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Who Controls Your Brand ' You or Your Clients?

Jeffrey Morgan & Jeremy Hoders

Is your firm allowing your clients to take control of your brand by awarding you the cases they send your way?

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Contingency Fees

Ed Poll

Much of the pressure for law firms to utilize alternative billing approaches comes from companies of all sizes that increasingly want to control their legal costs by appealing to the individuality of lawyers. That requires rewarding lawyers for having "skin in the game" ' a personal financial stake in the outcome of a matter through compensation that goes up when the results justify it.

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Defining the Role and Development of a New Managing Partner

Joel A. Rose

While the volume of available information about managing law offices is expanding, information is not readily available about what, specifically, should be the "hands-on approaches" that managing partners and members of management committees should embrace to coalesce their partners, associates and staff into a well-managed and informed organization, with all of the professional and administrative personnel working together to achieve both the firm's immediate and longer-term objectives.

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Real Property Law

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A look at the most important recent cases.

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Landlord & Tenant

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The latest rulings.

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Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of recent important rulings.

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Second Circuit Issues ILSA Ruling in Bodansky

Stuart Saft

On March 15, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its first decision interpreting the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act ("ILSA").

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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Make Your First-Years Second-Years

Jason Mark Anderman

One of the most consistent, widespread problems faced by law firms is how to close the learning curve quickly for their inexperienced attorneys.

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On the Move

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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