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

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance LawHere 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.

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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.

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

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance LawHere 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.

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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.

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

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal NewsHere 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!

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Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance LawHere 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:

CFO Jeff Atwater Focused on Ensuring Consumer Rights and Protections, Reducing Regulatory Burdens and Fighting Fraud During 2014 Legislative Session. Read more here

There are two components for evaluating a lawyer and law firm:
First, how did the lawyer and law firm go about its business and treat its clients? Second, what results did the lawyer and law firm achieve for its clients? Read more here

Enjoy and stay tuned for next week’s Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law!

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