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Fox Rothschild Announces Management Transition

Greenberg Traurig Names New Vice Chairs

Shook Welcomes Former AIG Associate General Counsel to Philadelphia Office

Michael Gillman Appointed as Gray Reed's Real Estate Section Leader

Attorney Brian D. Roy Joins Harris Beach PLLC

Congratulations to Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Reliability of Profits Per Partner Numbers in Am Law 200.

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A Conversation With Clio CEO Jack Newton

The 30 Best Productivity Apps Ever Created

Thoughts on iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, and AirPods

Fixing Email, One App at a Time

Why Apple Killed the Headphone Jack

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Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers cloud practice management software with new tools for automating client trust account replenishment and tracking marketing activities (see article below). In addition, you'll find links to the previous 11 TL NewsWire features, including our coverage of a virtual desktop service with two-factor authentication, an ebook law library, case analysis cloud software for litigators, an add-on for document management systems, legal project management software, and much more. Don't miss the next issue.

Many law firms require a retainer upfront during the client intake process but these funds often fail to cover the entire cost of a matter. During the twists and turns of a thorny litigation or a complex deal, clients may need to replenish their trust account several times. This process should become more automated to reduce the inherent friction of asking for money.

Clio … in One Sentence

Clio is a popular cloud practice management application that recently beefed up its trust accounting features and added tools for tracking marketing activities.

The Killer Feature

Clio's new Trust Requests feature enables you to ask clients to fund one or more of their matters or their account generally. You can specify a different amount per matter. During the approval process, you can add a note and edit any of the trust requests. Clients receive trust requests the same way they receive invoices — via the Clio Connect portal, email, or postal mail depending on your firm's preferences.

The Bills Dashboard lists all trust requests and their payment status. Clio tracks information for each payment that most jurisdictions require, including check number or wire transfer details. When you apply trust funds to a bill, Clio restricts you to funds available for that matter to prevent accounting errors. You can move funds marked for an inactive matter to a different matter upon receiving client approval. Using Clio's role-based permissions, you can restrict who has authority to move and apply trust funds.

Other Notable Features

Clio's Trust Ledger and Trust Listing reports facilitate compliance with monthly and annual trust accounting reconciliation requirements, including all activity related to trust requests. The Trust Ledger report displays trust information by practice area, clients, matters, etc. You can sort by date range and omit funds held in escrow. The Trust Listing report offers a simpler view by practice area. The reports are interactive, enabling you to drill down to individual transactions. You can export the reports in PDF or CSV formats.

Clio has partnered with LawPay for integrated credit card processing. This eliminates the $20 per month subscription LawPay charges for its highest level of service (you can transfer your existing LawPay account to Clio). When you send bills and trust requests electronically, clients can pay securely using a web browser. Clio also has a virtual terminal for processing credit card payments manually. "Clio users that accept credit cards receive same-day payment 30% of the time," Clio's lawyer-in-residence Joshua Lenon told me. "This improves cash flow and reduces time spent on collections."

Also new in Clio is the Campaigns feature for tracking your marketing efforts. You can generate trackable phone numbers that forward to your firm's number. When you use one of these phone numbers in an advertisement, you can precisely track the number of leads and clients it generates. Similarly, Clio can track the number of leads from landing pages on your website.

What Else Should You Know?

Clio runs in all desktop and mobile web browsers, and in native apps for Android and iOS. You can choose from three plans — Starter ($39 per user per month), Boutique ($59 per user per month), or Elite ($99 per user per month). Trust Requests and integrated credit card billing require the Boutique or Elite plan. Learn more about Clio.

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Coming today to LitigationWorld: If you search Google for case citations, it's likely you've encountered Casetext, a relatively new legal research service that makes its caselaw database available for free on the web. Casetext also offers advanced tools such as CARA, which analyzes your brief and then finds relevant cases you may have missed. These advanced tools require a paid Casetext Pro subscription. Is Casetext Pro worth paying for? Find out in this issue of LitigationWorld. Also, don't miss the LitigationWorld Pick of the Week to learn how data mining can improve your jury selections.

