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Media & Communications: New Ways to Provide Value

Steven Andersen

Business as usual is different now, and we're not going back to the "good" old days when the fa'ade of increasing billing rates masked a multitude of law firm management sins.

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Career Journal: Messaging New Marketing Concepts

Michael DeCosta

Law firms have begun to recognize that segmenting their services can be a good thing and a legitimate business model to deploy.

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Service As a Strategy, Not a Buzzword

Jim Durham

Every touch point a client has with a firm can contribute meaningfully to client satisfaction ' or dissatisfaction.

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Managing Religious Diversity in the Workplace

Rebekah Mintzer

In the U.S. workplace, increasing religious diversity means additional labor and employment responsibilities for in-house counsel, according to a new report from the Tanenbaum Center for Religious Understanding.

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Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Janie F. Schulman

Recent notable whistleblower cases are in some instances defining what it takes to be a successful retaliation plaintiff; in other ways, these cases are merely shaping the battleground for cases yet to come.

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The Importance of Background Checks

Thomas E. Zeno

The government routinely requires certifications from its contractors, who provide everything from weapons systems used in combat to health care services paid by Medicare and Medicaid.

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Non-Compete Agreements

Chad W. Moeller & William J. Tarnow II

Rulings in two cases have substantially defined the landscape of non-competition law in Illinois, and have a profound impact on employers' use of restrictive covenants with their employees.

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Anti-Assignment Clause?

Steven B. Smith & Dana Gale Hefter

The Third Circuit recently reaffirmed the policy underlying anti-assignment provisions in connection with bankruptcy cases, and the extent of bankruptcy courts' jurisdiction after closure of a case.

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<i>In re Bellingham Ins. Agency</i>

By Yitzhak Greenberg

The Supreme Court <I>may</I> finally clarify some of the confusion regarding a bankruptcy court's authority acknowledged by Justice Scalia in <I>Stern</I>.

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Seventh Circuit Stumble

Dion W. Hayes & Aaron G. Mccollough

As fallout from <I> Stern v. Marshall</I> continues to disrupt bankruptcy litigation throughout the country, the Seventh Circuit recently provided a new contribution to the body of post-<I>Stern</I> authority from the Court of Appeals level.

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