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Project Planning

Paul Silverman

Effective project management is one of the most cost-effective and powerful tools in your tool belt. Here's why.

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How Social Media Builds Your Practice

Greg Sutphin

One glance at the MLF 50 will prove that social media, along with other techology, is no longer a "maybe" for today's law firm, but a necessity. And yet many attorneys are still hesitant to take the plunge. It's up to us, as law firm marketers, to lead the way. This timely article explains why.

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The Magnificent 25

Kimberly Alford Rice

This year, for the first time, we decided to give smaller firms a chance to be noticed. And here is what we learned: With the advancement of website sophistication, social media tools, and other creative techniques, smaller firms are also effectively reaching their targets and delivering sophisticated messages and innovative marketing solutions. Our search yielded an astonishing number of top-notch firms in this brand-new category. We are thrilled to highlight the top five firms below.

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The Seventh Annual MLF 50: The Top 50 Law Firms in Marketing and Business Development

Kimberly Alford Rice, Wendy Stavinoha & Steven Salkin

Despite dreary economic conditions, 2011 proved to be a highly energized year for law firm marketing departments. Responding well to the "doing more with less" mantra from management committees, talented legal marketing professionals moved their firms to gain substantial market share and expansion at home and abroad. It is with great excitement that we introduce you to the 2011 MLF 50.

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Alternative Fee Arrangements

William C. Cobb

Switching to a responsibly run alternative fee agreement will not only reduce the risk to the real client, but will motivate lawyers to be more responsible and much more efficient. Both the clients and the lawyers serving them can win.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of important rulings.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Key rulings from around the states.

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Keeping an Eye on the Federal Civil Money Laundering Statute

Gary Stein

Every year, federal prosecutors file many hundreds of criminal money laundering cases. The charge can appear in a dizzyingly wide array of contexts, as the MLCA's definition of the necessary underlying "specified unlawful activity," or SUA, extends to literally hundreds of different crimes.

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White-Collar Wiretaps

Jonathan B. New & Sammi Malek

Officers and directors of public companies, as well as their lawyers and other consultants, are on notice that the government just may be "listening in." How justified is their newfound concern, and what can be done to limit exposure to criminal liability? We continue the discussion herein.

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Witness Immunity: You Can't Always Get What You Want

Stanley A. Twardy Jr. & Doreen Klein

In the arsenal of weapons available to federal prosecutors, a singularly effective one is immunity for witnesses the government deems important to its case. But perhaps equally as effective is the reverse ' the government can decline to request immunity for witnesses who may be critical to the defendant's case.

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