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Lab coach Kelly Street is talking with therapist Sherry Walling about what it looks like to carry your client’s trauma. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to DK Global, Rankings.io, TextExpander, and Postali for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID’s isolation plus reliance on new technology left our senior citizens more vulnerable to fraudsters. But how can we stop these criminals? Josh Jones from Bressler Aimery & Ross gives us tips and information. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NCAA's amateurism model got obliterated 9-0 by the Supreme Court, with a concurrence inviting more lawsuits to tear the whole thing down. Meanwhile raises continue throughout the legal world and we grapple with whether or not we're contributing to a culture of greed. Finally, the Kraken lawyers face a reckoning not seen since Perseus pulled out Medusa's head. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer is upon us, vaccinations are making travel safer, and you may be looking forward to getting some leisure reading done. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, host Lee Rawles shares some of the books she’s read since our favorites reads of 2020 episode. We are also re-airing a 2017 interview we did with David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. A film adaptation of the book is currently in production, with Martin Scorsese directing and Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemmons and Lily Gladstone featured as actors. Check out the interview before the movie's expected release in 2022. Mentioned in this episode: The Premonition, by Michael Lewis https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881554 In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox, by Carol Burnett https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/259024/in-such-good-company-by-carol-burnett/ The Second World War, by Anthony Beevor https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/antony-beevor/the-second-world-war/9780316084079/ D-Day: The Battle for Normandy, by Anthony Beevor https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/288959/d-day/ A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: A Cultural History of Murder in Ancient Rome, by Emma Southon https://www.emmasouthon.com/a-fatal-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum The Pacific War Trilogy by Ian W. Toll - Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 https://wwnorton.com/books/pacific-crucible - The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 https://wwnorton.com/books/the-conquering-tide - Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393080650 The Romanovs: 1613-1918, by Simon Sebag Montefiore https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/116185/the-romanovs-by-simon-sebag-montefiore/ 500 Miles from You, by Jenny Colgan https://www.harpercollins.com/products/500-miles-from-you-jenny-colgan?variant=32128904626210 Scottish Bookshop series by Jenny Colgan https://www.goodreads.com/series/263886-scottish-bookshop Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/287086/practical-magic-by-alice-hoffman-with-a-new-introduction-by-the-author/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest news about Google’s update to Core Web Vitals has led to a flurry of opportunistic emails from SEO companies offering their services to “fix” problem points for firms. Gyi and Conrad offer some reassurance, buyer beware tips, and what to focus on with this latest Google rollout. Their predictions for further market consolidations hit the mark again, this time with news of the acquisition of SEO industry leader Moz by IContact Marketing Corp. Rounding out the news, they explain what’s new about Google’s new tool, Search Console Insights. Diving deeper into Clio’s information-rich Legal Trends Report, Gyi and Conrad welcome Friend of the Podcast George Psiharis to talk about lawyer hireability and the disconnect between what lawyers think clients want and what clients say they want from their lawyers. The three discuss how the disconnect makes sense but how fixing the issues isn’t necessarily so simple. Special thanks to our sponsors Alert Communications, LexisNexis® InterAction®, LawYaw and Clio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio’s Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit to turn Google into a public utility so it can be regulated as a common carrier. This might sound far out but Ohio’s unique law gives them legal grounds to try it. But what does all this mean? Harold Feld from Public Knowledge gives us the skinny. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mental health problems have long been a prevalent issue amongst both law students and practicing lawyers, but have things gotten better as the profession has sought to increase awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding these concerns? Meg Steenburgh welcomes Patrick Krill for a broad discussion on legal field mental health and his extensive research and work in this area. Patrick offers invaluable perspectives on how to be in tune with your own mental health and how to seek help when you need it. Patrick Krill is an attorney, licensed and board-certified alcohol and drug counselor, author, researcher, and advocate who has spearheaded numerous groundbreaking efforts to improve mental health in the legal profession. Thank you to our sponsor NBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when you are surrounded by Canada and water during COVID-19? If you’re an American living in Minnesota’s Northwest Angle, you get cut off from civilization. So how did everyone survive? Brad Dokken from the Grand Forks Herald tells us about this true-life "Tale of Two Lakes". Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for some simple ways to make life just a little bit better? Dennis and Tom challenge themselves to fire through 20 simple technology-related tips in just 20 minutes, from useful shortcut commands, to favorite apps, to smarter tech habits, and more! On “Hot or Not?”, they discuss whether making cell phone calls is really useful or necessary in this day and age and what types of issues still exist in regard to network reliability. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation you can use the second the podcast ends. Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for answers to your most burning tech questions. Special thanks to our sponsors, Colonial Surety Company, ServeNow, and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have all seen a wave of ransomware attacks in the news as of late. For those who are unfamiliar, ransomware is a type of malware that threatens to publish, destroy, or block access to the victim's personal data unless a ransom is paid. The ransom is usually paid to these attackers through cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, impairing the ability to trace the transaction back to the perpetrator. Targets of all sizes, such as the Colonial Pipeline, McDonalds, the University of California, all the way down to dental practices, have fallen prey to these attacks. No one is immune. So could you be next? And what can we do to prevent these attacks from happening to us? On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by Thomas J. Holt, director and professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No lawyer wants a failing grade, but the fact that nearly one-third of law firms have experienced a data breach makes it apparent that cybersecurity preparedness needs some major work. Focusing specifically on smaller law firms, Sharon Nelson and John Simek welcome Tom Lambotte to discuss why lawyers fail to adequately protect themselves and what they should do to bring their cybersecurity measures up to scratch. Check out Tom’s Stupid Simple Security Tips blog for quick & easy insights on protecting your data. Tom Lambotte is the founder and CEO of Security+ and GlobalMac IT. Special thanks to our sponsors CaseFleet and PInow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lab coaches Kelly Street and Stephanie Everett share their best tips and insights to help level up your business for greater success. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Postali, Rankings.io, and TextExpander for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Snapchat’s Speed Filter cause a fatal high speed accident and if so does Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protect it from liability? Associate Dean and Professor Eric Goldman from the Santa Clara University School of Law walks us through the lawsuit filed against the social media company by parents who lost their children. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Biglaw firms are furiously matching salary increases this week, and Joe and Kathryn walk through the latest announcements, how we got here, the impact across the country, and the fate of the whiny corporate clients out there. This episode doesn't have a cash register sound effect, which is really a shame and Joe takes full responsibility for this oversight. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Devshi Mehrotra and her classmate Leslie Jones-Dove, who was also passionate about criminal justice reform, contacted local public defenders in the Chicago area to see how the two technologists could potentially be of help. They responded by developing a technology platform known as JusticeText, an AI-powered evidence management tool primarily geared toward public defenders. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A whole lot of lawyers are trying to be something they’re not, but Jared thinks you all really ought to cut the crap. The truth is, marketing yourself as some unapproachable superlawyer isn’t going to get you nearly as far with clients as just being yourself. (1:56) Building on this theme, Jared welcomes Darian Kovacs to discuss ways to develop your online authenticity by telling your story, your way. They chat about compelling marketing tactics to employ on a number of platforms, including Google My Business, YouTube, blogs, newsletters, and more. (8:13) This time on the Rump Roast, the interview continues! Jared asks Darian about his unique experiences as a podcaster and what led to his Marketing Jam podcast getting picked up by Amazon Prime (27:20). Darian Kovacs is a founding partner of Jelly Digital Marketing and PR Agency. Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. The music for the Legal Trends Report Minute is I See You by Sounds Like Sander. Our closing track is Take Me Home, by Adrian Walther Special thanks to our sponsors Scorpion, TimeSolv, Alert Communications and Clio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this part two of two, Sonia Russo talks with Hema Lochan who participated in the American Bar Association’s Legal Tech Fictional Writing Competition. Together, they discuss her short story ‘F(A.I.)LED US’ which is about the unintended consequences for using artificial intelligence (instead of a lawyer) in a future criminal justice system. Stay tuned for the Financial Wellness Minute when contributor Mathew Kerbis discusses how and why everyone should keep an inventory for future insurance claims. Special thanks to our sponsor, The Velvet Hammer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this part one of two, Sonia Russo talks with the winner of the American Bar Association’s Legal Tech Fictional Writing Competition, Theresa Yuan, about her winning dystopian-future short story ‘In The Matter of Infinite Monkeys’ and how it cautions against over-trusting predictive algorithms to determine what kind of person a child will become. Can technology really predict a child’s fate? And what happens if it can? Stay tuned for the Financial Wellness Minute when contributor Mathew Kerbis shares the wisdom and rewards for paying your student loans early. Special thanks to our sponsor, The Velvet Hammer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines for taking off our masks and relaxing certain social distance protocols associated with COVID-19. In this episode we discuss what workplaces need to consider before they change their policies with Melissa Legault from Squire Patton Boggs. