The LawMOR blog
Notes on time capture, trust accounting and running a small law firm. Every article is written and reviewed by people on our team.
Trust account discipline this fall: commingling, overdrafts, and Pennsylvania's plan to send bank reports to disciplinary counsel
September 2026 brought California disbarments over client funds, a Maryland disbarment that began with trust money paying personal bills, and a Pennsylvania proposal to route trust overdraft reports directly to disciplinary counsel. The patterns, and a seven-step checklist.
Fake IT help desk calls are behind this fall's law firm breaches: a playbook for small firms
Seyfarth Shaw, Sheppard Mullin, and Greenberg Traurig all disclosed breaches this fall, and the FBI has warned that a group posing as IT staff has targeted U.S. law firms since 2023. What happened, how the scam works, and eight steps a small firm can take this week.
The FCC rewrote its text opt-out rules: what a STOP reply now means for your firm's client texts
On September 30, 2026, the FCC adopted FCC 26-67, replacing the strict revoke-all rule. Firms can now limit some opt-outs to one category of informational texts and designate an exclusive opt-out method, but disclosure duties apply. What changed and what to do.
California's SB 574 puts lawyer AI rules into statute: what changes on January 1, 2027
Governor Newsom signed SB 574 on September 30, 2026. Starting January 1, 2027, California lawyers must disclose generative AI use in court filings, personally verify citations, and keep confidential information out of unsecured AI tools. Here is what it requires and how to prepare.
Clients now expect AI savings: how solo and small firms can price AI-assisted work
An October 20, 2026 survey found 60% of in-house lawyers expect lower fees or fewer billed hours from firms using AI, and 81% expect outcome-based pricing to overtake the billable hour within five years. What ABA Opinion 512 says and how to set flat fees that hold up.
Fake AI citations keep reaching courts: what this fall's sanctions and the Tenth Circuit's proposed rule mean for solo lawyers
A tracker now counts 2,202 court decisions on AI-hallucinated content, a Manhattan lawyer was ordered to pay nearly $39,000 to the opposing lawyers who caught his fake citations, and the Tenth Circuit has proposed an AI review rule for 2027. Here is a citation check you can run.
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