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 […]
Whether your practice is solo, small, medium, or whether you are an associate or partner in a firm, all attorneys manage their own personal law practice. The organization you work for, or with, is not responsible for your personal law practice – you are. If your personal law practice does not grow into what you […]
When I hear people arguing about how secure cloud computing is, or isn’t, I chuckle a little (to myself). I never lost sleep worrying about how secure our computer server was. As a former Information Technology (IT) director, I made sure our systems were password protected and secure behind a firewall.1 I’d Been Locked Out […]
According to my wife, I work a lot. Mostly I agree with her. When we first married I worked in technology and it was common for me to work all day, all night and all the next day. I have had a couch in my office for years because I discovered that I can sleep […]
Inattentional Blindness Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice a fully-visible, but unexpected object because attention was engaged on another task, event, or object.1 Test a Friend Skeptical? Test a friend. Testing yourself won’t work because you are already aware that this is a split attention test. Knowing that, you will be more attentive to […]
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 […]
Rather than best practice, my law firm was really hodgepodge. Most of my practices, I adopted from attorneys I worked for. I copied several practice forms from a “Bridge the Gap” continuing legal education course. I changed a sentence or two in my forms as I bumped into cases that suggested a change. When a problem […]
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 […]