Two recent ethics opinions have addressed topics relevant to many lawyers. Formal Opinion 506 examines lawyers' ethical obligations when delegating specific prospective client-intake tasks to ...

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Initial contact is perhaps the most critical step in any attorney-client relationship, setting the tone for the journey ahead. Yet, for many law firms, the crucial client intake process is where most ...

In mass tort cases, the data that plaintiffs firms collect during client intake is needed to understand both the strength of each of their client's claims and the strength of their overall portfolio ...

Client trust erodes when document workflows are fragmented, delayed, reworked and vulnerable to compliance risks. By ...

This could be controversial, but firms who require a CIA-level dossier on the client’s project and/or budget before they even are allowed to speak to someone on the phone seems backward to me. I ...

LEAP Legal Software today unveiled that DecisionVault, a client intake portal for estate planning, now integrates with LEAP's legal practice management solution. The collaboration introduces a more ...

Family law, Wills, and Probate practices increasingly identify the need to streamline operations to enhance efficiency, reduce non-billable hours and ensure client satisfaction. Legal tech solutions ...