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The Treasury Department's Guidelines on Executive Pay

Angela Marie Hubbell

The guidelines were designed to strike a balance between the financial industry's need to attract top talent to lead in the current economic climate and the public's interest in requiring transparency and accountability. They require not only disclosure of, but an explanation and justification of the policy supporting certain compensation decisions. Here's how they work.

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Separation and General Releases

Anne Ciesla Bancroft

This article highlights key issues to consider when preparing employee separation agreements.

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Professional Development: Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch: An Art Form As Well As A Client Development Essential

Jennifer L. Bluestein & Paula Giovacchini

2009 may prove to be a challenge for lawyers faced with the responsibility of bringing in new business. Despite the uncertainty, now is the perfect time to develop your elevator pitch. This article provides attorneys with the necessary tools to develop themselves.

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Technology and Law Firm Management

Jeremy T. Elman

Technology innovations in legal practice will become standard as the author's generation moves into management and leadership roles. Here's why.

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On the Move

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

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MARKETING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON YOUTUBE

MARKETING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON YOUTUBE is one of the newest methods for corporate counsel to learn about firms who are or might service them in the future. It's powerful, it's persuasive, and it pjrovides a new way for professionals to maximize their marketing message. They call it YouTube. Online video is a professional services revolution in the making. It rivets audiences and directly involves them in your marketing. Link the YouTube post to your website and -…

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CLOSING THE DEAL

allan colman, www.closersgroup.com

CLOSING THE DEAL A very happy new year to you all. Legal marketing is going through its typical first of the year cycle where clients and prospects are playing the "budget" card. But the economy is not the only factor you should consider when converting an opportunity to close more business. Hesitation might also occur on behalf of in-house counsel or public agency executives due to the pressures of bureaucracy. Who else needs to approve the engagement?…

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Networking and e-Commerce: Get To It and Stay at It

Michael Lear-Olimpi

Especially for e-commerce attorneys ' who have quickly adapted to doing all of their business chained to a computer monitor ' in-person networking is becoming a lost art. Even if you may very well be doing the right thing in attending networking events, you may not be doing the thing right well.

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Social Networking and Litigation

Ronald J. Levine & Susan L. Swatski-Lebson

This article explores a social networking site user's right to privacy, an adversary's right to obtain information from that site, and the admissibility of the information.

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Law Firm Survival: Tough Economic Times Call for Sound Management

Spencer Barback & Rick Hayden

There are steps firms can take — many in the areas of accounting and financial planning — to best ensure that they emerge from the current economic slump just as strong as when they entered it.

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