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Understanding Partners' Capital Accounts
Law firm management should ensure that partners and senior associates (potential partners) understand the basic concepts pertaining to partners' capital accounts.
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Legal Project Management in a Practice Management World
The expectations of today's clients cannot be met by the trappings of traditional law practices. Considering the way clients now expect and demand that their lawyers engage with them, using project management is a perfect way to support the process.
I Have Seen the Future ...
As the economic outlook has continued to remain uncertain and the inability of law firms to reduce or hold the line on expenses becomes more apparent, law firms are increasingly looking at oursourcing.
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Who Is Reviewing Your Firm's Partnership Agreements?
This article focuses on the specific areas of law firm partnership agreements that require an accountant's input and expertise.
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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Supreme Court to Hear Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 7 agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage.
<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> DTI Acquires Fios for Relativity Services
Document Technologies Inc. has acquired Fios Inc., thereby expanding its hosted e-discovery services, which focus on kCura Corp.'s Relativity document review software, DTI officials said on Nov. 29.
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IP News
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Trademarking Athletes' Names and Slogans
If recent trends are any indication, athlete-related trademarking activity promises to keep increasing.
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Protecting Reality TV Formats
The nature of reality television programs is a relatively modern concern and — like reality itself — doesn't lend itself well to copyright protection.
The Case for Project Management
The expectations of today's clients cannot be met by the trappings of traditional law practices. With the way clients now expect and demand that their lawyers engage with them, using project management is a perfect way to support the process.
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