Law Practice Magazine — March 2007

WHAT'S WORKING NOW
Google and Zoho Web-Based Tools Face Off Against Microsoft Office
Law Practice Magazine — Table of Contents
Features
Technology Roundtable
The Online Office: How Google’s and Zoho’s Tools Match Up Against the Big Gun
Speech Recognition: Is It Finally Ready for the Law Office?
Law Practice Case Study
Tips for Technology Planning:
Advice for Smaller Firms
SPECIAL PREVIEW
Advertising on the Internet:
How to Build Online Awareness for Your Law Practice
Technology
Hot Buttons
Smoke and Mirrors: Fabrication and Alteration of Electronic Evidence
Digital touch-ups, e-mail spoofing, phishing, metadata missteps—the list of ways to tamper with things electronic grows longer (and stranger).
Product Review
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional: Reasons to Put It on Your Shopping List
Acrobat just got better in ways that will matter to lawyers—especially litigation practitioners.
Product Review
Adobe Acrobat Connect
Tips & Tricks
Why to Get Excited about Plain Old Explorer
Business
Profitability
Unearthing Your Hidden File Management Costs
Marketing
How to Make the Most of Your Lateral Lawyers
Many firms fail to maximize the unique marketing opportunities that lateral hires offer. Here are steps you can take to market laterals internally and externally.
Business Feature
Four Must-Haves for Practice Group Planning: Steps to Maintain Continuity and Promote Growth
Whether you're a practice group leader, a firm manager or a firm administrator, understanding the key drivers for effective practice group planning can ensure that your groups stay on course.
From the Editor
News from David J. Bilinsky takes the helm.Frontlines
One Minute With...Mark Robertson
Best advice on why so many new firms fail—and how to beat the odds.
Trends Report
Law Firm Mergers: Why—and Where—to Look Before You Leap


