Even if you don’t know what OCR stands for, you probably interact with it all the time. “Optical character recognition”–or, in laymen’s terms, text recognition–has become ubiquitous in modern hardware and software. Did you scan a document recently? Chances are, your scanner (or scanner app) used OCR to create a searchable text layer. OCR is […]
OCR works great…until it doesn’t Read More »
If the law already covers it, leave it out. Most contracts should be 2 pages, and 90% of contracts should be less than 10 pages.
You’re doing it wrong Read More »
Over the past few months, it’s become more and more clear that law schools and law firms are training future attorneys that the only way for them to be successful in the legal profession is to be a “one-trick pony”, or, stated otherwise, to be hyper-specialized in one nuanced area of the law. While this
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Spoiler alert: it isn’t a lawyer, a paralegal, or a secretary.
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you should make it as easy as possible for the client to attend the meeting
99 problems but client parking ain’t one Read More »
James Rigney was the South Carolina author of a great book called the Wheel of Time. It is a 14-volume allegorical masterpiece about all aspects of human nature, and in the prologue to each book, he describes with great effect the course of human events: “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving
If you can keep it. Read More »
Trust me, there is no prince in Nigeria who wants to give you money.
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Civility in the profession is not a trite ideal
Catch more flies with honey. Read More »
People make relationships a lot harder than they should be, and client relationships are no exception. A recent survey found that only 29% of in-house counsel are “very satisfied” with their outside law firms, with the rest being somewhat satisfied or outright dissatisfied. Most of the reasons for dissatisfaction boiled down to communication issues. The good news
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