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Marketing Tech: Does Your LinkedIn Profile Play by the Rules?
Rules governing lawyers with respect to client relationships, specifically advertising and solicitation, vary from state-to-state. The use of social media is governed by these rules as well. Are you compliant?
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Asking Prospective Employees for Social Media Credentials
This article addresses legal concerns in accessing a prospective employee's social media information.
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The Business of Branding: Is New Media Still 'New'?
Responsive web design, startup incubators and mobile payments are three progressive products and services that aren't necessarily "new" media, but can be considered new enhancements that aid growth, advancement and understanding.
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Small Changes <i>Can</i> Lead to Expensive Consequences
Besides the many people in commercial sectors whose business model was decimated ' music sellers and travel agents, at the dawn of e-commerce, and, more recently, publishers of books and music ' sometimes that change can hurt any business and its people, and for no good reason.
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Litigation Support for Information Governance
The treatment of personal identifiable information (PII) is quickly becoming an increasingly critical issue and should be on litigation support's risk and information governance agenda.
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What Can Lawyers Take with Them Other Than People?
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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Why Should We Tolerate 'Jerks" in Our Law Firms?
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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Alternative Attorney Staffing
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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Avoiding Personal Liability for Payroll and Other Employer Tax Obligations
Although many firms operate in corporate, LLC or even LLP form in order to protect partners individually from liabilities, their partners may be surprised to learn that they may be personally liable if the firm fails to fulfill its obligations associated with employee compensation and benefits payable by the firm.
TOP 5 MYTHS OF ATTORNEY SELLING - PART II.
MYTH # 2 - Attorneys should step in to the business development process only after the marketing department develops a strategy. Ultimately, the onus is upon the attorneys to bring in (and keep) the business. The role of law firm marketing should support these goals with collateral materials, public relations activities, social media and identifying seminars and workshops that help facilitate network development. Once you have the information and sales training, plan a strategy to pursue the…
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