we have seen significant developments in jurisprudence on a variety of family law issues. In addition, a number of cases have come out that, while not strictly related to family law, should be kept in mind. The following are the top ten noteworthy cases that every family law lawyer should know about. Several are Supreme Court cases that will be of interest to family lawyers across Canada.
Kerr v. Baranow and Vanesse v. Seguin (2011, S.C.C.) – Joint family venture...
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http://www.slaw.ca/2012/12/17/top-ten-family-law-developments-to-have-on-your-radar/
[Avoid a Claim] Commercial debt collection scam by Michael Lee of Hitachi-Nippon Ferrule Inc
Two Ontario lawyers have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Michael Lee of Hitachi-Nippon Ferrule Inc with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet.
Here is the initial email:
From: Micheal Lee
Date: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Subject: REPS NEEDED
To: “info@rohomanmohammed.com”
Dear Mohammed...
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[Avoid a Claim] Commecial debt collection scam by Hideo Kuwabara of Koyo Electronics Industries
Two Ontario lawyers and one in Kentucky have notified us that they have received an email from the purported Hideo Kuwabara of Koyo Electronics Industries with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet.
Here is the initial email:
From: Hideo Kuwabara [mailto:koyo_electronics@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:37 AM
Subject...
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[Oregon Law Practice Management] Quick Tip: How to Bold, Italicize, or Underline on Your iPad or iPhone
Have you ever wanted to apply rich text formatting to an e-mail message on your iPad? I did and went on a quest to learn how. Here is what I learned after perusing several blog posts on the subject: Step One: Change Your Default Settings Begin by changing the default settings on your iPhone or iPad. [...]
[Thoughtful Legal Management] 2012 Season’s Greetings!
♫ Of the Father’s love begotten,
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore! ♫
At has become my tradition at this time of year, I would like to pause from the increasing busy lives we all lead and heartily wish each and everyone the Best of the Holiday Season and a Wonderful and Happy New Year. Recent events have only served to remind us yet again that...
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http://thoughtfullaw.com/2012/12/17/2012-seasons-greetings/
[Thoughtful Legal Management] 2012 Christmas Greeting
♫ Of the Father’s love begotten,
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore! ♫
At has become my tradition at this time of year, I would like to pause from the increasing busy lives we all lead and heartily wish each and everyone the Best of the Holiday Season and a Wonderful and Happy New Year. Recent events have only served to remind us yet again that...
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http://thoughtfullaw.com/2012/12/15/2012-christmas-greeting/
[Law Practice Advisor] How to Increase Your Twitter Following
Recently, the American Bar Association’s Legal
Technology Resource Center published an excerpt from my
new book, ‘Twitter
in One Hour for Lawyers’, through its Law Technology Today blog. In the
post, which you can read here,
you’ll find me talking about some of the niceties of getting followed and
following back on the Twitter. If you like what you read, you can read the
rest, by picking up a physical copy of my book from
the ABA website, or a virtual one, through
iTunes. If...
[PA Law Practice Management] Most Popular Tweet of 2012
The year isn’t over yet, but it’s unlikely anything will top this one.
This photo, posted on Barack Obama’s Twitter account the moment the election result was called, was the most retweeted post of the year, having been reposted more than 800,000 times. It earned Twitter’s “Golden Tweet” for 2012.
You can read more about the top Tweets and Hashtags of 2012 here.
If you still doubt the power of social media, and it’s pivotal role in changing the...
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http://pa-lawpracticemanagement.com/most-popular-tweet-of-2012/
Guide to Setting Up a New Practice
Law Practice Management Tips
TBA Resource Center
Visit the Tennessee Bar Center at 221 Fourth Ave. North, Suite 400 in Nashville, and check out any of the many publications about law office management that are available. Obtain forms, checklists and information about how to set up your practice. Free to TBA members.