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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
Wage Growth Is Dependent on Revenue/Profit Growth
If the author were planning how to approach the new decade, he would take a holistic view of revamping the law firm: pushing forward initiatives in alternative fee arrangements, extensive deployment of intelligent technology tools and restructuring of the service delivery model.
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Lessons from Failed Mergers Attempts
This article offers several real-life scenarios that often prevent stable and profitable law firms from successfully finding a merger partner.
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Advocacy in ADR
The author continues this month with his discussion of tips for attorneys presenting medical malpractice cases in alternative dispute forums.
Advance Disaster Directives for Hospitals
With thorough advance disaster preparation, in-house counsel can avert legal problems such as employees' wage-and-hour claims, negligence or wage claims by employees' family members, and patient medical-malpractice claims.
Aftermarket Parts and Their Consequences in Litigation
This article addresses the potential areas of liability for a lessor of automobiles in cases where an aftermarket alteration has been made, particularly if that lessor is the party who executed or authorized the change.
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