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Your Clients Want Alternative Fees
Chris Johnson
Think you're being responsive to your clients about fees? They think you can do better.
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Hit It Out of the Park: Lessons Learned in Practice Group Management
Jennifer G. Gallinson
This article reviews a methodology that has transformed our practice group leaders and our firm's approach to practice group management. What follows are some best practices and lessons learned from one midsize firm's year-long endeavor.
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<b><i>Business of Branding:</i></b> Seven Signs You Should Be Thinking About a Rebrand
John Buchanan
Just because you want a new "look and feel" doesn't mean you should enter into a lengthy, complex and potentially expensive rebranding project. There are a number of "signs," though, that might indicate you should consider rebranding or at least refreshing your firm's brand.
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The Global 100
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
The Global 100 appears to have found its groove. After the turbulence of the financial crisis, which in 2009 caused the world's 100 highest-grossing law firms to collectively suffer their first-ever fall in aggregate fee income, the group has now settled into a pattern of slow, steady growth.
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Data Sharing In the Cloud
Gregory Mottla
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L. Elise Dieterich
Storing and sharing data "in the cloud" has become, in many instances, a business necessity. The practical and economic advantages of cloud computing are clear ' it eliminates the need to send client data via traditional, costly methods, and is significantly less expensive than building and maintaining the same data storage capacity in-house.
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How to Fix Reputational Harm
Luci Bach, Mary Gately
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Craig Kronenberger
The speed with which negative Internet postings spread can cause immediate reputational harm. To remedy this harm, the nature and extent of the damage must be quantified, which is no easy task. However, new digital tools can now be used to assess and quantify damage caused by these kinds of negative Internet postings.
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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Communication Babble, Redux
Pamela Woldow
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Doug Richardson
The authors began their two-part series on "communication babble" in the July Issue of this newsletter They conclude herein with "an only slightly disguised true story."
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<b><i>Leadership:</i></b> Growing Thick Skin
Mark Beese
Having thick skin is critical to success in law firms, especially when your job centers on developing programs that help a firm compete in a dynamic and increasingly competitive environment.
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<b><i>Voice of the Client:</i></b> Are Lawyers Listening and Leading?
Silvia Coulter
Whether or not to meet with clients on a regular basis will now significantly impact a firm's success. And this means all inactive important clients of the firm, not just the firm's current active clients.
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Your Clients Want Alternative Fees
Chris Johnson
Think you're being responsive to your clients about fees? They think you can do better. Here's what you need to know.
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