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The End of Paper Stock Certificates? A Conversation with Roberta Jones, CEP

Recently, Roberta Jones, CEP, Corporate Focus, participated in Aspirations 2012, an all day equity compensation conference focused on privately-held companies. She participated in the panel on “Tracking Your Stock: Cap Table Basics Pre-IPO and Transfer Agent Details Post IPO.” Roberta … More

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Stock Certificate Woes

Not long ago, I handed a pre-printed stock certificate to a new paralegal assistant and asked her to type in the shareholder information. Imagine my surprise when she said she did not know how to use a typewriter. Continue reading More

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Is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) now the Norm for Legal Applications?

My knee-jerk response to this question is an emphatic “yes.” This year marks my 10th year at Two Step Software, and it’s amazing to see how legal software products – including our own product, Corporate Focus – have evolved during … More

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When It Comes to "Standard" Legal Services Like Equity Management, Clients Want More for Less

In his keynote address at the International Legal Technology Association’s 2009 conference, Richard Susskind, one of the leading legal thought futurists and author of the book “The End of Lawyers,” presented the simple point that law firm clients “want more … More

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The Billable Hour is Still Under Attack — How Will Your Law Firm Respond?

On my way to the International Legal Technology Association’s 2009 conference, I read the Wall Street Journal’s front-page article, “Billable Hour Under Attack – In Recession, Companies Push Law Firms for Flat-Fee Contracts,” with great interest. The initial talk about … More

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Printing Stock Certificates? Here's One Simple Way to Make Your Life (Much) Easier

In the past few weeks, I’ve met two corporate paralegals who have been using our product, Corporate Focus, to track minute book and capitalization information for many years. Because they’re each tracking upwards of 1,000 client companies for their firms, they … More

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