Leadership Training Is an Oxymoron
Leadership development is about learning, not training. Your firm's future leaders must be given the opportunities, tools, and motivation to develop their leadership.
Policing Workplace e-Mail Use
On-the-job Internet surfing has become a problem that employers can no longer ignore. A recent Office of Inspector General investigation, for example, revealed that senior-level SEC staff, including an attorney, used their workplace computers to view online pornography for up to eight hours per day during the period of time that led this country's biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression.
Pricing Management Survey
A comprehensive, worldwide survey of pricing management practices in the legal sector conducted by the author's firm shows that law firms continue to face a significant execution gap in the context of pricing management ' meaning they intellectually understand what's needed to price legal services more effectively, but they struggle in executing this to their advantage.
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Client Profiling and Segmentation
By profiling current clients and looking back over the years of data accumulated, law firms have an abundance of experience to determine what works and what does not when it comes to business development. The key is to set up a systemized approach to extract that data.
Matrimonial Firm to Go on Trial for Allegedly Aiding in Child's Abduction
Questions over the role of a New Jersey matrimonial firm in an international child abduction are at the heart of an unusual suit on trial in Bergen County, NJ.
In the Marketplace
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
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Ten Commandments for a Successful Loan Workout
Businesses of all sizes will find themselves having difficult discussions with their lenders regarding loans in default or which will be maturing and for which the real estate and other collateral provide questionable value as security. This article provides "rules" that should help.
New Contract Requirements in Louisiana
Recently, Louisiana enacted legislation to regulate automatic renewal clauses in contracts to provide that any contract that automatically renews if the consumer fails to cancel it must disclose the automatic renewal clause clearly and conspicuously and include clear and conspicuous language describing how to cancel the contract.
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