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March 31, 2014

What to do when your family law clients are delinquent on their taxes.

March 31, 2014

When we tell clients we are unable to attempt a particular course of action, the reason is usually one of professional ethics or illegality. Here's a review of what we can and cannot do.

Ethics of Settlement

March 27, 2014

Restraints on a lawyer's right to practice law as part of a settlement of client controversy are strictly prohibited. So how does that affect your settlement agreement?

Women Lawyers Must Also 'Lean In'

March 27, 2014

Explaining how women in law firms can forge on to meet their professional goals.

Accounting Changes Could Cost Legal Industry Billions

March 27, 2014

While law firms are increasingly modeling their business practices after their clients', one they have not been interested in mimicking is the accrual method of accounting. But it may be coming.

At the Intersection: Game Your Way to Longer Life

March 27, 2014

A look at "personal gamification" ' how you can create stronger personal motivation and resiliency by drawing on some basic game principles.

Five Ways to Improve Lateral Recruitment

March 27, 2014

Here are five ideas that law firm leaders can embrace to improve their own success rate at finding and integrating laterals into their firms.

Movers & Shakers

March 27, 2014

Who's going where; who's doing what.

Application of the Abuse Exclusion

March 27, 2014

Based upon the complexity and risk, many sexual abuse claims result in coverage disputes.

Update: Work-Product Doctrine

March 27, 2014

Update to last month's article concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation.

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