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Media & Communications Corner: What Matters in Client Reports

Nicholas Gaffney

Done right, creating activity reports can be more than a regurgitation of effort and achievement ' they can be crucial tools to identify trends and business opportunities ...

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Content Marketing and Web Analytics

Janet Ellen Raasch

The information generated by web analytics is a valuable tool to help lawyers and law firms plan ' and continuously improve ' their content and their online content distribution campaigns.

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American Natural Gas

Joshua Becker & Aaron Block

To critics, natural gas may be associated with potential environmental hazards, which has predictably spawned a growing trend of litigation and regulatory scrutiny around the country.

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Practice Tip: The Do's and Don'ts of Depositions

Larry Goldhirsch

In the author's words, "There appears to be an almost universal disregard to posing a proper question."

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Leveling the Playing Field

Michael L. Junk & John McNulty

The age of ESI changed everything in terms of how quickly and easily documents are created and then stored. As a consequence, every corporate defendant in a product liability case today can expect to spend thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars producing documents in discovery.

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Proceed with Caution!

Robert W. Denney

Law firms are trying to shift from survival tactics to the "New Normal" by addressing, not only the challenges they face, but also the changes they may have to make. However, there are few precedents for addressing many of the concerns.

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Is Good Enough Good Enough?

Debra Forman

Not doing something how others expect it to be done or not getting the result others anticipate or assume will be had can give rise to resentment, loss of trust, and ruined client relationships.

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The Management Wisdom of Midlevel Associates

David Cruickshank

As midlevel associates make the transition to senior associate ranks, they gain wisdom in managing matters, both up to partners and down to juniors. Their wisdom reveals a key weakness in law firms ' the poor leadership and management skills of partners.

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Social Media Policies and the NLRA

Anna R. Hickman

Employer policies and practices on employees' use of social media continues to be a hot topic for the National Labor Relations Board. Make sure your firm is in compliance.

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MD District Court Dismisses RICO Claims Against HR Professionals

Kevin McCormick

On July 6, 2011, the Maryland U.S. District Court dismissed a RICO claim filed by a number of employees of Purdue Farms, Inc., against a number of human resource (HR) professionals employed by Purdue. A review of the case.

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