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February 20, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, February 20, 2015

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Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

How To Leave Your Law Firm And Start A Startup
To start a company that grows, you will eventually have to leave your job. But starting companies has never been less expensive. To get the first version of ReplyAll up and running, we spent only $20K on development. It sucked and didn’t gain much traction, but it was something to work with and we were able to use the the first version to iterate and build something a little better. What this means for you is that you can keep your job while having a freelance technical team build a lean version of your idea that you can test on nights and weekends to see if your idea has legs.

Read more here…

Legal Tech Tips: How lawyers use Dropbox
Dropbox is an online storage vault for your files that syncs with a designated folder on your computer and across mobile devices. It’s increasingly popular with lawyers as the 2014 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report indicates, with 65.3% of lawyers downloading Dropbox in 2014, up from only 15.2% the prior year.

Here are stories from lawyers who use Dropbox. Read more here…

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February 16, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, February 16, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: FL Lawyer Says He Knows How People Can Drive Away Legally From DUI Checkpoints
One Florida attorney says drivers are not required to speak to police at sobriety checkpoints in the state, and he believes he has devised a way to legally prevent police from questioning them.

Read more here…

Florida Law Updates: Florida considers law to protect digital assets after death
The Florida lawmaker who pushed through a bill to ban the use of biometric data in Florida schools now wants to protect the digital assets of the deceased. Those assets include emails, text messages, online photographs, documents stored in the cloud, electronic bank statements, and social media accounts.

Read more here…

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February 6, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, February 6, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Legal Tech Tools: Wolfram|Alpha iOS App is a Swiss Army Knife for Lawyers
If ever there was a Swiss Army knife of an app for lawyers, it is the Wolfram Lawyer’s Professional Assistant. This multi-function app for iPad and iPhone can perform calendar computations, fee calculations, settlement calculations, interest-rate calculations and more. Use it to research historical weather information or population demographics. Look up legal terms and statutes of limitation. The list of what it can do goes on.

Read more here…

Legal Tech Tips: Microsoft Readies Launch of Practice Management Product for Lawyers
Microsoft is quietly preparing to formally launch a new practice management product for lawyers in the coming months. The product was scheduled to be announced this month but the announcement has been delayed. It now appears that the product will be rolled out at or around the time of ABA Techshow in April.

Read more here…

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January 30, 2015

Weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law for January 30, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Legal Marketing Trends: Who are the 21st Century Companies Connecting Lawyers to Clients?
You may have heard of one or two or all three of the companies I will discuss. Some have huge investment dollars, others bootstrapping it. But each lend a unique value to the legal space and you should consider incorporating one or more platforms if their vision, ethics and toll structure work for you and your practice.

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The Practice of Law: Developing a Peacemaking Law Practice
Rather than being a financial disaster, my decision to be a non-court unbundled lawyer has resulted in rapid growth of my practice beyond my most optimistic expectations. My gross receipts increased by over 33 percent during the first year following my decision not to accept litigation engagements. My uncollectable fees went down from 30 percent of gross billings to under two percent.

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Legal Trends: Why Are So Many Lawyers Broke?
Many people don’t believe it. Even lawyers are known to scoff at it. But many of you know the truth — you go to law school, spend a small fortune and come out to find the pickings are lean.

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Legal Industry Trends: 80% of Americans Can’t Afford Your Legal Fees
It’s 2015. The stock market is sky-rocketing towards the outer edges of our atmosphere. Sounds exhilarating when we see television’s talking heads bobbing apoplectically. We’ve even just started a calendar year that ends in ‘5′ and rumor has it that every year that has ended in ‘5′, the stock market has gone up around 23% on average. Wow!

Read more here…

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January 23, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, January 23, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, legal marketing and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Medical marijuana supporters unveil new proposal for 2016
Florida’s medical marijuana initiative is back and, its backers say, new and improved.

The proposed amendment, submitted Thursday to the Florida Secretary of State’s office, closely resembles the 2014 initiative that narrowly failed at the ballot box — however it was rewritten throughout in an attempt to quiet critics who said it had too many loopholes.

Read more here…

Homeowners insurance policies are being dumped by Citizens
Citizens Property Insurance has now received another wave of shedding homeowners insurance policies from regulators, and the company has now revealed that it will be able to reduce its size by more than what it had once thought.

Read more here…

Florida’s Citizens Settled Almost 70% of Sinkhole Claims in 2014
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has reached settlement agreements with more than 1,650 Florida homeowners to end litigation on sinkhole repair cases that was delaying critical repairs to their properties.

