01 Oct
Everyone knows how full an attorney’s calendar can be. While there may be no helping that, a new solution aims to take some of the stress out of everyday scheduling. American LegalNet, also known as ALN Corp, has introduced a one-of-a-kind docketing and calendaring tool called eDockets. eDockets was presented in late August 2019 at Read more…
25 Sep
FINRA, the SEC, and Office 365 You may already know all about FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as it is the largest independent regulator of security firms in America, responsible for governing business between brokers, dealers, and the investing public. But most people know FINRA as a behemoth that has enforced penalties levied to Read more…
13 Sep
BALTIMORE’S PATCHING MISTAKE On May 7, 2019, the City of Baltimore was hit by ransomware. A month later, in June, Ars Technica reported that the city had already lost $18 million. At that point, it was still far from full recovery. Less than a third of employees were back at work. Many were using “paper-based workarounds.” How Read more…
29 Aug
You probably already know what “phishing” is. You probably know not to click on suspicious links or open suspicious attachments in an email message. You almost certainly know not to tell others your passwords or type them into suspicious websites. Security isn’t so hard, right? Yet… “Suspicious” seems like an awfully subjective criterion. That message Read more…
28 Aug
Fresh from the conference, the Kraft Kennedy team takes stock in an ILTACON 2019 recap. Here are our impressions, musings, favorite memories, and industry predictions. Dominick Ciacciarelli, Practice Group Leader, Infrastructure & Enterprise Systems The legal industry has stopped asking if it should or shouldn’t go to the cloud, and has started asking Read more…
15 Aug
With a focus on cloud, security, and automation, the ILTACON 2019 session grid looks especially promising–and potentially overwhelming. How can you make the most of the conference? Over twenty years of ILTACON have taught us to think about our goals and plan ahead accordingly. Consider what you would like to get out of ILTACON 2019. Read more…
14 Aug
Last year we blogged about our ongoing efforts to automate our ILTACON presence. We wrote: We polled the ILTA community on how it likes to receive information. An overwhelming 93% of respondents indicated that they prefer electronic delivery, while the remaining 7% appreciate a hybrid of hard copies/ digital. In a digital world that’s increasingly Read more…
05 Aug
It’s that time of year again. ILTACON 2019 is upon us. As I reviewed the schedule, I honed in on the sessions that will help me better understand how law firms are making their important desktop decisions today. Planning my time at ILTACON 2019 also gave me a chance to reflect. Three years ago I Read more…
31 Jul
Capital One announced a massive data breach yesterday. Approximately 100 million people in the United States and six million more in Canada are affected. About 140,000 Social Security numbers, one million Canadian Social Insurance numbers, and 80,000 bank account numbers are compromised. Here’s what to do about the Capital One hack. If you’re a Capital Read more…