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<b><i>Professional Development:</i></b> New Year's Resolution 101 -- Business Development Training
December 31, 2015
One of the greatest investments a firm can make is to train its talent ' its lawyers. What better way to begin a new year than a firm's management team getting behind a meaningful business development training program?
<b><i>At the Intersection: </i></b>Wishin' and Hopin' and Sittin' on Your Hands
December 31, 2015
What if you invented a better mousetrap, but the world didn't beat a path to your door? What if you developed a promising new medicine for a troubling condition, but when the doctor prescribed it, the patient refused to take it, simply sticking it in the desk drawer while continuing to complain about the malady?
Leasing and Finance Industry Economic Outlook
December 31, 2015
The Equipment Leasing &amp; Finance Foundation's 2016 Equipment Leasing &amp; Finance U.S. Economic Outlook reports that investment in equipment and software is expected to grow by a modest 4.4% in 2016.
Training Tomorrow's Lawyer
November 30, 2015
There's math and technology involved? Count me out, that's why I went to law school." The attorneys in the room nod at each other, smiling at this joke that more than a few of us have told at one point in our careers. But it looks like this joke has finally run its course. The practice of law is not immune to technological advances, especially in the areas of research methodologies and, of course, electronic discovery.
Drafting a DST Master Lease
November 30, 2015
In a follow-up to their article published in the May Issue, the authors discuss some considerations for drafting master leases for DSTs utilized in like-kind exchanges.
What's in the Cards for 2016?
November 30, 2015
It seems impossible that we are once again at the end of a full and busy year, "predicting" what's ahead for the next. If there is one iron-clad truism for law firm marketing, it's that nothing stays the same. So what can we expect for the year ahead?
Five Critical Questions Every Client Should Ask Law Firms About Budgets
November 30, 2015
Although dramatic changes in law's economic landscape have conferred far greater bargaining leverage and purchasing power on clients, in budget discussions with outside law firms, many in-house counsel just aren't asking the right questions.
Insurance Limited Partnerships As An Alternate Estate Planning Tool
November 30, 2015
Valuation discounts in estate planning has permitted the transfer of assets from one generation to another in an economically efficient manner. Two of the various discount methods claim lack of control (minority interest discount) and lack of marketability. The IRS has traditionally objected to these approaches in intra-family transfers, while Congress has attempted to legislate away these "loopholes" unsuccessfully and the Treasury Department is contemplating new regulations to accomplish this goal.
<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Strategic Pricing
November 30, 2015
The difference between <I>pricing</I> legal work the way law firms have always done it and <I>strategic</I> pricing is simple: The former looks at the price tag from the law firm's point of view, focusing on revenue and profitability. The latter focuses not on how much clients can be convinced to pay, but on perceived bang for the buck... .
The Annual State of the Firm Report
November 30, 2015
As the year draws to an end, many of the more enlightened law firm managing partners and members of the executive committee assess the results of the current year and begin to develop plans for the coming year.

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