Author: San Diego County Bar Association
By Adriana Linares
In today’s world, it’s common, if not downright expected that you and your support staff use mobile devices to timely communicate with clients and access firm documents and resources. While this may be great for productivity and reacting to client needs while away from the office, the influx of laptops, tablets and mobile phones in the workplace can pose a significant risk to a firm’s data if they are lost or stolen. On top of that, California, like most other states, has breach notification laws that require all business entities (yes, law firms included) to report breaches that may have lead to the unauthorized access of “personally identifiable information” of 500+ California residents (if your practice is multi-jurisdictional you’ll have to comply with those state laws too). Read More
By Christi McGowan and Christine Stansall Read More
Have you thought about preparing a will? Here is some basic information about wills to help you through the process: Read More
By Robert Bryson
Young lawyers are always looking for ways to increase their revenue. Most of us would like to rely solely on retaining clients but, as anyone with a small practice knows, there are spurts of intense work followed by lulls that can last weeks. Lawyers have a variety of skills that translate into other industries. For example, writing. Something I did to fill the gaps was online marketing and SEO through online content. There are three situations in which lawyers may provide non-legal services: Read More
By Lizzette Herrera Castellanos
I recently read an article that said, “The best moments of your life will not happen looking at a screen.” Ironically, I read those words while I was looking at a screen reading the article. But the more I thought about it, I realized it was completely true. Read More
