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Monday, 26 April 2010 11:25 |
 This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his property. It was sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania . This guy's response is hilarious, but read State's letter before you get to the response letter.
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Korbitec and Property24.com now Offer Combined Property Platform |
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Monday, 19 April 2010 21:34 |
 Property solutions company Korbitec and Property24.com, part of leading multinational media group Naspers, have successfully merged to offer both property professionals and consumers a truly comprehensive and industry neutral e-commerce property portal.
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Over half of consumers expect good law firms to offer legal services online |
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Monday, 19 April 2010 21:26 |
 A majority of consumers expect good law firms to offer their services online in the next couple of years, a survey of over 2,000 people has shown. The online poll, carried out by YouGov* on behalf of Epoq Legal also revealed that nearly half (47%) of consumers would be more likely to choose a law firm that offered the convenience of online access to legal services and documents over one that had no online service capability.
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For lawyers is the world really all about Google rankings? |
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Monday, 12 April 2010 22:34 |
 I love Google. Google's given us access to more information from more people than we could have ever dreamed of only a few years ago. I was struck when over 220 lawyers from 30 states gathered in Seattle for Avvo's Internet marketing conference that the lion's share of the discussion was all about getting to the top of the search results at Google. Little on how to be a better lawyer or how to help more people as a lawyer.
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Monday, 12 April 2010 21:26 |
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 What makes this Gigabyte M1022C so great is that it is a netbook, but has the docking station to turn it into a desktop computer. For the attorney who uses this computer for mail, word processing, time billing and browsing research or the web, this unit has exactly what they will need.
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How To Have a Firm Meeting |
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Monday, 05 April 2010 15:20 |
 Lee Rosen shares, "I'm gearing up for our next firm-wide quarterly meeting. It's coming up next week and I've been talking with our managing attorney as we finalize the agenda. It occurred to me that it might be useful to you for me to share our agenda and the thinking behind it." See how they approach their law firm meetings by clicking the "Readmore" button.
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Monday, 05 April 2010 14:25 |
 Yes, I am assuming that you have joined the realms of the modernised and are, in fact, sending out a newsletter to your clients. If you have yet to jump on this particular band wagon, you have some catching up to do. Please do not panic if you have never sent a newsletter in your entire career - it is never too late to embrace those technological advances.
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Durban Rates applications progress |
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Monday, 05 April 2010 12:54 |
 A couple of issues ago, I mentioned that it was time for conveyancers to stick together and tell the vendors to sort out their systems without detriment to their own service or systems. Well I would like to tell you that it happened, but it seemed to be more so from the Durban Rates Department who stuck to their guns and altered the manual submissions and stopped email applications to force one of the vendors to step back into line. Back to normal then? Not really....they (vendors) need to test the compatibility of the two systems. There have been letters circulated from vendors and the Ethekwini Municipality. Until testing is completed I think it wise to use the direct L@W Web Application RCC system.
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 07:26 |
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The competition is closed, sorry.
Tech4Law has two forums, the "Tech4Law Open Forum" and the "Conveyancing 4 All" - these forums are there for you to ask questions, start discussions, get support, post advice, post notices and in general help each other via a public forum dedicated to the local legal market. To help promote this forum we have decided to offer a R500 prize each month to the best forum post.
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Training Lawyers in Project Management |
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Monday, 29 March 2010 15:27 |
 When a law firm agrees to handle a matter for a flat fee, it must find a way to meet the client's needs within that fixed budget. Assuming the client is satisfied, the less a firm spends, the more money it will make. But, as the CFO of a firm with more than 1,500 lawyers explained in a survey I conducted recently on alternative fees, most lawyers have worked their entire careers under the billable hour model, in which "the more hours that got charged, the more money [they] made.
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Monday, 29 March 2010 14:30 |
 San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 23, 2010 -- Workshare, the leader in metadata removal software, announced the release of Workshare Protect Server with its "protect everywhere capability," providing server-based metadata cleaning for information shared by mobile and webmail users. The new solution secures confidential information being managed by Blackberry, iPhone and other mobile devices, removing metadata contained in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF attachments.
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Monday, 19 April 2010 21:44 |
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 There is a short discussion on social networking in the Tech4Law forum and while typing my response I realised that it would be a good idea to write an article on social networking, maybe to educate everyone to begin with and then at a later stage to report on some practical applications.  (smiley face in social media communications)
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L@W Space launch: “One platform, One click” |
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Monday, 19 April 2010 22:04 |
 L@W is proud to announce the launch of L@W Space in May 2010 which is a desktop workspace, that a conveyancer or conveyancing secretary can log onto, from which all essential L@W solutions can now be accessed, via a single click, all in a  single screen. This means that there is no complicated browsing between various L@W applications and a single login once a day. L@W Space really takes L@W users into the next technology dimension, as it gives EACH user the ability to customise their workspace according to their requirements. For more information contact the L@W call centre on 0860 877 877 or email
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Monday, 19 April 2010 20:59 |
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Here are some funny South African signs which give us a little smile, even when things look really grim. The image is too small to read the back window, click the "Readmore" button for the bigger images.
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Improve Email Billing Efficiency with MonetaMail |
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Monday, 12 April 2010 22:23 |
 Although there are many great reasons to adopt flat fees and skip the billable hour here, sometimes you will have no choice. I have to admit that, as much as I love flat fees, a significant portion of my work is still billed by the hour. I also have to keep track in certain contingency fee cases. So, I'm always on the look out for ways to capture time with less pain.
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Monday, 12 April 2010 20:06 |
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The "Future Man" returns to the past and explains to the businessmen how the future has worked out. They decide to ask him about this "Social Media" thing.....
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LegalFaire South Africa 2010 |
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Monday, 05 April 2010 14:09 |
 For the first time ever in South Africa, legal practitioners can find out everything they need to know about emerging trends, products and services and technology all in one place at the Legal Faire. Hosted by Roy Bregman, of Bregman Attorneys, the Legal Faire is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to network with other legal professionals, attend presentations by an esteemed panel of keynote speakers and find out about the new technologies, innovative products and services that will take your practice to the next level of excellence. The show dates are Friday & Saturday the 14th - 15th May 2010 and the venue will be Protea Hotel Balalaika Sandton. For more information visit www.legalfaire.co.za.
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Monday, 05 April 2010 10:30 |
 LexisNexis South Africa, a leading provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the launch of LexisNexis Bridger InsightTM XG to help financial institutions and other local organisations reduce risk, comply with due diligence regulation and prevent fraud and money laundering.
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Monday, 05 April 2010 12:59 |
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 I received this from a good friend and collegue, although he sent this to me for the humour section, it has a very valuable lesson in business. Thanks Reggie.
The Coke Rep.
A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment........
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Monday, 29 March 2010 21:51 |
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 Jobs4Law - For too long now the South African legal market has always battled with the placement of the right people for the right position - often appointing employment agencies who find it difficult placing people in this specialised field. You see the fact is that the law firm knows exactly what type of person they are looking for and the applicant knows exactly what they are looking for in a firm.
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Monday, 29 March 2010 11:55 |
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 LexisNexis South Africa and Cura Software Solutions Partner to Offer Powerful GRC Software Solution - CuraComply
Durban - 9 March 2010, LexisNexis South Africa (www.lexisnexis.co.za), a leading provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced it has entered into an exclusive alliance partnership with Cura Software Solutions to offer companies a powerful new compliance solution called CuraComply.
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Monday, 29 March 2010 12:54 |
 ATTORNEY:
She had three children, right?
WITNESS:
Yes.
ATTORNEY:
How many were boys?
WITNESS:
None.
ATTORNEY:
Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new
attorney?
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