The Legal Up blog

For growing law firms, there are many reasons to open offices in multiple states. New clients, new legal areas, a larger national footprint – the list goes on. But for any type of business, there are also many potential pitfalls arising from out-of-state expansion. And law firms face hurdles unique ...

In a world of remote work and digital communications, protecting confidential information is more important than ever. Nowhere is this more true than at your law firm. This is why the legal industry is pushing for higher levels of privacy compliance. In this push, many firms are also finding that ...

The unthinkable has happened. A security breach at your law firm. Now what?

This week’s highlights Law firms are investing in new tech, but lawyers are slow to make use of it—survey Citing speedier courts, more access CA’s Judicial Council lobbies for permanent remote courts NY begins publishing live eviction filing data, revealing gradual return of residential evictions ...

As we all know by now, the COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot of things about the legal profession. For many, the requirement of working from home was a cataclysmic shift away from how law firms traditionally operated. Now, some 18 months after remote work began in earnest, many people are finding ...

In a relatively short amount of time, social media has become ubiquitous with American life. In fact, the Pew Research Center reports that over 70% of Americans currently use at least one social media platform. As we engage in these activities day-to-day, they seem fun and harmless. We share ...

Not long ago, the American Bar Association published a report titled “The Top 10 Malpractice Traps and How to Avoid Them.” Want to know what the very first sentence of that report was?

This week’s highlights Two-thirds of Americans have experienced a legal problem, says news survey Most lawyers think they work too much and bill too little time AG asks BigLaw firms, law schools to help fight evictions Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Florida courts re-introduce mitigation ...

As critical as eFiling is for law firms, it is not the only part of legal practice that benefits from digital technology. Document management, billing, and invoicing are just some of the tasks that can be streamlined with the right software. So what if your eFiling software can integrate with a ...

This week’s highlights Backlogs grew in more than half of state courts during the last 12 months—Report Survey finds mid-level associates strongly favor a hybrid work environment FDA’s vaccine approval may weaken plaintiff claims, lawyers say Judge’s award of $1 in attorney fees is likely ...