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Powering Your Way Out of the Recession

William C. Cobb

The vision of this article is to provide a model that may be used in discussing how a firm can power into the next few years. It uses a watershed analogy to demonstrate drivers for higher margins and the skills required to maximize each stream of effort running toward the earnings "lake."

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The Intelligence of Business Intelligence

Derek Schutz & Russ Haskin

In the course of doing business, every law firm generates and tracks massive amounts of data, be it in a time and billing system, general ledger accounts, payroll, etc. Structuring those data into a meaningful framework allows a law firm to sift through a large amount of statistics to analyze and answer important business questions.

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Update on India for U.S. Law Firms

Stanley Kolodziejczak & Nancy Regan

Whether your firm is currently providing legal services toclients in India or has plans to target this market, you should be aware of several recent legal developments in India and the potential impact they will have on your operations.

Recent EEOC Activity Highlights the Importance of Assessing Law Firm Partnership Practices

Karl G. Nelson & Andrew LeGrand, Jr.

Activity by the EEOC in two distinct, but related, areas have combined to highlight even further the need for careful scrutiny by some firms of the policies and practices applied to their most senior partners.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, will move its national headquarters in Atlanta in November 2010. The firm is moving into the new 12th & Midtown development where it will occupy two floors of a new 38-story office tower at 1075 Peachtree Street. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. has appointed partners to serve as new heads of its offices in Austin, TX, and Denver. In Austin, Butch Hayes, a member of this…

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Be Careful in Preparing Personnel Documents

Kevin C. McCormick

Since many employers regularly review their employees and record those assessments in written documents, the fact that the manager could be sued for defamation probably comes as a big surprise. A look at a recent case.

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Will That New Associate Get You Disqualified?

Kasey T. Ingram

When your firm takes on a new hire, you may be putting the firm at risk for disqualification from a large case. Here's why.

Hiring Highly Skilled Foreign Grads

Colleen Caden

Since the H-1B filing season is historically brief, employers and their counsel are now preparing to file H-1B petitions on behalf of employees to ensure that work authorization is secured.

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Health Care Reform: What Is the Impact on Employers?

W. Michael Gradisek & Timothy B. Collins

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act imposes significant new responsibilities on employers and employer-sponsored group-health plans. Herein is a complete rundown on what to expect and when.

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EDS Loses to BSkyB in Major Technology Case

Peter Brudenall

In a major decision of London's Technology and Construction Court that will have global repercussions, technology vendor Electronic Data Systems has been found liable for a deceitful misrepresentation that induced broadcaster BSkyB to enter into a contract with it.

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