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Professional Development: Client CLE: A Value-Added Activity
One value-added activity that any lawyer can offer is no-cost continuing legal education (CLE) programs for clients. Here's how to do it.
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Marketing Tech: Seven Criteria for Evaluating Your Law Firm's SEO
Even though SEO is a highly technical aspect of your law firm marketing strategy, it shouldn't be ignored. Here's why.
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Career Journal: What Are Your 'Pet Peeves'?
What do your team members do that drives you crazy? Why you should compile a list.
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Law Firm Mergers Are Growing, Again!
Our industry most likely will surpass the record 70 mergers reached in 2008. With theinflux of laterals, legal marketers can play an integral role in the new attorneys' success.
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When Med Mal and Mass Tort Claims Overlap
Med Mal defense attorneys must also be aware of the potential overlap between malpractice claims and mass tort claims.
NJ's Offer of Judgment Rule
The Offer of Judgment Rule (the Rule) is a near universal concept that exists in most jurisdictions. Its However, in its current application, at least in New Jersey, it is ineffectual and pragmatically only available to plaintiffs.
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In-Hospital Falls
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year one in every three "older adults" (65 years and older) falls. According to the CDC's report, in 2010, approximately 21,000 older adults died from unintentional fall injuries. The most common fall-related injuries were fractures of the spine, hip, forearm, leg, ankle, pelvis, upper arm, and hand.
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Client Feedback
Every touch point a client has with a firm, including support staff, can contribute meaningfully to client satisfaction ' or dissatisfaction.
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New Opportunities in the Legal Industry
Should law firms hire professional sales people?
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MA Court: Chapter 93A Liability Survives Defense Verdict
Even after a favorable jury verdict, defendants may face exposure to liability under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, M.G.L. c. 93A ("Chapter 93A").
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