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Right-Resourcing Legal Services

Chase D'Agostino & Andy Banquer

What is the right strategic approach for a legal department to optimize its return on investment for the resources it deploys to render legal services?

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Defending Your Career: Self Advocacy at Review Time

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Firms have taken a hit due to COVID-19 and some will use this review cycle to pinpoint underperformers and reduce compensation. This is why it's even more important for you to make a case for yourself.

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Update on How NDAs Can Impact Employee Sex, Harrassment Claims

Steven Reardon

Recent news regarding complaints of sexual harassment by several former female employees of the now-called Washington Football Team has renewed discussions on the impact of nondisclosure agreements in the settlement of workplace discrimination and harassment claims, which have increased in the entertainment industry in recent years.

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COVID-19 Dispels Long-Held Law Firm Operations Myths

J. Mark Santiago

During the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms have learned that a large number of "essential" services and Standard Operating Procedure rules and assumptions about how an office works are 1950's myths that need to be identified, examined and re-engineered or discarded.

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Fall 2020 Data Privacy Updates

Rebecca Perry

America and the EU continue altering data privacy frameworks for businesses.

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Inside Prosecutors' 5Dimes Deal for Offshore Online Sports Betting

Ross Todd

Laura Varela was unaware that her husband, William Sean Creighton, was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for his 5Dimes sports betting website until Creighton was kidnapped — and later found dead.

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Professional Development: Three Essential Muscles Law Marketers Must Flex While the COVID-19 Crisis Continues

Debra Baker

During times of uncertainty lawyers can hunker down and wait it out, hoping that an opportunity to reengage with clients will present itself. Or they can lean into their discomfort and suspend their self-interest, meeting clients where they are even when there may be no immediate billable work or new business to be had. The latter approach creates a meaningful opportunity for lawyers to deepen relationships and set themselves apart from the pack.

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Floor Area Bonuses Allowed for Mixed-Used Properties Under the Philadelphia Zoning Code

Alan Nochumson & Clementa Amazan

Part Two In a Series In this part of the series on "zoning" bonuses in the city of Philadelphia, we explore Floor Area Bonuses provided under the Mixed Incoming Housing, Green Building, and Underground Accessory Parking & Loading Bonuses.

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Commercial Real Estate Lenders Face Remedy or Relief Decision In COVID-19

Peter E. Fisch & Salvatore Gogliormella

Lenders in default scenarios face a choice of whether to exercise remedies and take over their collateral, or offer relief measures to their borrowers, either in the form of short-term forbearance or a permanent loan modification.

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Competitive Intelligence: Back to Basics In Times of Uncertainty

Patricia Ellard

One of the keys to success in competitive intelligence is communication. Effective communication builds rapport with your clients, which, in turn, builds trust and instills confidence that you will be able to get what they need to achieve their goals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these elements of trust and rapport have never been more important. In times of stress, there is no time, and it's harder, to build trust and instill confidence.

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