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They Are Going To Share Files With or Without You
Your lawyers will wait for you to provide a secure method
for sharing confidential legal data, right? Probably not. AIIM (the
Association for Information and Image Management) reports that over
30 percent of employees implement their own cloud-based solution
when none is provided by their organization. IT departments in law
firms have been quick to crack down on external sharing systems but
have been less speedy to provide safe and simple methods for lawyers
and clients. It is time to change that.
What Could Go Wrong?
Many moons ago, I heard about a law firm that discovered its lawyers
and clients were using an external sharing website to exchange
documents. The IT department quickly restricted network access to
the website and thought the situation was fixed. Weeks passed, and
one day someone wondered aloud why all the lawyers were working in
the conference room when they each had beautiful offices. It made no
sense until IT realized that the conference room had unsecured Wi-Fi
–– enabling the lawyers to keep sending documents to clients via the
blocked website.
Both lawyers and clients expect legal services delivery to keep up
with modern technology and are not willing to use outdated systems.
Lawyers want to satisfy clients, and firms providing modern content-
sharing capabilities have a competitive advantage. Why not let lawyers
use their cloud tool of choice and keep clients happy?
» Ownership Issues. You know those long scrolling text boxes with
small print that pop up when you use a new program, where you
click "agree" to move on to the next step? Those oen appear
by Dan Hunsinger of SeeUnity
They Are Going To Share Files
With or Without You
