Practice Management
IOLTA accounts no longer receive unlimited FDIC Insurance under Dodd-Frank Act
By Nerino Petro at 20 December, 2010, 6:26 pm
Many US attorneys have started receiving letters from their IOLTA providing banks that the IOLTA accounts no longer receive unlimited FDIC insurance as they had since enactment of the FDIC’s Transaction Account Guarantee Program. This change and the reason for the notices is a direct result of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as IOLTA accounts were not included in the enacting provisions for accounts that received this insurance.
Read More >>Young Lawyers and Technology: A Paradigm Shift?
By Nerino Petro at 15 April, 2010, 12:23 pm
To stay relevant, older attorneys and those not as comfortable with technology must overcome their fears and adapt to the new reality lest they go the way of the buggy whip and horse drawn carriage.
Read More >>Site of the Week: Document Assembly & Case Management Blog
By Nerino Petro at 7 April, 2010, 6:28 am
Seth Rowland, Basha Systems, a Time Matters CIC and document assembly master has finally launched a blog on on document assembly named fittingly the Document Assembly & Case Management Blog.
Read More >>Marketing Tip: Give your clients something solid.
By Nerino Petro at 29 March, 2010, 8:00 am
If you do real estate or estate planning work, give your clients closing books or estate planning document binders – not those cheesy vinyl floppy folders that real estate agents like to use….
Read More >>Marketing Tip: When you get a business card, don’t just throw it in a drawer!
By Nerino Petro at 15 March, 2010, 8:00 am
When you receive a business card from someone, use the back side to write down where you met them and one thing that they seemed to be interested in.
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