Volume 18 - Number 5 | May 1, 2012
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Alternative Attorney Staffing
By Douglas A. Smith
This article focuses on employee benefits decisions and the flexibility of your firm with respect to direct hires of non-partner and non-associate attorneys.
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Why Should We Tolerate 'Jerks" in Our Law Firms?
By William C. Cobb and Terry W. Conner
Over the past three years of tough times, many law firms have put up with "jerks" in their partnership ranks in order to hold on to the portfolios of work controlled by those people. But there are ramifications to this decision...
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What Can Lawyers Take with Them Other Than People?
By Wayne N. Outten and Cyrus E. Dugger
A close look at the standards for determining what documents a lawyer may take upon departing a law firm reveals a startlingly unclear and tangled area of legal ethics and law that should give any careful lawyer real pause.
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