February 2016

coffeemeetupGetting together for coffee or lunch with a colleague is a great way to generate business. But setting a date to meet can be hassle. And finding the time to squeeze in lunch dates can be difficult, particularly for lawyers who work from home or who have families and tend to skip lunch to

Closeup of a court reporters hands typing on a stenograph machine. Isolated on white background.

With concern over the high cost of legal services so acute that even the ABA is encouraging bars to consider allowing non-lawyers to provide limited scope services , it is unfathomable that the Hampden County Bar Association is opposing a move towards replacing court reporters with a digital reporting system, as reported in MassLive.com.

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shutterstock_207965554Yesterday, TechCrunch contributer Bastiann Janmaat pondered this question: Are startups selling to startups building a house of cards? Bastian observes:
B2B companies whose customers are other early stage B2B companies put themselves doubly at risk: Not only are startups failure-prone by nature, but an early stage company with strong fundamentals can still falter if

photo 1Scrolling through #LegalTech on Twitter, a new name came across my feed: StandIn, described as kind of an Uber for court appearances. Since many other #altlaw sites that self-describe as Uber rarely live up to the hype, I decided to see how StandIn would stand up to the comparison and downloaded the app to

shutterstock_180272480Do appearances as a commentator on local or national television translate into phone calls or clients? Not really, is the consensus of my solo and small law firm colleagues who’ve made it onto the air.  While my colleagues all enjoyed the adrenaline rush of rapid-fire questions of on-air interviews and would return in a heartbeat,