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A Playbook for Disrupting Traditional CRM
Here's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.
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What Your Clients Need to Know About Succession Planning
Business people are often confused about the differences between succession planning and exit planning. Attorneys are in the unique position of being able to guide their clients through the confusion.
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Improving Billing Security Improves Client Experience
Client service doesn't end before the invoice goes out. Every interaction is an opportunity for the firm to provide the best experience current knowledge and technology is able to deliver — and since security is a key component of what clients want, security needs to be part of that equation.
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Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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IRS Keeps Hold On Employee Retention Credit Claims to Protect Small Businesses from Fraud
While the IRS has new ERC claims on pause and works to investigate possible fraud, business owners still have the opportunity to protect themselves from potential civil and criminal penalties.
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Partner Pay Spread Increases for Top Law Firms Amid Partnership Model Changes
Amid unprecedented billing rate hikes and an escalation of the battle for rainmaking talent, Am Law 100 law firms again raised the stakes on partner pay last year. At the same time, the average spread among Second Hundred firms fell a bit.
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Big Law Leverages Buyers Position to Influence AI Development to Suit Their Needs
In the AI edition of the classic "build versus buy" dilemma, some marquee firms have opted to leverage their position as the largest buyers of legal tech to influence vendor development of AI-powered services to suit their needs.
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Unbiased Thinking: A Blueprint for Your Law Firm Billing & Collections Transformation
Law firms generally experience a similar set of common challenges and costs tied to inefficient billing and collections practices. This is a cost no firm can afford; and to that end, this article offers a blueprint for transforming billing and collections
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Crafting an Effective Roadmap for Implementing Information Governance In Law Firms
This article discusses why a robust IG program is critical to modern-day law firm operations, the complexities associated with crafting such a program, and what a high-level roadmap for implementing the program looks like.
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Prospective Partners Ask Small and Midsized Firms Tough Questions About Succession
Do Their Chief Finance Professionals Have Good Answers? Many senior associates want to know whether the firm is well-positioned financially to grow and prosper when the current generation of senior partners retires. To get the information they need to value an investment in the firm, they turn to its finance professional.
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