Is using social media really worth the time it's taking out of yours busy days, and how do you know if it's paying off for your practice?
September 28, 2011Greg Sutphin
According to industry research experts, every hour spent on business development can yield up to $34,000 in additional fee revenue per year. So why aren't attorneys doing more of it? And why is it so hard to train them to do it effectively?
September 28, 2011Chris FritschThere is little or no honeymoon period after the marriage of a smaller firm with a much larger one. However, the drama that results from the merger need not ' and should not ' end in tragedy for the partners from the smaller firm.
September 28, 2011Robert W. DenneyA spate of recent case law raises the question of which circumstances will enable advice rendered in benefits matters to be protected by the attorney-client privilege and the related work product doctrine.
September 28, 2011Marcia S. WagnerThere are no right or wrong answers as to exactly when an attorney should be in the office, or how many hours are enough (or too much). So what should you do?
September 28, 2011Sheldon I. BanoffIf you fail to keep in touch with your prospects on a regular basis, your business development efforts will likely fall short of your hoped-for results.
September 28, 2011Sara HoltzThe intent of this column is to provide a framework for identifying the relative benefits of hosting an event. How can we turn an event into a means for generating revenue?
September 28, 2011Timothy B. CorcoranHow you say something is as important as what you say. If content is king, then delivery is its scepter, crown and cape.
September 28, 2011Sean LeenaertsThere's a fairly robust legal community developing on Google+. Here's what you need to know.
September 28, 2011Jay JaffeIn CyberSource v. Retail Decisions, a panel of the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment ruling that the asserted patent claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and held that purely mental processes are unpatentable abstract ideas. The court decided that merely limiting an unpatentable mental process to a computer-readable medium for execution on a processor, in a so-called Beauregard claim, did not satisfy § 101.
September 28, 2011Brian Avery