Law firms bolster online resources to help clients with virus response

March 31, 2020 Leave a comment

Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots. (CDC/ Hannah A Bullock; Azaibi Tamin)

As Maryland businesses scramble to understand and respond to the legal implications of the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore law firms are providing free online resources and services to help. Firms say hundreds of people have listened to legal webinars or taken ...

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Avvo expands into fixed-fee legal service

January 13, 2016 Leave a comment

Lawyer directory site Avvo is expanding its reach with a pilot program that will offer fixed-fee legal services.

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My New Year’s (not to do) resolutions

January 11, 2016 Leave a comment

I’m making resolutions not to keep up practices that make my life harder and more stressful. What are your not-to-do resolutions for this year?

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Baltimore law firm promotes wellness one step at a time

January 6, 2016 Leave a comment

Employees at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP in Baltimore show off their wearable fitness devices that are being used to track steps for an office-wide wellness challenge. ‘It’s not only getting us out there to exercise and be more conscious about moving around, but there’s also an encouraging team aspect,’ one employee says of the competition. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

Whether he’s meeting a client for dinner, attending a Ravens game or commuting to his downtown Baltimore office, attorney Gerard P. Martin rarely gets behind the wheel of a car or boards a bus, preferring instead to walk to his ...

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When the server crashes, will you be prepared?

December 22, 2015 Leave a comment

We hear much about file security and the importance of having backup systems in place. But we're more concerned about issues right in front of you, instead of taking time to come up with a plan.

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Commentary: Not all blogs are created equal

December 10, 2015 Leave a comment

When done right, a blog can be a living, detailed entity that represents you to the world. When done wrong, a blog can be a chore, an unwelcome expense that produces little return on your effort, or even an ethical ...

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Practical and effective social media use for lawyers: Facebook edition

November 6, 2015 Leave a comment

The magic in Facebook is in the relatively cheap and precise targeting.

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A little help with Yelp

November 3, 2015 3 Comments

I’m grateful to the clients who went to the trouble of creating a Yelp profile so that they could leave a review. Unfortunately, you’ll never find those reviews unless you look very, very closely.

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Nicole Black: How to choose software for your small law firm

October 29, 2015 Leave a comment

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – I am often asked to speak to lawyers about mobile and cloud computing and when I do, members of the audience tend to have lots of questions. That was certainly the case earlier this month when I ...

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On explaining the cost of litigation to clients

October 27, 2015 Leave a comment

How can we give the “I don’t know” answer to clients in a way that doesn’t make it as infuriating for them to hear? Here are three tips.