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How to Build the Law Firm of the Future Image

How to Build the Law Firm of the Future

Joel Wirchin

The onus is on law firm leaders to balance risk and opportunity. How can firms guide through an increasingly perilous landscape rife with opposing hazards to start building the law firm of the future today?

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It's a Tenant's Market: How to Negotiate and Navigate the Leasing Process Image

It's a Tenant's Market: How to Negotiate and Navigate the Leasing Process

Sandra D. Buchko

A hybrid workforce has meant that office and retail space is in plentiful supply. These high vacancy rates have caused landlord defaults to be on the rise, making it a tenant-friendly environment for leasing space and obtaining tenant-favorable lease terms. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to negotiate the best lease terms and navigate the leasing process while saving money on rent, tenant buildout and operating expenses.

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Is Consolidation Coming to a Firm Near You?

Harold Westervelt

Automate Onboarding & Offboarding Processes for Smoother Transitions Questions about the role of AI in the legal market continue to dominate current headlines, but firm consolidation remains a big part of the transformation the industry is undergoing. And yes, technology and automation are playing key parts in this. As firms merge or acquire others to expand their capabilities and client base, a streamlined approach to attorney onboarding and offboarding has become essential.

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Preparing for Proxy Season 2018: A Primer for General Counsel Image

Preparing for Proxy Season 2018: A Primer for General Counsel

Phil Brown

As we enter 2018, public companies across the United States will begin, in earnest, their preparations for this year's proxy season and annual shareholder meetings. It is not an understatement to say that 2017 was a tumultuous year on many fronts — economically, politically and globally. As a result, general counsel should have several issues on their radar that could play a role in 2018's proxy season.

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Influencing the Influencers

Alan Friel & Stephanie Lucas

The importance of promoting brands and products on digital platforms has continued to grow as advertisers are learning how to use social media to reach out to specific populations by harnessing the power and goodwill of the people on these platforms that are popular with and influence particular niche groups of interest. These so-called “influencers” can have thousands, or even millions and tens of millions of followers. But when is the influencer an objective critic, and when is she a paid spokesperson?

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: Labor and Employment Trends for 2018 Image

Looking Back and Looking Forward: Labor and Employment Trends for 2018

Robert G. Brody & Alexander Friedman

President Trump had an eventful first year in the labor and employment arena. With his first year in office now wrapping up, this is a perfect time to look back at how the Trump Administration's policies have shaped labor and employment law issues at both the federal and state level, and where we expect to go in 2018.

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2018: What Last Year's Trends Can Mean for Big Law Image

2018: What Last Year's Trends Can Mean for Big Law

Scott Flaherty, Chris Johnson, Meghan Tribe, Roy Strom, Miriam Rozen & Lizzy McLellan

With the new year upon us, law firms have just been through the typical year-end crush of collections, budgeting, compensation decisions and more. The authors recently took a look at 2017's hottest trends, and explored what we could expect from them in 2018.

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Federal Tax Errors That Attorneys Make

Matthew A. Feigin

This article is intended to help practitioners by warning of mistakes the author has seen matrimonial attorneys make in applying federal tax law.

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The Do's and Don'ts of 'Yellowstone' Injunctions: A Brief Survey Image

The Do's and Don'ts of 'Yellowstone' Injunctions: A Brief Survey

Daniel A. Cohen & Fielding E. Huseth

A Yellowstone injunction proceeding is a proceeding in New York court in which a commercial tenant seeks to enjoin the landlord from evicting the tenant for an alleged breach of the lease. This temporary relief preserves the tenant's ability to cure should the court determine that the tenant is in breach, and thus avoid forfeiting its substantial investment in the leasehold.

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Defeating Certification of “No-Injury” Consumer Protection Class Actions Image

Defeating Certification of “No-Injury” Consumer Protection Class Actions

Steven P. Benenson

In the past several years, plaintiffs' firms have threatened or brought class actions against different companies under New Jersey's Truth-in-Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA). Here's what you need to know.

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