Efficient, Secure, and . . . Smiley? Legal E-Signatures go Mobile

7 April, 2016

A signature is a little bit of abra-cadabra. Take legislation, for example: some words on a paper transform from Bill to Law because the hand of a head honcho makes some inky swoops. But no ink was involved when President Bill Clinton signed in the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commer...

How to Get the Most Out of Filevine

1 April, 2016

In the year and a half that I’ve been working here, I’ve helped many law firms start out with Filevine. Adoption has been enthusiastic and successful every time, but it’s rare to find a team that takes full advantage of all Filevine has to offer. With that in mind, here are a few tips on how to get ...

Legal News Roundup: March 28, 2016

30 March, 2016

Let’s take a look at this week in legal news. Utah becomes the first state with a white-collar criminal registry This week, Utah became the first state in the U.S. to create an online registry for felony white-collar criminals. The registry was approved by the Utah state legislature in 2015. I...

Legal Weed and Lawsuits: what marijuana decriminalization means for PI attorneys

24 March, 2016

We’re at 23 states and the District of Columbia, and counting. Even in stodgy and stone-cold-sober Utah a bill legalizing some form of medical marijuana nearly passed this week. Though there are fierce political holdouts, plenty of Committees of Concerned Parents, and sufficiently roused hellfire-fe...

Legal News Roundup: March 21, 2016

22 March, 2016

Let’s take a look at this week in legal news. Obama v Congress, TBD The most significant legal news of the week seems to be President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Now the confirmation standoff begins between th...

The Strength of Filevine

16 March, 2016

The world of legal tech is saturated with “case management” options. We’ve watched over the last few years as new challengers have started up, attracted a few users, and then failed. There are dozens of companies like these – case management startups that imagined taking a piece of the pie only to c...