GPSolo eReport November 2018

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New Attorneys

Building a Practice as a Young Lawyer

By Julie Houth

Helpful advice on every aspect of running your practice, from opening doors through planning for retirement. This month: the perspectives of two young lawyers who are building their practice in the modern legal industry.

Practice Management

Practicing Family Law with Civility: Holiday Co-Parent Civility

By Elise F. Buie

The latest installment in our series on civility in the practice of family law examines how to advise clients to give the gift of magical memories by maintaining civility with their co-parent over the holidays.

Lawyer Wellness

Mindfulness 101: Mindfulness and Clutter

By Melanie Bragg

How simplifying your life and work space frees up energy.

Trial Practice

Your Honor, You Are Stupid, You Suck, and Please Decide for Me

By Gary Kinder, WordRake editing software creator

Why would anyone smart enough to pass a state bar exam ever write this stuff in a brief?

Practice Technology

TAPAs: Five Ways to Make Your Data More Secure in Five Minutes or Less

By Jeffrey Allen and Ashley Hallene

Technological And Practice Advice to help you become more efficient and effective. This month: tips to protect your clients’ data—and your own.

Practice Technology

The Desk Book for Small Business Attorneys Receives a Makeover

By Aastha Madaan

With the third edition of Advising the Small Business: Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner, author Jean L. Batman has created an outstanding reference book that new and solo attorneys will want to keep close to them at all times.

Arbitration

Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels: An Arbitration Case Study

By Brian Farkas

This case moved arbitration to the forefront of the political discussion—and illuminated several significant arbitration policy issues.

Healthcare & Pharmaceutics

Health Equity Challenges in Rural America

By Erika Ziller and Andrew Coburn

Part of the challenge in understanding and improving the health of rural populations lies in determining the causes of poor health and increasing access to data on rural health.

Litigation & Trials

You’ve Been Served! A Guide for What to Do When the Government Comes Knocking

By Stephanie Yonekura and Michelle Roberts Gonzales

When the government calls, you don’t have to hide—you have to get to work!

Insurance

Corporate D&O Liability and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

By Peter J. Biging and Heather M. Zimmer

Following disquieting revelations of alleged high-profile sexual misconduct claims having been quietly disposed of and concealed, a wave of securities fraud and shareholder derivative suits has begun.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Family Dispute Processes among North American Muslims

By Julie Macfarlane

By working with the Muslim community, dispute resolution professionals can create many opportunities for mutual benefit.

In the November/December GPSolo Magazine: The Law and the Internet

By Kathleen Balthrop Havener

Get up to speed on the most important issues involving the Internet and the practice of law. And don’t miss our annual Tech Gift Guide!

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