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U.S. Firms Expand into Latin America at a Record Pace
September 01, 2016
Recent data reveals that Latin America is the fastest-growing emerging market for Am Law 200 firms. The reason for U.S. firms' growing interest in the region is clear: Many Latin American economies boast above-average GDP growth and strong economic ties to the U.S. and Europe.
Three-Way Stop: Project Management, Technology and Process Improvement
September 01, 2016
Legal Project Management has seen an explosion of interest from the legal industry in recent years. It has been touted as the key to efficient legal work and a cure-all for the woes of fixed fees, fee caps, and lawyers who blow budgets. But there are drawbacks.
Six Keys to a Successful Law Firm Merger
September 01, 2016
Over the past two years, the author has been involved in three merger situations and iscurrently working on two more. He has worked closely with the managing partners and committees of these firms and has come away with the six factors that he believes determine the success or failure of law firm merger discussions.
Downgraded: Industry Growth Forecast For 2016
August 01, 2016
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released its Q3 update to the 2016 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, reducing the year's growth expectations to just 0.9%.
Foreign Divorce
August 01, 2016
When either party commences an action for distribution of marital property in the state of the marital residence, a question arises as to what date is used as a cutoff date in classifying whether property is marital or separate. Is it the date of the earlier commencement of the divorce proceeding in the foreign state, or the date of the later commencement of the distribution action?
Case Notes
August 01, 2016
Cases involving a non-paying restaurant tenant and statutory theft.
Six Keys to a Successful Law Firm Merger
August 01, 2016
Over the past two years I have been involved in three merger situations and I am currently working on two more. I have come away with six factors that, I believe, determine the success or failure of law firm merger discussions.
Firms Increasingly Making Partners Pay to Leave
August 01, 2016
As law firms look to protect themselves from cash walking out the door in a low-demand market, they are increasingly looking at methods to discourage lateral departures and, perhaps more importantly, are enforcing those methods more frequently.
<b><i>Legal Tech:</b></i> Modernizing Litigation Practice: What Can the U.S. Learn from Electronic Courtrooms and Paperless Trials Abroad?
August 01, 2016
Legal professionals interested in the next wave of innovation in litigation technology can look overseas to the developments over the last several years in the UK and Singapore.
The Maturation of Competitive Intelligence in Law Firms
August 01, 2016
Advances in technology have given clients more information about the cost of legal services and where else that client might go looking for them, leading to increased demand for discounts and other alternative fee arrangements at a time when in-house legal departments are under rising pressure to cut costs. Here's how to use competitive intelligence.

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