The Three Common Obstacles That Typically Derail Business Planning
June 30, 2025
Each year, well-intentioned and strategic legal professionals craft detailed business plans with ambitious intentions and growth objectives. Yet, professionals often find their plans derailed throughout the year because of competing obligations — active matter engagements, events, mentorship duties and a host of other responsibilities.
10 Hidden Values In CRE Organizations and How to Exploit Them
June 30, 2025
There are many hidden and opaque tenets in management, business models, operations, and financial structures that have inherent value within a CRE company. Managers of CRE firms must know of or at least be cognizant of these values to exploit them and further enhance the worth of their real estate assets and business.
Breaking Down DOJ’s New FCPA Enforcement Guidelines
June 30, 2025
On June 9, the DOJ released its Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ending a months-long pause on FCPA enforcement and outlining DOJ’s go-forward criteria for evaluating whether to bring FCPA actions. Here’s a breakdown of the key themes in the guidelines.
Proposal Generation Is Failing Law Firms — and It’s Costing Them Work
June 30, 2025
Firms that continue to treat proposal generation as a formatting exercise will find themselves outpaced by competitors who understand its role in business development. The shift isn’t just technical — it’s cultural. It requires firms to prioritize enablement over improvisation, strategy over scrambling.
Is Your Law Firm's Data Ready for AI?
June 30, 2025
As artificial intelligence continues its rapid march through the legal industry, law firms are facing a new kind of strategic imperative. No longer is the question whether to use AI — but rather how to do so responsibly, effectively, and competitively.
‘Microtransactions’ Legal Issues In Online Video Games
June 30, 2025
Online video games are a big business. A significant component of the money made by those in the online gaming businesses derives from “microtransactions”: players spending real-world money on in-game features and items. Online gaming platforms engaging in microtransactions must be aware that doing so may expose them to traditional white-collar crime issues.
Crafting Stories That Win Clients and Trust for Law Firms
June 30, 2025
Stories have always been at the heart of how humans connect, influence decisions, and foster change. For law firms, where reputation, trust and authority are paramount, storytelling is not just a marketing buzzword and it’s a proven tactic to differentiate your brand, win new clients, and nurture long-term relationships in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Service Provider Management, Not Selection, Determines Success
June 30, 2025
Many law firms are fixated on insuring they choose the right service provider. Granted the right partner is important, however it’s not the service provider you select; it’s how that service provider is managed that determines success.