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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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New Briefs

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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Court Watch

Charles G. Miller & Darryl A. Hart

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

Features

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Arbitration: One More Look at Its Virtues and Vices

Rupert M. Barkoff

For several years, I have felt like Hamlet when I ruminate on the subject of arbitration clauses: To include, or not to include, an arbitration clause in the franchise agreements I draft.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

Features

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IRS Issues Revenue Procedure 2012-17

Stanley Kolodziejczak & Nancy Regan

On Feb. 13, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2012-17, which in part provides that partnerships may furnish their partners with an electronic copy of their Schedule K-1 if the partner has affirmatively consented to receive the K-1 in electronic format, such as in pdf form in an e-mail.

Features

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The Billable Hour Is Not Dead!

Neil F. Scullion

Firms are increasingly using alternative fee structures to meet clients' demands for billing based on the perceived value they have received. This article discusses the reasons why, regardless of your firm's method of billing clients, it is still critical to track attorney billable and non-billable hours.

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The Fiduciary's Default Investment Choice

Frank Armstrong

Several high-profile class action lawsuits are now winding their way through the federal courts alleging high costs, sustained underperformance, and failure to properly disclose and account for revenue sharing and other "under the table" payments in pension and 401(k) plans. The fiduciaries have only themselves to blame. These issues should never have been on the table.

Features

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Profitability and the Legal Marketing Professional

J. Mark Santiago

This article provides for the legal marketing professional a guide to the basics of law firm economics, and includes sample metrics and ideas as to how to improve the contributions of the marketing department to the bottom line of your law firm.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of several key cases.

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