Retirement Assets for Equitable Distribution
March 29, 2012
It has become common practice in equitable distribution calculations to reduce pension and other tax-deferred retirement asset valuations ... but there are several problems associated with this practice, and they should be considered by divorcing parties and their advisers.
Career Journal: The 'Online' Resume
March 28, 2012
While the resume remains a critically important document ' one that in most instances is hard to do without ' the art form of presenting oneself continues to evolve.
Content Marketing and Web Analytics
March 28, 2012
The information generated by web analytics is a valuable tool to help lawyers and law firms plan ' and continuously improve ' their content and their online content distribution campaigns.
Jurors, Internet Research and Social Media
March 27, 2012
Jurors' use of the Internet to conduct improper trial-related research or to communicate about the trial's progress, the evidence, or the jury's deliberations has been the subject of articles in practically every bar publication that includes litigators among its target audience.
Marketing Tech: Four Technology Trends Changing Law Firm Marketing and Business
February 28, 2012
Although mobile shopping and electronic wallets are expected to grow significantly this year, neither will have any noticeable impact on law firms or the practice of law. What, then, are the technology trends that law firms should pay attention to and how will they uniquely impact the legal industry?
The Business of Branding: Find Your Nugget
February 28, 2012
Unless your firm is providing client service, in a way that's never been done before you will have to dig much deeper ' past the claims of superior client service, expertise, range of practices, cost-effectiveness, etc. ' to find that nugget upon which you can build your brand.
Getting Real in a Virtual World
February 28, 2012
To "nickel and dime" in the short-term is a recipe for disaster when attempting to create an infrastructure that will answer immediate and future IT demands. With this in mind, when we began looking at virtualization ' heralded as a tech area that can shape the fortunes of an organization ' I realized the initiative would need to be approached cautiously to achieve our goals and ensure strong ROI.
The Perfect Panel
February 28, 2012
Whether you're going to moderate a panel, participate in one or help someone prepare to be on a panel, there are a number of simple tips that can help ensure the panel goes well, you get some benefit from participating, and the audience goes home happy.
Lawyer Sued over YouTube Video Can't Use Anti-SLAPP Law
February 28, 2012
By posting on YouTube a video in which he solicited plaintiffs for a class action, the California First District Court of Appeal ruled that he'd opened himself up to a defamation suit ' and can't use the state's anti-SLAPP law to ward it off.