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The way lawyers do business is changing - is it time for them to plan ahead? - New! |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 21:23 |
 Clients say that law firms are not doing enough to respond to the economic downturn. Law firms, meanwhile, say that clients are too focused on costs. These are two of the main findings of a recent study, commissioned by LexisNexis, on the state of the American legal industry.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 17:34 |
Telephony continues to remain the dominant form of communication in business today. However, traditional telephony is now being joined by IP-based telephony options to reduce the cost of telecommunications and to increase communications options. In fact, the purchases of IP communications platforms in 2006 exceeded legacy phone systems for the first time in history and according to Synergy Research Group and InfoTech, IP platforms will comprise over 90% of all enterprise telephony purchases by 2010. Additionally, the small and medium-sized business (SMBs) market is expected to grow at a faster rate than the large enterprise market and is projected to represent 43% of total IP telephony shipments by the end of 2010.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 16:23 |
 Brett Owens, co-founder of Chrometa says, "We’re excited to announce that we are now providing free licenses of Chrometa for law students, including those in South Africa, as requested by Tech4Law! The idea spawned from a conversation that we were having with the fine folks who run Social Media Law Student. We were originally planning to offer a steep discount on Chrometa for students in their listening audience…
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The survey this month - On-line PDF vs Gazette copies |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 19:09 |
 Just about every law firm in South Africa has a subscription to the online legal publications whether it be Sabinet, LexisNexis, Juta, van Zyl & Rudd to mention a few, on which they do research for their cases. Our survey this month (3rd item in the left column on the home page) is to ask the paralegal whether the partner asks them to print out the online system generated PDF file, they print the PDF file themselves or does the partner ask the paralegal to find and make a copy of the "original" Gazette record? We are trying to see whether the market trusts the online PDF copies, or whether they continue to call for a copy of the Gazette. We appreciate your two clicks. |
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Elite receives Gold for Billing Manager and Prolaw from the 2009 Law Technology News Awards |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 17:50 |
 Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, received two Gold awards in the seventh annual Law Technology News Awards. Elite® Billing Manager won the Gold in the Time and Billing for Large firms (100+ lawyers) category, a distinction the company has won in six out of the seven years of these awards. ProLaw® received the top spot in the Docketing & Calendar Application category.
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Monday, 01 February 2010 16:25 |
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 Survey results - We asked you during January 2010 whether you got a bonus in December, and then to let us know if it was more or less than expected. Well, it really is as we expected....51.9% of respondents received....
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Monday, 01 February 2010 15:35 |
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 Since the introduction of USB ports in 1996, we have seen the introduction of just about any device one can imagine being offered with a USB port connection. Since then as most of us know, you should right click on the USB icon and select "Safely remove hardware" before removing the device.. Do we need to do this?
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Monday, 25 January 2010 16:06 |
 This year marks the 10th year of operation for L@W. It was in May 2000 that L@W first began switching data with Standard Bank taking the first steps towards making the Managing Director's (Trevor Coppen) vision of electronic conveyancing a reality.
Ten years later, the company has matured into a dynamic group of 8 companies each specialising in their respective fields and a staff complement of just over 200! |
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SabinetLaw offers Draft Companies Regulations as free download |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 15:54 |
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SabinetLaw has offered the Draft Companies Regulations as a free download on their site as they believe that it is important for companies to comment on these draft regulations. The site is www.sabinetlaw.co.za and the downloads are in the "Focus on" section on the right. |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 12:40 |
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Secure Will allows your firm to create Wills for your clients at no cost to your firm. The client can opt for monthly or once off fee, with the monthly fee offering extra features like safe keeping of the Will, online access to amend the details of the Will and free administration of estates charges up to R150000.00 total value.
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Monday, 25 January 2010 11:51 |
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 The award-winning Pulse smartpen from Livescribe is a computer in a pen that records everything you hear and write, and synchronises the audio to what you write, so you never miss a word.
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XpressDox offers API for developers - New! |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 18:47 |
 The XpressDox DocussemblyTM API provides those clients who have programming capability, access to XpressDox document drafting and assembly functionality directly from their own applications, in order to produce more complete and powerful solutions. Sometimes document drafting and assembly will form only a part of your application, and now you can access all the power of XpressDox DocussemblyTM inside your application by using the XpressDox API. There's no need for you to create your own document assembly logic when it has all been done for you. For more information call 0861 265 376 or email
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Monday, 08 February 2010 16:50 |
 The Why: Don't fool yourself. Seeking feedback from clients is important. It's the most direct route to finding out what it is you're doing wrong. Finding the most effective way to obtain this information may depend on the kind of business you have and the nature of the particular client.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 16:12 |
 L@W's Transfer Solution has added functionality to cater for the following new transfer types. These include Partnerships, Execution sales - bank buy in, Execution Sales - 3rd party purchase, PIPs, VAT variations including inclusive, exclusive and plus VAT and SARS undertaking. Also available now is the global entity library where users can share in the global library of banks, councils, estate agents, managing agents etc.
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Monday, 01 February 2010 18:04 |
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 Law firms are working at new and inventive ways of marketing themselves on radio, television, social media via the internet and print to mention a few. One that seemed to get quite a bit of traction last year in the USA was "Law Firm Marketing Videos" where you market your firm and post the video to your and other web sites to get extra exposure. Here is a rather humourous video on YouTube from Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman to give you a chuckle and the idea of marketing a legal firm on a video.
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Chrometa's new version is what the customers want |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 17:37 |
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A new version for the Chrometa time recording software has been released and boasts the following new features: Split time away - now you can allocate to more than one matter when logging "away from your PC" time. Log away time popup now mandatory - no longer will the popup fade away if you don't fill in the matter or detail. Drag and drop categories - you can now move your categories around and your matters move accordingly. There are a few other enhancements. This version has been a customer wish list come true update. |
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FICA solution from L@W now caters for companies |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 15:52 |
 L@W has gone live with the backend of Close Corporations, Private Companies and Public Companies on its FICA Solution. L@W is also going live with the new FICA website which caters for these entities.
A new FICA upload application will be released to a few select attorneys for piloting to commence shortly.For more information call the L@W call centre on 0860 877 877 or email
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LMS starts 2010 with a bang |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 17:27 |
 AdvanceSoft has started the New Year with six new installations of its legal accounting software (LMS). "January is normally a relatively quiet month due to the December holidays and the financial year end looming which makes the number even more impressive. Also, to have implemented so many new installations in such a short time is an achievement on its own", says Ivan Volschenk, Managing Director of AdvanceSoft. |
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Legal Interact achieves Microsoft Gold Certification |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 16:49 |
 The entire Avantedge Group recently obtained Microsoft Gold Certification. Gold Certification is the highest accreditation that Microsoft offers. This ensures that Legal Interact has the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies and in addition that they have the closest working relationship with Microsoft. Customers who utilise the products developed by Legal Interact namely; Practice Manager, Winlaw, Lawplan and Debtcol, are therefore assured of quality products and support. . For more information please contact their offices on (011) 719 2000 or visit www.legalinteract.co.za |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 14:26 |
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 I have often wondered what the correct solution and method would be to clean a notebook screen. The notebook screen is not like the old CRT 14" monitors where we used to clean the them with Windolene and a cloth. The LCD screens are extremely sensitive and need to be handled with care.
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Monday, 25 January 2010 15:02 |
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Set a Family and Friends Rate |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 19:57 |
 Once you pass the bar, relatives, friends, and acquaintances come out of the woodwork with legal problems. Many of these people expect free advice or representation because of your relationship with them.
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