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The Business Intelligence to Competitive Intelligence Continuum Image

The Business Intelligence to Competitive Intelligence Continuum

Mark T. Greene

Not too many years ago, good decisions made by smart lawyers were sufficient. Law firms were raising their fees substantially every year and attorney incomes were soaring. Now, corporate buyers are largely calling the shots, and excellent decision-making by law firm leaders is required as firms work to maintain their profitability.

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<b><I>Leadership:</I></b> How Do You Measure Up? Image

<b><I>Leadership:</I></b> How Do You Measure Up?

Silvia L. Coulter

Whether a firm has poor leaders, leaders with no vision, leaders who micro-manage or leaders who are downright dysfunctional, somewhere in the firm there is an opportunity to help a leader or a group of leaders to become more effective.

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Professional Development: BD Is Not Just for Lawyers and Legal Marketers Anymore

Michael DeCosta

Marketing and business development in law firms is no longer the exclusive domain of marketing and business development executives. Many more executives are pursuing revenue in one form or another, and those dedicated to the function should welcome this development rather than feel threatened by it.

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Motivating Attorneys to Establish Firm Objectives

Joel A. Rose

<b><I>Part One of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>The two major challenges now facing lawyer management in many mid-size firms are: 1) how to motivate the non-entrepreneurial attorneys to achieve and to perform; and 2) how to retain the "over-achiever" attorneys so they will remain with the firm.

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Does the Auxiliary Aids Standard Apply To Websites?

Robert A. Naeve & Jaclyn B. Stahl

<b><i>Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.</b></i><p>After years of demand letters, complaints and settlements, a website accessibility lawsuit under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act finally went to trial. The case is remarkable not just because it is the first of its kind to go to trial, but also because the court's opinion does not consider whether a website owner can employ alternatives other than WCAG 2.0 to make website content "accessible."

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Ransomware Attack on DLA Piper Puts Law Firms, Clients on Red Alert Image

Ransomware Attack on DLA Piper Puts Law Firms, Clients on Red Alert

Roy Strom

By now, every managing partner has heard the warning: Law firms and their clients' sensitive information are a treasure trove for hackers.But the ransomware…

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5 Legal Consequences of Diving 'All In' on Social Media Image

5 Legal Consequences of Diving 'All In' on Social Media

Benjamin Znaty & Marc Schuler

<b><i>Companies and Lawyers Should Begin to Learn the Laws of Individual Platforms Before Trying to Apply National and Local Legal Concepts</b></i><p>Since the possibilities offered by social networks and their reach on consumers are unquestionable, companies must remember that important legal consequences exist between an online presence on social media and on a proprietary website. We look at a few key consequences of going "all in" with social platforms below.

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Are Your Post-Breach Forensic Reports Privileged?

Brian E. Ray

<b><i>A Trend Is Emerging</b></i><p>The Central District of California recently joined the small growing list of courts that have held forensic reports created by outside security companies following a data breach are protected from disclosure in civil litigation in certain circumstances.

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Antitrust Corporate Dispositions

Marc Siegel

This article provides critical background on DOJ policy and practice, and highlights some of the steps corporate counsel can take during leniency or plea negotiations to secure non-prosecution protection for the company's employees as part of any antitrust corporate disposition.

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WannaCry Attack Is A Wake-Up Call for Cyber Preparedness

India E. Vincent

The scope of WannaCry changed our perceptions of ransomware attacks. It made it clear that ransomware could reach a broad cross-section of computers worldwide, at essentially the same time.

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