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Ancillary Businesses Losing Appeal Image

Ancillary Businesses Losing Appeal

Lynne Marek

Law firms once dreamed of owning separate businesses to bring in new streams of revenue, and while some achieved that goal, the industry is now largely backing away from a strategy that provided little economic benefit.

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Guiding Expenditures on Law Firm Videos

Gina Passarella

Videos are popping up increasingly on firm Web sites, but at least one analyst warns that law firms might be paying too much for too little.

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Accepting the OMP Role: Financial and Practice Impacts

Zusha Elinson

If gratitude is measured in dollars, office managing partners ('OMPs') are a bit taken for granted. In an informal Recorder survey of San Francisco Bay Area office managing partners, 70% say they work more than when they practiced law exclusively. But only 22% say they are earning more than before they took the post.

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Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection: Proposed New Federal Rule of Evidence Is under Consideration

Beth L. Kaufman & David Black

At its Sept. 18, 2007 meeting, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved a proposed new Federal Rule of Evidence regarding waiver of attorney-client privilege and work-product protection. Because Rule 502 is a rule dealing with privilege and because the Rule would govern state courts regarding certain issues, the Rule must be enacted directly by Congress. Accordingly, at press time, the Judicial Conference will now submit the Rule to Congress, which will vote 'yay or nay' by no later than December 2007. If Congress approves the new Rule 502, the Judicial Conference will transmit the Rule to the U.S. Supreme Court by Dec. 18, 2007, keeping it on the path to be enacted on Dec. 1, 2008.

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December issue in PDF format

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

News about lawyers and law firms in the commercial leasing industry.

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FIN 48: Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions

Peter H. Gruen & Lindsay M. LaCava

This article provides a brief overview of the two-step, benefit-recognition approach implemented by FIN 48, a summary of the disclosures required by FIN 48, and a discussion of issues associated with protecting FIN 48 compliance documentation from disclosure to taxing authorities.

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Update on Lawyer Retirement Perspectives

James D. Cotterman

In the newly released Altman Weil Flash Survey on Lawyer Retirement, only 38% of lawyers agreed with the enforcement of mandatory retirement provisions in law firms. However, 50% of respondents reported that their firms currently have mandatory retirement policies. These findings may encourage more discussion and possibly policy changes in U.S. law firms.

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