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Some thoughts on the Apple event.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

The most important new feature is the camera, which benefits from Apple's industry-leading mobile processors. The iPhone 7 Plus has two cameras, one of which has a zoom lens.

Also notable is water resistance for those accidental pool and toilet bowl dunks. By necessity, the home button is no longer mechanical but instead uses a taptic sensor to provide feedback. The early word is that this will take getting used to for those of us with many years of home button muscle memory. There's a lot of angst about Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 (partially for waterproofing purposes), but I went wireless with headphones and headsets a few years ago. Apple will include an adapter with the iPhone along with Lightening earphones.

Finally, two new colors — jet black (glossy) and plain ole black (matte). The jet black will likely sell out fast so if you want one preorder tonight at midnight PT.

Jeff "iPhone JD" Richardson has a more in-depth take on the iPhone 7 from a lawyer's perspective.

Apple has a helpful page comparing all the current iPhone models.

Apple scooped all the media companies with its own video summarizing the event in less than two minutes.

Apple Watch Series 2

I realize the iPhone is a much more important product (hey, I led with it) but I'm personally much more excited about the new Apple Watch because of two features — GPS and water resistance down to 50 meters.

As you may recall from my series on the original Apple Watch, I'm a long distance walker. I'm not a speed walker (which looks ridiculous) but I care about speed and distance. GPS of course is far more accurate than a step counting sensor so I'm eager to get precise distance and speed measurements. Obviously, this applies to running as well. (A quick plug for Saucony's Echelon 5 if you're looking for a shoe that comfortably eats up mile after mile of concrete.)

Walking is enjoyable thanks to amazing scenery like the above photo. It also burns calories but I wouldn't describe it as exercise. By contrast, swimming offers a serious workout without much risk of injury (except for drowning). I plan to take the plunge to see if my Apple Watch can keep me motivated to get into shape.

I'll report back on both fronts very soon. Any swimming goggle/mask recommendations? When I preorder, I plan to downgrade the case from my current stainless steel to the gold aluminum. I can't justify the $200 stainless steel tax given how frequently I upgrade. (The new ceramic case looks sharp but costs $1,299.)

I'm slightly concerned about no longer having the sapphire screen as I regularly knock my watch into door frames and other objects with nary a scratch to date. The aluminum watches have a glass screen.

AirPods

The AirPods are the most intriguing product announced yesterday. They benefit from Apple's hardware-software integration, the new W1 chip in particular. For example, the AirPods will recognize any device connected to your iCloud account and let you quickly switch among them. As someone with two aging headsets (one of which died last week), this got my attention. Also cool is that you can use just one AirPod for phone calls, which don't require stereo sound.

The big question for me — how good is the microphone. I'll let you know.

CNet has a good hands on report and video.

Apple subsidiary Beats also announced some wireless headphones yesterday, which have the same W1-powered pairing technology.

Beyond the iPhone

According to technology analyst Ben Thompson of Stratechery, Apple laid the groundwork for a post-iPhone world as follows:

Future Apple Watch With Cellular + AirPods + Improved Siri = No Need for an iPhone

Read Ben's article, Beyond the iPhone.

Neil J. Squillante created TechnoLawyer and serves as its publisher.

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Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

Haynes and Boone Finalizes Merger With London-Based Curtis Davis Garrard

Clausen Miller Welcomes Former Sidley Austin Partner Lisa Hausten to Its Appellate and Business Litigation Practice Groups

Proskauer Continues Strategic Growth of Its Corporate Platform With Addition of Eleanor Shanks in London

K&L Gates Continues Investment Management Practice Growth With Chicago Partner Addition

Briggs and Morgan Elects New Shareholders

Congratulations to Debra Cassens Weiss of ABA Journal on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Top 10 Law Firms for Midlevel Associates.

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Neil Squillante, Thoughts on iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, and AirPods

Paul Pinkerton, Options for Sharing Files Between Two Computers

Mark Olberding, Review: Classic Shell for Windows 10

James Degnan, Review of PracticeMaster and Tabs3 Connect

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