Last month the LPMT, in conjunction with Santa Ana College hosted the 2nd Annual OC Legal Tech Conference in Santa Ana. We are pleased to report that we received great feedback about the program and speakers. If you were not able to attend and would like to see what you missed, the presentations will be available on our site very soon.

The public and attorneys have an opportunity to submit written comments about policy issues before the Board of Trustees. These issues may include proposals such as revisions to the State Bar of California Model Rules of Procedure regarding arbitrator compensation and formal opinions regarding ethical obligations when departing a firm and ancillary business. Comments may be directed to the address listed on each proposal.

Being busy has become a national obsession, and it certainly affects lawyers. We seem to have two speeds: frantic and fearful. We need to have a discussion about what might lie between these extremes, but an even more pressing question might be how to keep marketing going even when frantic.

In 2019, cybersecurity is an issue that is — or should be — on the minds of lawyers in firms big and small. This is because lawyers have an ethical obligation to preserve the confidentiality of client information. And as lawyers increasingly move their data into digital format, that obligation necessarily shifts to the firm’s data stored online.