Have you heard?

We recently read in a legal ethics article that conflict of interest claims were down slightly to just 5 percent of all malpractice claims because computerized conflict checks, combined with standardized conflict resolution procedures, resulted in some improvements in this area.

View the full article here:

http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202740408791/How-High-Is-Your-Legal-Malpractice-Risk?cmp=share_email

Please contact us with questions, and be sure to ask for a demo!

Thank you,
RION Corp.

Evaluating Conflicts Software - Part 7

For our last publication for the Evaluating Conflicts Software series, we'll address all the other "miscellaneous" questions that we should raise to insure we have a thorough understanding of the offerings from our software & services vendors.

Here's our last list of questions for this series:

• How do you differentiate yourself from the other conflicts softwares on the market?
• Do your users have a group?
• Online?
• In person?
• Time Zone: You'll want to consider if they will be available during your firm's business hours.
• Where is your company located?
• Where is your support located?
• What level of support is provided?
• Emails?
• Phone calls?
• In Person?
• Are we able to override or disable standard features?
• Can we please have a demonstration of your product?
• Are we able to test it during a trial to determine if it is a good fit for us?
• How long do we have?
• Is your organization woman or minority owned?
• Check to see if they will be able to meet your deadlines of when you expect to have the new conflicts software installed, integrated, and everyone trained.

Most of these questions are from Sandra Roberts' book "Creating Conflicts of Interest Procedures for Protecting You and Your Firm from Malpractice" (Amazon).

Cori Blackburn

cori.blackburn@rioncorp.com
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Evaluating Conflicts Software - Part 1

We have really been enthralled with Sandra Roberts's book "Creating Conflicts of Interest Procedures for Protecting you and your Firm From Malpractice".

One high value component of the book is a series of checklists that guide you through developing various processes from searching client & party names to setting up databases. We will discuss checklists related to evaluating conflicts software as a blog series for the next six or so weeks.

Sandra thank you for creating such a valuable publication!

We've broken down the multi-point checklist into categories:

• Survey & Technical Requirements
• Reports & Scanning
• Competency & Education
• Integration
• Forms & Conflicts-centric needs
• Miscellaneous

If you wanted to check out Sandra's book (and no we're not advertisers), you might find a copy here: Amazon

Keep an eye out for our 1st from this series later this week.

Cori Blackburn

cori.blackburn@rioncorp.com
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