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The Virtual Company
March 29, 2010
Entrepreneurs have always chafed against the formalities and procedures demanded of them by their attorneys and, more generally, by business laws. Who hasn't had to keep reminding clients of the importance of signing and returning annual minutes ' again and again and again? This is even more so for the tech sector, and e-commerce founders. After all, they created an industry by thinking outside the proverbial "box," so why should their creativity be constrained by legal rules created for the age of the steam engine?
Communicating Firm Finances to the Partnership
March 26, 2010
Most financial misunderstandings can be avoided if firm management were to use some fairly straightforward communication techniques with their general partnership. This article compiles a few considerations for a law firm's head-of-finance.
Does Rule 2019 Apply to Ad Hoc or Informal Committees?
March 26, 2010
The debate over whether ad hoc or informal committees or groups of creditors or interest holders ("ad hoc committees") must comply with Bankruptcy Rule 2019 recently intensified due to a split among several Bankruptcy Court decisions.
Trusts and Divorce
February 25, 2010
The first part of this article addressed the Traditional Heir's Trust and Basic Insurance Trust. The conclusion herein discusses the Generation Skipping Trust (GST) Trust, Grantor Trust and Beneficiary Defective Trust.
Movers & Shakers
February 25, 2010
Who's doing what; who's going where.
News Briefs
February 25, 2010
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Attributes of Successful Managing Partners
February 25, 2010
Hardly a week passes without receiving information about a new publication or seminar about law office management. However, information is not readily available about what specifically managing partners and members of management committees should do to coalesce their partners, associates and staff into a well-managed and informed organization.
Change As a Management and Marketing Tool
February 25, 2010
In this economic environment, the word "change" looms large in professional services dialogue. Professions can be fairly rigid and resistant to innovation. But the times seem to have accelerated the need for new ideas and structures to cope with new economic and social problems and opportunities.
Alternative Fees
February 25, 2010
The desire among senior corporate counsel and management to control costs has pushed consideration of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) to the forefront. Some estimates suggest that within five years, as much as half the Am Law 200 revenue might come from AFAs.
Movers & Shakers
February 24, 2010
Who's doing what; who's going where.

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