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Understanding Your Clients' Changing Needs In a Post-Pandemic Legal Market
If it was challenging to get facetime with clients pre-pandemic, that challenge has only multiplied in the post-pandemic world. As firms look for creative ways to reconnect with clients, client interviews and surveys have become more important than ever for ensuring client satisfaction, loyalty and profitability.
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Stakeholders: How to See Things from the Client's Perspective
Without hearing the Voice of the Customer (or Client), we risk missing the mark in our strategy, messaging and positioning, as well as delivery of work, product and service, operations, technology, staffing and so forth — in short, we potentially miss on everything.
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The Queen's Gambit: Vetting Costs and Other Factors In Hiring a Tech Vendor
There are numerous "gameplays" to reduce risks when selecting and hiring a technology vendor. With each mitigating factor you incorporate into your contracting playbook, prepare to incur additional costs.
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The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
Hear what a cross-section of law firm leaders say about how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
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Hoteling: What Can Law Firms Learn from the Big 4?
The success of the decentralized law firm depends in some part on how well firms can shift "hoteling" from the negative connotation of "losing my desk" to the positive connotation of "having a hotel-like experience" as is the case in the Big 4.
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Biden Administration Budget 2022: Employer Sponsored Death Benefits a Forgotten Planning Tool
Part Two of a Two-Part Article Part Two provides more scenarios under which an Employer-Sponsored Death Benefit plan may be assigned, based on IRS memoranda.
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COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE: Competitive Intelligence On a Dime
Simple and Cost-Effective Ways to Help Your Firm Harness the Power of Competitive Intelligence Many products and trainings promise to help with or automate your competitive intelligence research, but getting good data does not have to be so complicated or expensive. Here are some tips for how you can leverage competitive intelligence in your marketing efforts without a significant cost.
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LEADERSHIP IN LAW: Rapid Innovation Is Scary, But Necessary for Law Firm Leaders
To achieve the goal of accomplishing the seemingly insurmountable task of preparing leaders to shepherd firms in the post-pandemic world demands an approach similar to what enabled society to create the COVID vaccine in record time: a unique set of circumstances, dedicated focus and sufficient resources.
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Biden Administration Budget 2022: Employer Sponsored Death Benefits a Forgotten Planning Tool
Part One of a Two-Part Article While providing a current benefit for employees, an employer sponsored death benefit is an asset that may create needless taxation if not properly handled. Taking prudent steps will avoid the problems of loss of control and flexibility while minimizing income, estate, transfer and capital income taxes.
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Process Automation: Increase Competitiveness By Going Paperless
This last year has brought an ever-increasing pressure to be competitive and retain the margin that pays salaries and powers growth. One outlet to maintain and increase competitiveness is the reduction of paper processes and increasing the use of technology.
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