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Build Back Better: Considerations for Tax Advisers & Planners

Lawrence L. Bell

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed by the President on Nov. 15, 2021, presents a number of issues for advisers, planners and taxpayers to consider.

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Messaging on Growth Important to Attract Top Talent and Prospective Clients

Jesse Dungan & Nicole Tackley

By keeping these communication tips in mind, firm leaders can ensure that their most important stakeholders understand the significance of their expansion and why it is a win-win for the firm, its people and its clients.

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Rate Hikes Threatening Trusted Status with Clients

Dan Packel

After years of clients working to trim their roster of firms to a trusted group that understands the specific challenges of their businesses, rate hikes are threatening to upset these delicate relationships.

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How Should Law Firms Use Their Windfall of Profits?

Patrick Smith

After many firms experienced a highly profitable 2020 and sky-high demand levels in 2021, they found themselves with more cash than usual. While more than enough Big Law money has been lavished on associates and laterals recently, those aren't the only ways firms are spending their riches.

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Leading Through Disruption

Julia Mercier

Some tried and true leadership practices for firms and partners who are focused on retaining and developing top talent in the current context.

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Registered Nurses In a Top Hat Plan

Lawrence L. Bell

As the healthcare industry is emerging from the pandemic they are looking for ways to reward, retain and recruit a very important segment of its people — Registered Nurses. Employers are looking for ways to provide benefits in an economically efficient fashion that does not create an immediate and punitive tax on the participant.

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Enabling Monetization of Non-Monetary Victories

Russell Yankwitt & Anxhela Mile

This article proposes language to include in retainer agreements to enable the monetization of non-monetary victories and compensate attorneys for all their work on behalf of their contingency clients.

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How Many Is Too Many? Billable Hours Can Reach Diminishing Returns

Dylan Jackson

By now, it is well known that this year has been defined, at least in part, by the furious pace at which lawyers have been working. At what point do high billable hours mean diminishing returns for both the lawyer and the firm?

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How to Cut IT Costs and Streamline Operations with Leasing

Scott McFetters

While analysts predict firms will still see savings from expense cuts in 2021, these savings won't be as dramatic as in 2020 and, moreover, recommend that firms should use profit gains to invest in long-term strategies for growth — like technology.

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Beyond Se Habla Español: Insights Into Selling to the Expanding Hispanic Market

Natalie Fragkouli & Liel Levy

Law firms frequently lack the appropriate marketing strategies to engage the growing U.S. Hispanic population. The lack of a cohesive strategy poses a risk to a law firm's current and future growth potential. This article explores practical insights for law firms that want to serve this rapidly expanding market.

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