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What Does the Affordable Care Act Mean for Law Firms?
If you manage a law firm, you might be excited about all of the new business opportunities that the Affordable Care Act presents, but have you taken the time to think about how the new laws will impact your firm and your employees?
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How to Survive a Pension Plan Audit
This article provides key information on the most frequent problems found with pension plans during employee benefit plan audits, and how you can self-audit your plan for possible compliance issues and options you have to correct them.
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Professional Development: The Foundation for Success -- Your Brain Strategy
Here are some tips to use your brain more productively.
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Media & Communications: What's the Deal with That?
Is your firm delivering on its promises? What "Seinfeld" can teach you.
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Leadership in the Law: Technology: Friend, Enemy or Frenemy?
Willingly or unwillingly, lawyers simply must overcome their resistance to the adoption of tools and technology in the legal practice. Here's why.
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The Business of Branding: The Brand Behind Business Development
Instead of placing print advertisements or other "throwaway" media forms, marketers are training their attorneys to be brand ambassadors and teaching them how to share stories about the value their firms deliver, thereby raising the firm's brand awareness.
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Thinking Inside the Box
This article discusses an implementation framework that provides deliberate, strategic planning steps to ensure the successful implementation of your next big idea.
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Real Property Law
Analysis of recent litigation.
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Landlord & Tenant
In-depth analysis of several key cases.
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