With too few exceptions, today’s headlines seem to bring us “one more thing” to worry about. Natural disasters and malice of the human variety are reason enough for every business to give thoughtful consideration to disaster preparedness and recovery plans. The legal profession, in particular, has even more pressure to be vigilant; lawyers are subject to high levels of risk related to conflict of interest, client confidentially and custodianship of records. Complying with laws and regulations, ever changing and ever more punitive, gets tougher every day. Even if all these worries went away tomorrow, there is the ongoing potential for lost revenue and lost business from hardware failures, power outages, computer viruses, and on and on. What’s a firm to do?

Our authors have our backs; they’ve got expertise and practical experience in walking the tightrope with attorney departures and lateral hires; they know a thing or two about shoring up firewalls and virus protection; they give us first-hand reports on business continuity plans for firms large and small; they challenge IT professionals to learn more about the business of law in order to create continuity and recovery plans that are strategic.

It’s risky business, certainly; but the challenges can be met by savvy professionals, and this issue of our magazine is sure to make you smarter. What you don’t know CAN hurt you.


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