Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 13, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 13, 2015

weekly review for Law Practice Tips and Florida Insurance Law March 13, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Insurance News: In Florida, officials ban term ‘climate change’
The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state’s beaches over the next 85 years.

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Thoughts From the LegalTech® Keynote on Creating a Framework for Innovation in Your Law Firm
Dr. Jeff DeGraff, Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, gave a dynamic keynote presentation at LegalTech to an appreciative, engaged, occasionally-in-stitches, overflow crowd. His TED Talk training was in full effect. The great story-telling didn’t lack for social media friendly soundbites as evidenced by the barrage of tweets. Here’s a summary and highlights from his presentation.

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50 Shades of Content Marketing
Content is key to finding and validating prospective firms and law firms are getting on board as they discover its potential for promoting their brand and reputation, establishing expertise and building trust. Here are 50 shades of content marketing, though unlike the book and movie, this list is not intended to titillate, unless you’re excited at the prospect of increased awareness for your firm, establishing thought leadership, and attracting new clients.

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How to Market Yourself and Find Work as a Freelance Attorney
Many experienced attorneys are looking for alternative ways to practice law. It could be for a myriad reasons. For example, the attorney may have just had a baby and wants to work remotely part-time, or is a retired partner but still wants to practice in a flexible manner, or may have outside hobbies and interests and don’t want to work full-time. These attorneys are often referred to as freelance attorneys. These freelance attorneys will work with law firms and solo practitioners nationwide on a project-basis for when they need help with overflow work and other resourcing challenges. It is great work because of the flexibility of working remotely and part-time.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Takes First Step Toward Criminalizing Trans People’s Bathroom Use
A Florida House subcommittee approved a controversial bill Wednesday that aims to bar citizens from using single-sex public restrooms, dressing rooms, and showers that do not correspond with the gender listed on their legal identification, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Governor Rick Scott Abandons Efforts To Require Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients
Passing up a Tuesday deadline to file an appeal to the Supreme Court, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) has abandoned his efforts to require mandatory drug tests for welfare recipients. On Wednesday, the Associated Press confirmed, through Scott’s spokeswoman, Jackie Schutz that the Governor had decided not to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the drug testing was unconstitutional.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 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!

A Novelty in Law: How To Succeed In The Law — Using This One Weird Trick!
Don’t you love all the things that pop up on the web inviting you to click through to learn “one weird trick” to lose your belly fat, or boost your credit score, or cure your diabetes?
I’ve never clicked through one of those things, but the enticements must work: Why would there be so many ads if people weren’t clicking through like maniacs to learn these weird tricks?

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Florida Law News: What do you want Florida lawmakers to talk about in 2015?
We asked the following question to readers on social media and the Public Insight Network recently: What do you want Florida lawmakers to talk about in 2015? Thanks for all of your responses. Below are a sampling of your comments, some of which were edited for length and clarity. Learn more about the Public Insight Network at MiamiHerald.com/insight, and check back next week for another conversation.

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5 Key Social Media Tactics for Law Firms
It’s true that law firms haven’t adopted social media at the pace of other service-based industries such as ad agencies or business consultancies. But this is changing fast.
In fact, over the last year we’ve seen more and more law firms attend our social media webinars, read our blog, and reach out for advice. Today, I want to share a few of the key tactics law firms are using on social media.

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Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, February 27, 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!

Hit and Run Car Accidents in Florida up 23% in 2014
Florida law enforcement officials say hit and run crashes are increasing at an alarming rate. That’s why they’re launching a new campaign to let drivers know that leaving the scene of an accident can result in tougher penalties.

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Florida has highest number of enrollees under health law
Florida has eclipsed California to become the state with the highest number of consumers buying health coverage through new insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act, according to federal statistics released Wednesday.

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In a twist, fight for medical pot goes to Florida Statehouse
Republicans lawmakers in Florida who once opposed medical pot are now embracing it, motivated by the strong show of support from voters and worried that another constitutional amendment during next year’s presidential race could drive opponents to the polls.

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

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.

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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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