If you thought the picture above was of Barack Obama, look again. It is not President Obama. It is an impersonator. Impersonation is one of many ways that a social engineering fraudster (a social hacker) is using technology to defraud attorneys across the globe. Hackers used to be highly technically skilled people who were proficient […]
Mobile devices have been around awhile. Their capabilities have grown so steadily, however, that many lawyers can’t remember the exact moments when desktop computer slipped off our desks and into our pockets – into our smartphones, tablets and laptops. That might explain why so many lawyers have a mobile device but not a mobile device […]
Even after evidence indicates we are wrong, we find it hard to to change. Often it is because we are certain we are right. This risk of certainty is perhaps the most costly form of risk and the most manageable.1 Even after evidence surfaced that cigarettes contain toxic chemicals that kill, many intelligent, aware […]
The nagging question for me is the same as it was four years ago, “how could all of that happen and I didn’t see it?” If there was an invisible gorilla, how did I not see it? The complete answer is a moderately sized book. Here, however, is one method you can use to avoid […]
This Continuing Legal Education Course follows the fictionalized story of Chip Langford as he leaves his small farm town and moves to Birmingham to become a lawyer and owner of a small finance company. You can’t help but route for Chip as he struggles to fill the role of husband, father, church leader, public servant, […]
Resolving to be more productive, be a better provider, save more or give more – those are all great resolutions. But what if everything good you do this year is at risk because of an enemy, a hidden enemy? And what if that hidden enemy is in your camp – your office or even your […]
I didn’t know if the people would choose me, but I determined to go out and tell them who I was so they could decide. – Governor Victor G. Atiyeh I decided that in 2016 I want to share my story to attorneys across the United States. After all, I had written over 80,000 words […]
You are not being honest if you burn your tongue and don’t tell everyone else that the soup is hot. – Serbian Proverb So a common question people ask me is, “why do you want to keep talking about this?” And there are many answers. After all, it isn’t pleasant to talk about getting sued […]