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do we mean when we talk about web presence, and how exactly can your law firm get it? Hosts Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway welcome legal marketing pro Gyi Tsakalakis to chat about what digital marketing looks like in the current legal landscape. They discuss effective ways to invest in your online presence, how to measure your success, and whether an in-house marketing team or a marketing consultant is right for your firm’s needs. And, after their aerial view, Gyi closes in on some of the specifics of Google marketing and shares why he recommends Wordpress for developing your firm’s website. Gyi Tsakalakis is founder of AttorneySync, and as a non-practicing lawyer, he understands the unique considerations of ethically and effectively marketing a law practice online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amateur online investigators have helped police break cold cases wide open but what happens when they go too far? Dr. Sarah Lageson from Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice stops by to discuss the ethical and Constitutional concerns as well as the proper way for law enforcement to team up with these arm-chair detectives. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorneys Thomas Brown and Patrick Delong from the law firm Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin discuss differences between regular automobile cases and rideshare cases and the types of claims that result from them. Special thanks to our sponsor, AM Best Company, Best’s Insurance Professional Resources, including Qualified Member attorneys, adjusters and expert service providers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawyer, author, and Lawyerist Lab alumna, Megan Zavieh, shares with us what it means to be a modern lawyer and the role ethics and technology play in it all. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to TextExpander, Postali, and Rankings.io for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent secession efforts aim to add land to Idaho by removing it from other states like Oregon, Washington, and California. But who is heading this movement and why? Is it legal? Will it happen? Professor Norman Williams from Willamette University College of Law joins us. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanford responded swiftly to the outcry over threatening a law student's graduation because he made jokes about Josh Hawley, but what's not funny is the fact that the people who targeted him will all have high profile clerkships next year. We also discuss Harvard's insistence that students on need-based aid hand over all their summer associate earnings. And there's way more conversation about the phrase "Wet and Wild" than anyone wants. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A red tie. Manicured nails. Bleached hair. Loafers. The width of a person's hips. These are just a few of the things cited by vice patrol cops as indicators of someone's sexual preferences in the 1930s through the 1960s. In Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle Over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall, author Anna Lvovsky examines the way that queer communities were policed in the 1930s through the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your firm recognized Memorial Day on social media, there’s a chance the celebratory language fell flat against the occasion’s solemnity. Gyi and Conrad explain how to recognize holidays from a business perspective appropriately. Search engine optimization leads the news with the release of The State of Link Building Report 2021, controversy over Google penalizing a firm for link practice relating to a scholarship it provides, and the latest Google Core Update. Confused? Gyi says not to worry and explains the three things you really need to know. Looming large in the marketing space is the shift to user privacy by the big players, namely Apple, Facebook and Google. Gyi and Conrad chat about what the shift will mean to marketers. Listen for the bottom line on cost and creativity. Conrad and Gyi round out the episode with six tactical takeaways from their recent Bedlam legal marketing conference. Topics include conversion and local SEO approaches, the counterintuitive value of no-follow links, and the benefit of testing title tags regularly. The world isn’t standing still. Neither should your marketing strategy, they advise. Special thanks to our sponsors Alert Communications, LexisNexis® InterAction®, LawYaw and Clio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professional Tennis Star Naomi Osaka recently and surprisingly withdrew from the French Open after she was fined for failing to make her contractually obligated media appearances. If you’ve been following the headlines, you know Naomi had a really good reason for doing this but there’s so much more to the story. Sports lawyer and law professor Darren Heitner returns to the show to tell us all about it. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a right way to create a culture of diversity and inclusion and there are countless wrong ways companies and law firms continue to develop failing programs and policies. St. John’s University’s William Murphy tells host Carl Morrison the range from worst reasons to implement (reactionary) to best (making the business case). In between are altruistic or PR-motivated programs doomed to fail. He outlines what makes a successful program and how those programs not only improve culture but increase profits. William L. Murphy is an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University. Special thanks to our sponsors, NALA, ServeNow, CourtFiling.net and Legalinc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk about South Dakota’s famous 4th of July fireworks show, why it was cancelled, and Governor Kristi Noem’s lawsuit against the Biden Administration to get it back. Christopher Vondracek from Forum News Service joins us. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to The Hill, Republican lawmakers in 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills thus far in the 2021 legislative session. In Florida, Governor Ron Desantis recently signed an ‘anti-riot’ bill into law that states, in part, that a driver may avoid liability "for injury or death caused if fleeing for safety from a mob.” And Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a similar bill into law as well, requiring that the driver "unintentionally harm[s] protesters in fleeing said protests". So is this legislation constitutional? Does it infringe on an individual's First Amendment’s right to peacefully protest? Or is this a necessary deterrent to combat violence at protests? On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by attorney Jeff Lewis, from Jeff Lewis Law, to discuss states regulating protests through legislation, how such laws intersect with the First Amendment, and the impact on those who protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s that time again! Dennis and Tom return to the time-honored tradition of sharing their summer reading plans with listeners. After discussing their reading habits and some favorite digital reading tools, they offer up their top book picks for the summer – both fiction and non! Next, this time on “Hot or Not?”, Dennis and Tom discuss CCTV, its significant privacy implications, and whether they think it might gain more of a foothold in the United States. