May 18, 2011
Oklahoma Pain and Suffering Rant
By Clayton HasbrookPardon the rant today, but I just saw at BusinessWeek.com that Tennesee has jumped on the bandwagon to limit damages for people. They are placing a cap of $750k on non-economic damages.
This begs the question:
Is an Oklahoman’s pain worth less than someone in another state?
Evidently.
Our state politicians (which also begs the question whose interests they value – insurance companies or people) recently passed legislation to cap non-economic damages at $350k. Note that the url I linked to is a NewsOK/Oklahoman newspaper editorial. Their argument is a new one: lawyers shouldn’t sue to overturn something that is unconstitutional.
April 25, 2011
Oklahoma State Courts to go Paperless!
By Clayton Hasbrook
"Limitless Paper In a Paperless World" - The Office
I noticed in today’s paper that our state court system is going to get a new $30 million case management system overhaul. The goal is to have everything paperless by 5 years!
We can currently access a lot of the active case documents (but not always) through oscn.net. The upgrade will allow us to file everything electronically as well. The other added benefit is that the public will be able to access the court documents easier.
March 4, 2011
Everything will go to the cloud
By Clayton HasbrookThis week’s BusinessWeek cover story is The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans. I definitely think that everything will be going to the cloud. It’s not a matter of if, but when.
Some interesting notes:
- It’s estimated that Amazon will do about $750 million in business for it’s cloud storage (Amazon Word Services or AWS).
- “AWS makes t possible for anyone with an Internet connection and a credit card to access the same kind of world-class computing systems that Amazon uses to run its $34 billion a year retail operation.” Companies as big as Netflix use it.
My two cents: if it’s world class and secure enough for Amazon (and banks), it should work for small businesses.
Related articles
- The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans (businessweek.com)
- 74% Of SMBs To Increase Cloud Software Spend (informationweek.com)
- What Worries Netflix About Amazon Isn’t Just Competition (paidcontent.org)
- Google Offering More Cloud Storage – For a Price (thechromesource.com)
February 16, 2011
Document Management in the Cloud
By Clayton HasbrookI just received an email with a new NetDocuments (what we use) video:
Features I like:
- HIPAA Compliant
- Easy to mass upload and file new documents – and organize into a proper folder (correspondence, medical records, etc.).
- All the documents are accessible from one window – all within a client’s matter in Salesforce/Advologix (with all the parties involved, the calendar for that file, etc) – So I have everything about that file on one page
- It’s super quick
- I can access the files anywhere I have access to internet
- I can setup a client portal for a referring law firm to quickly send their files to my office. Email can be quick as well, but you’re limited by file size
- Editing documents is just like accessing them on a local server (no need to download/upload like most cloud apps)
February 8, 2011
Flat Stanley (from Elk Grove) Visits OKC
By Clayton HasbrookHere’s a few pictures from Flat Stanley’s visit to Oklahoma City:
Mr. Stanley was visiting on behalf of Jonathan Stein’s son for a school project. Jonathan is a personal injury attorney in Elk Grove.