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Cost Recovery in 2018: An Evolving Internal and External Strategy

Rob Mattern

It's now been 10 years since the economic crisis of 2008, and just under 10 years since we saw the greatest dip in demand for services experienced by the legal market. The market has stabilized since then, but growth has remained, year-over-year, flat. The Thomson Reuters 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market shows this trend will continue as we see a market characterized by flat to sluggish growth, a continued decline in productivity, modest rate increases and the continued downward pressure on realization.

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Taxing Questions for Law Firms Looking to Benefit in the New Regime

Meredith Hobbs

The new law offers two obvious potential benefits: a 20% deduction for pass-through entities such as partnerships, and a 21% tax on corporations.

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Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms

Marcus Dyer

This article describes the provisions of the Act most likely to impact law firms.

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Some Law Firm Leaders See Rosy 2018 Ahead

Miriam Rozen

When it comes to law firm business, not everyone is depressed about the slow growth that plagued many firms in 2017, and that's predicted to persist into the new year. Or at least they won't admit it.

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2018: What Last Year's Trends Can Mean for Big Law

Scott Flaherty, Chris Johnson, Meghan Tribe, Roy Strom, Miriam Rozen & Lizzy McLellan

With the new year upon us, law firms have just been through the typical year-end crush of collections, budgeting, compensation decisions and more. The authors recently took a look at 2017's hottest trends, and explored what we could expect from them in 2018.

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Examine KPIs on a Micro-Level to Boost Law Firm Profitability

Steven A. Davis & Tyler Quinn

You say your law firm is profitable. How do you know? To fully understand your law firm's results of operations and financial condition, you should measure and examine key performance indicators (KPIs) on a granular level. Looking beyond high-level KPIs can provide actionable information to make operational and strategic decisions.

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2017 Roundup: Equity vs. Non-Equity Membership

Arthur J. Ciampi

<b><i>Last Year Saw a Number of Interesting Decisions Concerning the Identity, Rights and Obligations of Non-Equity Owners, Including Partners and Shareholders</b></i><p>2017 saw a number of interesting decisions concerning the identity, rights and obligations of non-equity owners, including partners and shareholders. As more firms utilize non-equity members to play vital roles within their firms, it will become more important for them to take note of these decisions and the guidance they provide.

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Do Mergers Increase Profitability?

Hugh A. Simons & Nicholas Bruch

<b><i>The Numbers Say Yes, But Not for the Reasons Many May Think</b></i><p>Conventional wisdom has it that mergers enhance profitability through increased revenues and reduced costs. However, the numbers contradict this view: post-merger revenues are lower relative to competitor firms than are the sum of the predecessor firms' revenues, and costs per lawyer increase markedly.

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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Business Process Management and Law Firms

Zachary Beauchemin & Alisha DiGiandomenico

Though traditionally considered laggards when adopting new technology, law firms have recently started to explore new tricks to fortify performance across their organizations. While this evolution is critical to a firm's survival, it's important that firm administrators understand that substantive improvements are only possible through multi-directional change.

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Showing Better 2017 Financial Results Just Got A Little Tougher Image

Showing Better 2017 Financial Results Just Got A Little Tougher

John Wilmouth & Gretta Rusanow

Will law firms' financial results for 2017 fall short of 2016? Legal industry results through the first nine months of 2017 suggest that's a real possibility.

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