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Big Law's Trojan Horse: Are the Big Four Preparing an Invasion? Image

Big Law's Trojan Horse: Are the Big Four Preparing an Invasion?

Dan Packel

<b><i>Law Firms Partner With the Big Four to Serve Their Clients, But the Accountants Pose an Existential Threat. What Will Happen If — or When — They Turn Competitive?</b></i><p>For law firm leaders, rank-and-file partners and everyone else in the law firm ecosystem, the Big Four shouldn't be a laughing matter. They are serious about selling legal services, and clients are listening.

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The Strategy of What You Don't Invest In Image

The Strategy of What You Don't Invest In

Scott McFetters

Advanced technology isn't free. Outfitting your team with equipment that will move the needle can require an impossibly large capital outlay. The solution may not be, therefore, to purchase all that gear. It may be to lease or finance it.

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Women's Initiatives: Women's Initiatives Create Opportunity and Benefits in Law Firms Image

Women's Initiatives: Women's Initiatives Create Opportunity and Benefits in Law Firms

Vivian Hood

One of the most significant means of support law firms can have for women lawyers is adopting women's initiatives that provide a means for women lawyers to support one another within a firm and deliver a commitment to the advancement and understanding of unique issues that women face at their firms.

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New Department of Labor Regulation Expands Access to Employee Benefits Image

New Department of Labor Regulation Expands Access to Employee Benefits

Lawrence L. Bell

The rule, overseen by the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, modifies the definition of “employer” under ERISA regarding entities that could sponsor group health and benefit coverage.

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New Partners Don't Know What to Expect After Promotion, Survey Shows Image

New Partners Don't Know What to Expect After Promotion, Survey Shows

Lizzy McLellan

<b><i>More Law Firms Are Paving the Path to Partner, But What Happens Once One Gets There Is Less Than Certain</b></i><p>In some ways, the country's most recently promoted partners are more prepared than ever to take on their new roles. But the change still comes with its surprises.

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Financial Milestones on the Path from New Associate to Retiree Image

Financial Milestones on the Path from New Associate to Retiree

Justin Peacock

A rundown of the top items lawyers should have on their financial checklists, based on their career stage.

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Unmasking the Impostor Syndrome Image

Unmasking the Impostor Syndrome

Cynthia Sharp

Many talented lawyers shortchange themselves and their law firms by failing to implement a strategic business development plan. Some claim that they don't have time to market while others lament that marketing doesn't work — for them. While these and a variety of other excuses are common, it may be productive to dig a little deeper to determine whether other factors are at play.

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Active Listening Wins Clients

Kimberly Rice

All too often, we read studies, which report clients' pet peeve with their services providers whom do not listening to them. Or, cited another way, clients…

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Legal Tech: Stop, Collaborate and Listen -- Collaboration Tools Are a Brand New Invention Image

Legal Tech: Stop, Collaborate and Listen -- Collaboration Tools Are a Brand New Invention

Michele C.S. Lange

Today's workplaces require tools that enhance employee productivity and provide the flexibility to never miss a critical business opportunity. Organizations in other industries have already experienced the benefits of enterprise collaboration, and now this technology is making its way into the legal sector. The rise of enterprise collaboration is redefining the modern law firm and legal department.

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'Cause We Are Living in a Digital World … Image

'Cause We Are Living in a Digital World …

David McCann

As with traditional branding, a digital brand is simply the perception individuals have of a business or organization online. Digital branding is a brand management technique that uses a combination of Internet branding and digital marketing to develop a brand over a range of digital venues, including Internet-based relationships, device-based applications and media. The objective is to establish and build trust with potential clients, especially while they are in the decision phase of the selection process.

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