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The 2015 Employer Mandate Is Here
Jennifer S. Kiesewetter
The year 2015 is here ' in fact, the first quarter of 2015 has already flown by ' and so is the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) employer "play or pay" mandate, which has been delayed, in total or in part, twice.
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Federal Judges Survey Says '
Bob Rohlf
Twenty years ago, few lawyers would have thought the notion of legal competency would come to include understanding and advising on technical issues surrounding the discovery of electronic information. In today's digital age, however, lawyers must be both legally and technically savvy to competently represent their clients.
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<b><i> Media & Communications:</i></b> Communicating Effectively to Both Genders
John Hellerman
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Cari Brunelle
What you say isn't as important as what is heard. And each gender hears things differently!
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House Proposes Tax Reform Plan
Lawrence L. Bell
In an attempt to raise revenues and simplify the tax code, the House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a draft tax reform plan containing sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), including a number of major executive compensation and benefits changes. The most significant of those could be the elimination of deferred compensation and nonqualified pensions.
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Process Is the Key To Success When Applying Legal Technology To Discovery
Benjamin Beck
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Tobin Dietrich
The litigation industry is awash with technology. According to consulting firm Gartner, law firms, corporations and service providers spent almost $2 billion in 2014 buying or licensing e-discovery software, almost none of which existed just 10 years ago. Why? The primary driver has been the explosion in the amount and variety of discoverable data in the world.
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<b><i>Voice of the Client:</i></b> Trusted Adviser?
Bruce Heintz
What is a Trusted Adviser and how do you become one, thereby deepening and strengthening a relationship? The authors explains.
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The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Scott McFetters
As more and more commercial clients move their legal teams in-house, competition among law firms continues to grow. With the legal industry still feeling negative impacts from the financial crisis, a considerable number of law firms have been pooling expertise and gaining market share through mergers and acquisitions.
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Best Practices for Law Firms to Meet Cybersecurity Requirements of Inside Counsel
Jason Straight
Whether or not your clients have suffered a data breach, cybersecurity is undoubtedly a critical concern. Many of your clients are actively searching for and plugging any gaps in their security. And if your clients haven't done so already, they're also going to focus their attention on what could potentially be an Achilles Heel for them ' their law firms.
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Pricing It Right: Restructuring Billing
Tam Harbert
As pressure on pricing continues, Big Law firms are buying (or building) analytics technology and hiring pricing specialists ' people who use market data, internal firm data and economics/pricing experience to ensure that firms are smart about bidding on work.
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<i>At the Intersection</i>: What Do GCs Want From Outside Firms?
Pamela Woldow
What do legal departments want from their law firms? The General Counsel of 35 global corporations. give their candid and outspoken responses.
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