CHAPTER 3

Why Outdated Software Is Hurting Your Firm

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In my business, I run into attorneys who dislike change. They use the same antiquated software year after year and may grumble a bit when they must pay some good money to replace an old server—to the tune of $15K to $20K. Perhaps, they “saw the light” when we could not be in our offices due to the pandemic and discovered how difficult it was to log into that server. Maybe, the old-fashioned firms had to pay unexpected expenditures to an IT person to set this up so workers could access the drive and the desktop software.

While the desktop software may still work, it tends to be inefficient. I ...

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