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation you can use the second the podcast ends. Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for answers to your most burning tech questions. Special thanks to our sponsors, Colonial Surety Company, ServeNow, and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are replaying an older episode where Lawyerist Co-Founder, Sam Glover, and Stephanie Everett talk about the book they co-wrote together, The Small Firm Roadmap. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Rankings.io, TextExpander, and Postali for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thankfully, career opportunities for law students and new lawyers seem to be increasing as COVID concerns abate. But, how can you best prepare yourself for actually getting the job you want? Meg Steenburgh welcomes Howard University School of Law’s Lauren Jackson to discuss tips and tactics for pursuing a fulfilling legal career. She emphasizes the importance of networking from day one of law school and advises students to keep an open mind about the opportunities that come their way. Lauren R. Jackson is assistant director of career services at Howard University School of Law and a legacy-focused attorney with a passion for helping entrepreneurs, small businesses and everyday dreamers through her consulting agency, The L. Renee Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Famed author and attorney Edna Selan Epstein stops by to talk with Dave Scriven-Young about Attorney Client Privilege, how it’s developed over the years, and related ways to save cost in discovery. In addition, they talk about starting her firm, lessons she’s learned, and much more. Stay tuned for Darryl Wilson’s tips on the scope and use of Attorney-Client Privilege. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Arizona Election Audit has provoked high-powered legal battles but what is the Arizona Senate looking for and why is Maricopa County and the Democratic Party of Arizona trying to stop it? Zachary Stieber from the Epoch Times walks us through this colossal rumble. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More law firms announce that they aren't expecting associates to be back full-time in the office in the fall. More law schools announce that they aren't expecting enrolled law students to be in class at all. And more Kardashians announce that they aren't lawyers yet. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Texas has lightened its COVID-related restrictions ahead of many other states, courts around the state are making plans to or have already opened their doors to resume in-person court proceedings. As this process moves forward, how are jurors, litigants, and the many other people involved kept safe? State Bar of Texas podcast host Rocky Dhir talks with Judge Maricela Moore about what her court, the George Allen Courthouse in Dallas, is doing to ensure safety and what challenges they face related to changing mandates, individual juror concerns, and many other considerations. Judge Moore also discusses the use of Zoom, her take on its role in the future of the judiciary, and when she thinks it does and doesn't work for court proceedings. Judge Maricela Moore is the presiding judge of the 162nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County and the local administrative district judge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In May 2020, lawyer and author David Lat was starting his recovery from a life-threatening bout with COVID-19. A little over a year later, Lat, founder of Above the Law, decided to leave his job as a legal recruiter, go back to writing full time, and leave New York City for the New Jersey suburbs with his husband and their 3-year-old son. The COVID-19 pandemic influenced those changes. Special thanks to our sponsor, LawPay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With an ever-expanding universe and a Goldilocks zone around each and every star, isn’t it pretty impossible to assume we are alone in the cosmos? Perhaps since the mysterious Roswell incident of 1947, increased curiosity about aliens and space has given rise to a whole lot of great entertainment and conspiracy theories both interesting and absurd. The truth is out there, so join Jared as he examines our fascination with aliens and UFOs. (1:48) Next, Jared handily transitions to his interview with sales pro Erik Bermudez. Lawyers tend to hate the idea of sales, but Erik points out the need to drop the stigma and appreciate the fact that a sales-focused approach can actually impress clients and help your law firm grow. (8:56) Rump Roast time! Jared’s new game, “Samesies”, surprises Erik with the unique opportunity to compare himself with other “Erik Bermudez”-es that Jared found on the internet! (26:12) Erik Bermudez is vice president of strategic partnerships at Filevine. Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. The music for the Legal Trends Report Minute is I See You by Sounds Like Sander. Our closing track is Artratus by Isaac Joel. Special thanks to our sponsors Scorpion, TimeSolv, Alert Communications and Clio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 6th Amendment guarantees our Right of Confrontation in criminal trials and affords us an opportunity to question witnesses against us. But in a world where criminal courts are using Zoom for trials, are we protecting the Constitutional Rights of defendants in court? Professor Andrea Roth from the University of California Berkeley School of Law joins us to explain. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microsoft 365 is heavily relied upon by many legal professionals, and with its numerous and frequently updated tools, it’s always good to re-up your knowledge of its capabilities! Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway welcome Ben Schorr to discuss 10 features lawyers especially enjoy about Microsoft 365. Ben discusses some of his favorite hidden gems in the software, and shares lawyer-specific insights on its licensing structure, security, mobile access, email encryption, and more. Ben M. Schorr is a senior content designer at Microsoft. Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Blackletter Podcast, Alert Communications and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remote work expert and Lab coach, Maryellen Stockton, talks to us about what your next steps should be after hiring and onboarding an employee. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Postali, Rankings.io, and TextExpander for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the fully vaccinated emerge and more and more offices welcome employees back in-person, employers may be looking for creative ways to reconnect their teams in the office and on the softball field. Before organizing that company picnic or sponsoring, they may want to check their liability for employees. Hosts Judson and Alan Pierce address the “deceptively simple and litigiously prolific” workers comp doctrine of recreational injuries, varying standards of proof, and possible defenses. Jud and Alan parse the various work-related factors, including how voluntary the activity is and the benefit the employer gets from hosting or sponsoring the off-premises activity. Special thanks to our sponsor, PInow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As America continues to reopen, certain changes at the Department of Labor might impact your workplace and its ability to recover from COVID-19. Tune in to hear the details with expert guests Crystal Wildeman and Louise Griffin from the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl. Special thanks to our sponsor Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amid the far-reaching disruptions caused by the pandemic, safeguarding client relationships, maintaining seamless delivery of legal services and supporting an engaged and productive (and largely remote) staff have been critical priorities. As law firm and legal department leaders manage these and other health, safety and business continuity matters, they are facing growing compliance risks they can’t be ignored. Changes in operational procedures and data security triggered by remote work arrangements and virtual communications channels are just a couple areas where legal teams are working to ensure compliance programs are up-to-date, effective and resilient. In this episode of The Robert Half Legal Report, host Charles Volkert, senior district president of Robert Half Legal, is joined by Kim Dickerson, a regional managing director with global consulting firm Protiviti, a subsidiary of Robert Half. They examine current issues that are amplifying compliance risks and discuss ways to manage compliance requirements with evolving regulations governing office re-openings, vetting and working with new suppliers, new technologies, and more. They also offer strategies to help mitigate these risks while reinforcing compliance effectiveness across the organization. Robert Half is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation. Robert Half project attorneys do not constitute a law firm among themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Bilott, the renowned attorney leading the fight against the spread of deadly “forever chemicals,” the author of acclaimed memoir “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” and the subject of the 2019 legal thriller “Dark Waters,” sits down with host Jonathan Amarilio to discuss his struggle on behalf of tens of thousands of poisoned Ohio and West Virginia residents and his ongoing efforts to stop the use of toxins that have contaminated nearly all of humanity. Special thanks to our sponsors, CourtFiling.net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Infinite vacation time sounds great until you place yourself inside the passive-aggressive crucible of a law firm. Management is probably genuinely trying to give associates more flexibility with their vacations but ultimately freaking out their lawyers in the process. Meanwhile, summer associates are heading to work and very worried about the level of mentoring they're going to get in a remote work environment. And we check in on a judge at the center of an epic set of allegations. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Mark A. Torres was researching his first novel, A Stirring in the North Fork, he came across a piece of local history he'd never known about. Starting during the labor shortages of World War II, Long Island had been home to dozens of camps for several decades, some of which kept migrant workers in deplorable–and often deadly–conditions. As general counsel for the Teamsters Union Local 810, Torres was fascinated. But information about these camps was available only in news accounts, film documentaries, memoirs and local records. Years after completing A Stirring in the North Fork(plus a children's book and a second novel) Torres decided he would write the first full-length non-fiction account of these camps and the people who lived and died in them: Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaclyn Foster knows what it’s like being a full-time paralegal and working for a temp staffing agency. But she opted to break from the norm and build her dedicated paralegal agency because she learned that a professional contract paralegal service could save law firms money, improve quality, and assure continuity. Host Christopher Anderson interviews Foster about her journey from rural Minnesota and Wisconsin to running a team of contract paralegals to support modern law practices. Foster explains how, in her experience, contract paralegals not only save money but bring a level of expertise and consistency that many full-time approaches lack. Anderson and Foster discuss lessons learned from the pandemic, including how quickly a sidelined paralegal could be picked up by a different firm in a competitive market. Jaclyn Foster is the founder and principal of Jaclyn Foster Paralegal Services. Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Lawclerk, Alert Communications and LawYaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices