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Planning Realistically In a Time of Economic Distress

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

How to Avoid Destroying Your Firm's Future By Arbitrary Expense Cutting and Obsolete Planning Techniques There is a wonderful old Russian folk tale about the family in a sled being chased by ferocious wolves. To slow down the wolves, thinking to protect the remaining family members, they threw children overboard. That story comes to mind as we watch law firms, chased by the wolves of a depressing economy, decimate their firms by furloughing or firing staff, deferring'

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TextMap Version 5: New Uses for a Familiar Tool

Brett Burney

A bunch of loose nails can be pounded with a shoe or a rock, but why not buy a hammer so you have the right tool for the job? Similarly, a load of transcripts can be tagged with sticky flags and painstakingly summarized on a yellow legal pad, but why not use software to help you comprehensively manage and annotate them? TextMap 5 from LexisNexis (formerly CaseSoft) is the right tool for the job.

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Law Firm Leadership: Leadership Isn't Management Image

Law Firm Leadership: Leadership Isn't Management

Mark Beese & Suzanne C. Lowe

Our marketplace is changing at a breakneck pace and on many fronts. Our firms are changing as well, from how we charge clients to how we compensate attorneys. A new kind of approach is required for effective management and leadership.

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Recommendation Marketing Through Evolving Social Media Channels

Alan L. Friel

In one of its more insidious forms, recommendation marketing can involve a marketer paying Internet users to post disingenuous positive product reviews at online retailers' sites, also called astroturfing, in which advertisers or their agents pretend to be unaffiliated consumers, and spread misleading or false information to advance the advertiser's objectives.

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The Urge to Merge

Lawrence N. Mullman & Carl Hopkins

In the midst of the current recession-induced pummeling of law firms and in-house legal departments, some positive changes are occurring that are setting the stage for a stronger industry. One is the quantity and quality of law firm mergers that are being consummated.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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JACK NICKLAUS ON LEGAL SALES

JACK NICKLAUS ON LEGAL SALES - One of the greatest professional golfers, Jack Nicklaus, was once asked how he would describe his style of play. "Grip it and rip it" was the answer. His focus was so strong, and his swing so well trained, that he did not need to spend time moving his feet, practicing his swing, staring down the fairway, etc. He had his target and went for it. The message here for law…

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US Tennis Open Upsets are a Lesson in Lawyer Business Development

allan colman, www.closersgroup.com

US TENNIS OPEN UPSETS ARE A LESSON IN LAWYER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Because it is the fourth and final stop on the Grand Slam tennis tour, the US Open is one of the nation's most watched tournaments. It also tends to be dominated by the best of the game. This year, however, many of the top seeds were upset. Sharapova, V. Williams, Roddick, Federrer were al knocked out of contention for the top prize. But these types of…

The Arcane Art of Managing Marketers Image

The Arcane Art of Managing Marketers

Bruce W. Marcus

The Difference Between Doing And Managing Marketing In the early, primitive days of marketing professional services, there weren't enough people doing marketing for law, accounting, and consulting firms to think much about departmental management. The exceptions, of course, were the larger firms, particularly those for whom, in the beginning, having more people on staff was often equated to better marketing. Marketing, at the beginning, was invariably assigned to a partner, who had only a vague'

The Arcane Art of Managing Marketers Image

The Arcane Art of Managing Marketers

Bruce W. Marcus

The Difference Between Doing And Managing Marketing In the early, primitive days of marketing professional services, there weren't enough people doing marketing for law, accounting, and consulting firms to think much about departmental management. The exceptions, of course, were the larger firms, particularly those for whom, in the beginning, having more people on staff was often equated to better marketing. Marketing, at the beginning, was invariably assigned to a partner, who had only a vague…

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