[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Social observers know that even the threat of a hurricane can send dizzying throngs to the grocery and hardware stores. The shelves are emptied of water, cans of tuna, batteries, plywood and nails. There is a run on gasoline as residents anywhere in the predicted ‘cone of potential…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Marlene Dietrich enjoyed a career spanning from 1918 all the way to 1984. The famous actress and singer, known for re-inventing her persona, has a still-famous quote: “When you’re dead, you’re dead.” With respect, not always, Marlene. At least, not according to the United States Government. Imagine…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Last month marked the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the first steps by humans on the lunar surface: July 20th, 1969. A lot of monumental change has occurred since this groundbreaking (lunar surface-breaking?) event, but sometimes the differences in times are best brought home…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] In our last blog posting, we discussed the fact that predictive review can reduce costs, improve quality and sometimes even save your case but many legal professionals don’t use it because they don’t trust it. A second reason is that they believe predictive review is too difficult and…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] We are swimming in data. According to IBM, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. And it’s growing faster than ever. Ninety percent of the data in the world has been created in the past two years. And “The Internet of Things” will create even more…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Netflix. LinkedIn. Pandora. WordPress. Amazon.com They all have something in common: they are all able to gather and assimilate a tremendous amount of information in seconds, from an immense number of sources, and turn it into revenue. Facebook and LinkedIn assemble data on their users…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] A definition of executive: Someone who has the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business organization Or, according to Forbes ASAP: Someone who wastes 150 hours per year—almost an entire month—searching for lost information. Let’s…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The chance of an individual being audited by the IRS is at the lowest rate in a decade, with less than 1% of returns audited: about 1.2 million returns in 2014, a drop of nearly 330,000 from 2010. Reasons cited are cuts to funding for the IRS and…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The concept of the paperless office feels like it has been around for forever. That’s because it actually has been around nearly forever– or at least, ever since the advent of the personal computer. A 1975 Business Week article entitled “The Office of the Future” first predicted the…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation, said, succinctly: “One should use common words to say uncommon things.” Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? Using everyday words–clear, concise language–to describe something important. But consider the following sentence: The amazing…