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Microsoft Word tips and tricks 

Published: September 14, 2011

Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Word, practice management, technology

Despite all the time lawyers spend at the keyboard using Microsoft Word, most don’t know all there is to know about the program.

Google Plus: The next big thing for small law firms? 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 16, 2011

Tags: Facebook, Google, legal marketing, LinkedIn, marketing, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter

Some law firm marketing gurus are going gaga over Google+ (Google Plus), the latest social media platform.

App roundup: Signatures, phone billing, notes and more 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: August 3, 2011

Tags: Black’s Law Dictionary, EasySign Mobile, GoodReader, iPad, iPad apps, iphone, iPhone apps, Notes Plus, phone billing, RogueTime, SignMyPad, technology

As lawyers increasingly perform their work on the go using mobile devices, work-related applications are more important than ever before. Lawyers USA has compiled the following handful of useful apps for lawyers.

Judge pulls ‘landmark’ opinion on metadata e-discovery 

Published: July 19, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, electronically stored information, metadata, technology

A federal judge in New York has withdrawn what some commentators had hailed as a “landmark” decision on the disclosure of metadata during the course of e-discovery.

Using the Internet for investigative research 

Published: July 13, 2011

Tags: Find Info Like a Pro, PACER, research, technology

Everyone knows the quantity of information available on the web has grown exponentially. But how can litigators find the most useful and cost effective sites for research?

Volume Two of “Find Info Like a Pro” may be able to offer some guidance.

Ethics panel opts for ‘clarity’ over new limits on advertising 

Published: July 7, 2011

Tags: ABA, ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, American Bar Association, cloud computing, legal marketing, social media, technology

An American Bar Association ethics panel is proposing “more clarity” rather than new restrictions in the rules governing lawyers’ use of Internet-based technology to advertise their services.

Home sweet office 

Published: June 7, 2011

Tags: home office, practice management, technology

If you, like more and more lawyers these days, want to call your home your office, what do you need to know to do it right?

Lawyers USA turned to two practitioners with home offices for advice: Lee Rosen, a partner at the Rosen Law Firm in Raleigh, N.C., and David E. Mills, a sole practitioner in Cleveland.

New DOL app could help employees prove wage and hour claims 

Published: May 16, 2011

Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, iphone, iPhone apps, smartphones, technology, wage and hour

The U.S Department of Labor has launched an app that helps employees track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed.

New iPad app helps trial lawyers with depositions 

Published: May 2, 2011

Tags: depositions, iPad, technology

A new app for the iPad helps trial lawyers create and organize deposition questions.

ABA ethics proposals could impact small firm lawyers 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 28, 2011

Tags: ABA, ABA Ethics Commission 20/20, American Bar Association, cloud computing, ethics, social media, social networking, solo practice, technology

The ABA Ethics Commission 20/20 recently met to discuss a package of proposals that are likely to affect small and solo law firms.