As of Dec. 15, 2014, Citizens had reached agreements with 1,669 policyholders so work could begin on homes damaged by sinkholes.

Read more here…

Florida Insurance News: Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty’s Reappointment in Doubt
Florida’s insurance regulator’s tenure could be coming to an end after more than a decade as the newly re-elected governor looks to shake up his administration by replacing the heads of state agencies.

Read more here…

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January 12, 2015

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Monday, January 12, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Flood insurance rates in Florida to spike for some properties
NON-PRIMARY RESIDENCES ARE GOING TO BE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THEIR PREMIUMS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING – Although owners of primary residences have been breathing a sigh of relief over recent flood insurance news, the story for owners of rental properties and vacation homes will soon be quite different.

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Florida’s Citizens Drops Coverage Limits on High-Value Properties
Florida’s state-backed property insurer is lowering the amount of coverage it provides for high-value properties from $1 million to $900,000, per a 2013 law change. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is implementing the change that will apply to all almost all new and renewal high-value business as of January 1.

Read more here…

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January 2, 2015

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Friday, January 2, 2015

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Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Florida’s Universal Insurance Raises $19M in Stock Deal
Florida’s largest private insurer has raised $19 million through a privately negotiated stock deal with an investment firm that specializes in natural catastrophe reinsurance and weather risk.

Read more here…

What you need to know about Florida’s new child safety seat laws
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 145 Florida children have been injured this year because of improper child restraints. Parents who violate the new law face fines of $60 and 3 points on their license.

Read more here…

New Florida Law for Smoke Alarms
In an attempt to reduce deaths from house fires, the Florida Building Code will now require homeowners to install a 10-year, sealed battery smoke alarm in the home when replacing outdated or nonworking alarms.

Read more here…

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December 22, 2014

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Monday, December 22, 2014

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Tampa Couple Wins Harassment Lawsuit Against Bank of America for $1Million+
Nelson and Joyce Coniglio of Tampa, Florida were tired of receiving a flood of automated phone calls (over 700) from the Bank of America after they fell behind in the mortgage payments in 2009. They got a lawyer, filed a lawsuit against the Bank, and they recently got a judgment of $1,051,000 against the bank. Their lawyer, Billy Howard, discusses the case.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Cop Pulls Man Over For Playing Anti-Police Song By N.W.A.
Cesar Baldelomar, a Harvard graduate, claims that he was pulled over by a police officer in Hialeah, Florida, on Thanksgiving morning. Baldelomar was playing the classic 1988 rap tune “F— Tha Police” by N.W.A. However, Hialeah Police Officer Harold Garzon was standing nearby when he heard the anti-police lyrics from Baldelomar’s car.

Read more here…

Florida Legal News: Florida employers launch campaign for statewide LGBT anti-discrimination law
Florida employers, responding to rising public support, today unveiled Florida Competes, a campaign to persuade state legislators to update anti-discrimination laws.

Read more here…

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December 15, 2014

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Monday, December 15, 2014

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Is Jan. 6 Florida’s day for gay marriage?
Come Jan. 6, Florida may become the 36th state in which same-sex couples can go to their local county clerk’s office and get a marriage license.
Or Florida might become Kansas — a Balkanized state where some county clerks issue licenses, some won’t, and the whole issue of gay marriage is confused and unsettled.

The reason: A July memo from top law firm Greenberg Traurig advising its clients — the state association of county clerks — that if a state or federal judge threw out Florida’s gay-marriage ban the ruling would apply only to the parties in the lawsuit — not the whole state.

Read more here…

Florida Insurance Law: Flood insurance generates more controversy in the US
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be examining whether or not it has the ability to force insurance companies to disclose information regarding the potential manipulation of flood insurance claims related to 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. The powerful storm battered the eastern United States, causing some $68 billion in damage, making it the second costliest hurricane in the country’s history. In the wake of the storm, many insurers have come under fire because of delayed claims payments and rejecting claims.

Read more here…

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December 5, 2014

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Friday, December 5, 2014

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Florida Company Reaches $40M Settlement Over Illegal Fax Ads
A Jacksonville-based company has reached a $40 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over claims the company sent unsolicited fax advertisements to consumers.

A federal judge will still need to approve the settlement by Interline Brands Inc. over charges that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits companies from sending fax ads to customers it doesn’t already do business with.

Read more here…

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