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Five Tips for Avoiding Settlement Traps
When a lawsuit is settled, the clients cut a deal, the legal gladiators lay down their briefs, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. But is that sigh premature?
The Tension Between Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty
Even amid signs of rising support, there remains a palpable tension between proponents of marriage equality and opponents who argue that same-sex marriage laws threaten their religious liberty.
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Digital Copiers Don't Forget
Risk mitigation requires a good understanding of where the vulnerabilities are, and one that many companies have missed is the sensitive data that likely reside in the hard drive memories of printers, copiers, and fax machines.
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Lease Accounting Project Update
After the February FASB/IASB Lease Accounting Project meetings,the Boards added a fourth approach that the ELFA has been recommending from the start of the Lease Project.
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Practice Pointers for Working with Expert Witnesses in Bankruptcy Court
This article provides some examples of how expert witnesses are used in bankruptcy court, and an overview of some issues that practitioners should be mindful of when working with experts in bankruptcy court.
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Media & Communications Corner: Legal Brand Journalism
Legal Brand Journalism' is the mechanism that allows thought leadership to happen. Here's what it is and how it works.
The Voice of the Client: Nano Business Development
While small law firms may continue to use technology to look big, large law firms need to use it to think and act small. Here's why.
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Career Journal: Professional Management
Law firms have a problem. Their clients compare them with their accountants and consultants ' how they gather and share knowledge, how they set prices, how they manage projects ' and wonder why they lag.
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Sales Speak: The Top Five Myths of Attorney Selling
Law firm marketing is about being found, not chosen. How you get found is through publicity, media outreach, networking, collateral materials, conducting and attending workshops.
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