By Dean Short Now is the time for companies to comply with California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) if you haven’t done so already. The California Attorney General’s final regulations will soon be approved by the California Office of Administrative Law.  The enforcement deadline is scheduled for July 1, 2020.  Any privacy policies that show they were updated after July 1, 2020 will risk admitting that they were not in compliance with CCPA prior…

OC Lawyer Magazine’s May Issue features an article by Montage founders, Erin Giglia and Laurie Rowen: “Overwhelmed? Five Strategies Can Implement Today to Reduce Stress and Find more Hours in the Day.” We designed Montage as a virtual company specifically to assist busy lawyers everywhere.  We have been using our eleven years of experience running a virtual business to assist attorneys during this unprecedented time of isolation, court closures, and uncertainty. Lawyers face an unusual…

By Erin Johnson “History has shown that catastrophe also creates opportunity.” This time, will the legal industry reap the benefits?  In the Above the Law article “COVID-19 Could Catalyze The Legal Industry Renaissance,” Nancy B. Rapoport (a law professor at UNLV) and Joe Tiano (founder of Legal Decoder) predict an unprecedented demand for legal services post-Covid19 closures.  They claim that “until the dust settles, most would agree that the near-term demand for legal…

Erin Giglia, Co-Owner of Montage Legal Group, and Louise Keefe, Owner of Perspektives, will be speaking in a free live webinar on Wednesday, April 15th, at noon, put on by the Orange County Bar Association COVID-19 Task Force: “Working with a Virtual Team.” Register at Ocbar.org. Whew. You’ve been working remotely for a few weeks now, as are all of your team members. Now what? How do you effectively run your law practice when…

Laurie Rowen will be speaking on panel for a webinar TOMORROW, March 25th, at noon, put on by the Orange County Bar Association COVID-19 Task Force: “Attorney Well-Being During Covid-19.” The panel will start with Dr. Rimal Bera, a UCI Health Psychiatrist, who will discuss how to handle anxiety, fear and stress during the pandemic.  See Dr. Bera’s article for more information: Coping with the Stress of Covid-19. Laurie Rowen will discuss tips on…

By Laurie Rowen & Erin Giglia You are now working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. You set up your home office. You’ve created a schedule for yourself.  You are trying to stay calm and adjust to this new normal. But schools are closed, and now you have to figure out how to handle working from home with kids — and no childcare!?! We are right there with you. There are millions of children…

The Orange County Bar Association Covid-19 Task Force is hard at work to assist Orange County lawyers navigate the rapidly changing landscape to remote working, and to deal with evolving realities resulting from this worldwide pandemic. The OCBA has launched a website with resources available to anyone who needs assistance: http://www.ocbar.org/covid-19# The OCBA is also launching a series of complimentary webinars to the membership.  Erin Giglia and Michael Gregg (partner at Littler) will be speaking…