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By Melinda Rizzo  Has a remote workforce created new feeding ground for cybercriminals?  According to a February U.S. News and World report nearly 56 percent of Americans are still working from home in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  Keeping business information ...

The post-pandemic workplace will likely look much different than before. After working in pajamas and sweatpants for over a year, will dress codes be more relaxed? And will office cultures be more relaxed? Can we go back to how it ...

Practicing in a pandemic is unprecedented, but I spoke with some lawyers who launched their legal careers in another difficult time, the Great Recession. While the crises aren’t identical, these stories of evolving and thriving give us hope and a ...

By Lauren Dixon BridgeTower Media Newswires While many of us would love to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020 and all of its challenges, we’ve all learned a few valuable lessons from this tough year. Like resiliency, epidemiology, cutting ...

by Jenn Deinlein BridgeTower Media Newswires I realize it’s entirely cliche to look back at the year that just passed, but 2020 certainly was … interesting. I didn’t learn a new hobby or how to bake bread or start a ...

I’m sure you know that New Year’s resolutions are so last year. Instead, the trend is affirmations, a word of the year, or setting your intentions. Instead of a disappointing January filled with broken resolutions, the idea is to revolutionize ...

By Karen S. Borofsky Most meetings lately are held via some form of videoconferencing platform — Zoom, Teams, Webex, etc. Those of us who use that medium throughout the day know that “Zoom fatigue” is a real thing. According to ...

We are living through a pandemic. And every legal professional—regardless of age, experience, or circumstances—has been affected. When the law school class of 2020 started their journey, they had the same hopes and fears about a new career that most ...

A little over two years ago I started a company with a co-founder, gave notice at my then-job, and jumped into being an entrepreneur with both feet. However, eight months into the venture, for a variety of reasons—some of which ...

We are living through a pandemic. And every lawyer—regardless of age, experience, or circumstances—has been affected. For advice on moving forward, I talked with a few people who started practicing law during or immediately after another crisis, the Great Recession. ...

Summer has officially arrived. The turn of the new season often comes with backyard barbecues and trips to the beach. Given the unexpected events that 2020 has brought on, your summer plans likely will look a bit different this year, ...

With the coronavirus and nationwide protests, we’re glued to our screens like never before. When COVID-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic in March, views on Instagram Live doubled in one week, Facebook reported a 70 percent increase in Messenger group ...

A few months ago, we were celebrating the New Year with champagne and resolutions. At that time, none of us could have predicted that 2020 would be the Year of the Pandemic. The legal industry lost 64,000 jobs in April ...

Stay-at-home orders and self-quarantine are impacting our ability to physically connect with others, but they don’t mean our networking efforts have to cease. Having a vibrant network is essential to keeping your law practice healthy. When networking from six feet, ...

“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” Jean Rhys In January 2019, I set my annual reading challenge. This year’s goal was to read 52 books. ...