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Getting 'Gig'gy with It: The New 'Gig Economy'

For the most part, law firms continue to structure themselves in a traditional operating and employment models with a dedicated workforce of talent arranged in an organizational hierarchy. In today's Gig Economy, this will unlikely hold.

13 minute read December 01, 2017 at 12:01 AM
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Michael DeCosta
Getting 'Gig'gy with It: The New 'Gig Economy'

Robert Frost once wrote, “Home is a place that when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” That prose speaks volumes to the level of loyalty family members feel toward one another.

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