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Seriously, does anyone under 35 years old know what this means? I don’t and yet it’s regularly in attorney classified ads. Hello?

It’s exciting to see all the options sprouting up regarding legal billing. Saw this one recently: Bill4Time. An online professional billing service.

Intuit’s having an entrepreneurship contest…check it out at Union Station Thur. and Fri.

Saw this little nugget disclosing costs to be labeled a “Super” Lawyer.

A budding practice area: caregiver bias…an interesting read. Seems the cases are falling in these three areas:

•Some employees claim they were denied leave or retaliated against for taking time off to handle care giving of a child, which is covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

•Others bring claims alleging gender discrimination — for example, women with young children who say they are not given the same treatment as new fathers.

Saw this nugget from a colleague (how true, how true…):

Over the years, we have used a myriad of internal billing systems; we had problems with each and every one, from non-support to internal errors, to mandatory upgrades, etc. It was frustrating and costly in the long run.

We researched many options and found that it was not worth our while to do our small office billing in house. We have opted to farm it out to a billing service and have found it to be more than we ever dreamed possible.The time we spent doing it in house was a waste; we found it more effective, both from a cost standpoint and an efficiency standpoint to use the services of TimeBillers. www.timebillers.com

Off pure legal stuff for a second, can I say I will never use ink-jet refills again…I’ll always buy new…Walgreen’s and Cartridge World – not acceptable.

Anyone have a view on the best provider in IL?? I’ve only ever been insured through ISBA Mutual and Minnesota Lawyers Mutual. Since I’ve been flyin’ solo I’ve only used MN Lawyers. They have great customer service and it’s easy to sign-up/renew on the Web. ISBA Mutual is still in PDF and print-out land…too much work. Any other viable options out there?? I think we pay just over $100 per month for 500k/1.5 mil. caps.

While I’m talking law firm advertising, how can a firm celebrating its 75th Anniversary claim to be the “oldest” matrimonial law firm in IL (Rinella & Rinella)? Did we not have divorce pre-1934?

Saw this one in Divorce Magazine…Feinberg & Berry, The Executive Divorce. Good marketing? I haven’t seen “executive” defined in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act…of course there’s no such thing as a “divorce” in Illinois either.