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Ramped Up Internal Technology Is a Win-Win for Law Firms and Their Clients Image

Ramped Up Internal Technology Is a Win-Win for Law Firms and Their Clients

Brandie Knox

This article identifies why investing in digital tools and applications is more important today than ever and provides examples and potential questions law firms should contemplate.

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Preserving the Privilege In the Corporate Setting

Jonathan S. Feld & Kevin Connor

Assessing the risks and liabilities of a potential transaction requires frank and open communication between the parties, including legal counsel. Understanding the scope and limitations of this privilege in transactional settings and who "holds" it is vital to its preservation.

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Hindsights, Insights and Foresights: Producing Content That Clients Value Image

Hindsights, Insights and Foresights: Producing Content That Clients Value

Eric Dewey

This article describes a model to help your lawyers evaluate the relative value of the information they are sending to their clients and help you communicate the importance of delivering value in their written communications to clients.

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Maintaining Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protections over Forensic Reports in Light of 'Wengui v. Clark Hill' Image

Maintaining Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protections over Forensic Reports in Light of 'Wengui v. Clark Hill'

Kim Peretti, Jon Knight, & Emily Poole

The Clark Hill opinion is notable because not only does it follow a string of recent opinions that have found data breach forensic reports not to be entitled to work product protection, it also goes one step further to find that a data breach forensic report is not protected by attorney-client privilege.

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How Do Business Development Efforts In High-Performing Law Firms Differ? Image

How Do Business Development Efforts In High-Performing Law Firms Differ?

Meghan Frank

As firms and their clients continue to navigate ongoing business challenges in 2021, BD and marketing professionals first need to understand how mature their efforts are in specific areas. Then, they can look at what the successful firms are doing differently, so they can position themselves to join those ranks.

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Voice of the Client: What In-House Counsel Need from Outside Counsel As Pandemic Landscapes Shifts Image

Voice of the Client: What In-House Counsel Need from Outside Counsel As Pandemic Landscapes Shifts

Jennifer Simpson Carr

Responses from GCs on what matters most to their companies when hiring outside counsel.

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Competitive Intelligence: How Do You Listen When You're Not In the Room? Image

Competitive Intelligence: How Do You Listen When You're Not In the Room?

Patricia Ellard

Although we understood how important in-person listening was before the pandemic, the background listening was something we used to take for granted. Here are five ways to practice active listening and remain engaged when we can't be in a physical environment.

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Building Successful Partnerships Requires Collaboration Image

Building Successful Partnerships Requires Collaboration

DeWitt A. Sullivan

Partnerships are relationships, ideally relationships built on trust and a common goal. Successful partnerships require all parties working together — working together to service a client fully, generate revenue and to build a business. This requires openness and coordination.

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Asserting the Common Interest Doctrine In Plan-Related Discovery

Francis J. Lawall & Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith

The common interest doctrine can be a powerful tool when used to block discovery of relevant and sometimes critical evidence. However, a determination of when it can be invoked requires a highly fact-intensive analysis.

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Pandemic Drives Law Firms and Clients to Common Ground on Pricing Image

Pandemic Drives Law Firms and Clients to Common Ground on Pricing

Dan Packel

The current circumstances are giving rise to conversations about pricing, and driving both sides of the law firm-client relationship to seek common ground — both in the form of tried-and-true alternative fee arrangements and those that reflect a more innovative approach.

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