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Voice of the Client: What In-House Counsel Need from Outside Counsel As Pandemic Landscapes Shifts
Responses from GCs on what matters most to their companies when hiring outside counsel.
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Competitive Intelligence: How Do You Listen When You're Not In the Room?
Although we understood how important in-person listening was before the pandemic, the background listening was something we used to take for granted. Here are five ways to practice active listening and remain engaged when we can't be in a physical environment.
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Building Successful Partnerships Requires Collaboration
Partnerships are relationships, ideally relationships built on trust and a common goal. Successful partnerships require all parties working together — working together to service a client fully, generate revenue and to build a business. This requires openness and coordination.
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Asserting the Common Interest Doctrine In Plan-Related Discovery
The common interest doctrine can be a powerful tool when used to block discovery of relevant and sometimes critical evidence. However, a determination of when it can be invoked requires a highly fact-intensive analysis.
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Pandemic Drives Law Firms and Clients to Common Ground on Pricing
The current circumstances are giving rise to conversations about pricing, and driving both sides of the law firm-client relationship to seek common ground — both in the form of tried-and-true alternative fee arrangements and those that reflect a more innovative approach.
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Using Legal Tech to Help Lawyers Protect Privilege and Better Serve Their Clients
A recent UK High Court ruling has provided lawyers everywhere with a stark reminder on the scope of privilege for electronic communications: just because an email itself is privileged does not automatically render the documents attached to that email privileged.
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The Effective Act of Listening
With GCs and other business leaders facing such incredible challenges, how do lawyers continue to manage clients' transactional, litigation, compliance and regulatory needs, among others, while simultaneously providing professional, and even personal, support?
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Media & Communications: What ALM Reporters and Editors Expect from Law Firms and PR Pros In 2021: Part I
Instead of sharing my insights, experience and opinions as a 20-year vet in legal public relations, I went directly to the source – the ALM Media editorial staff. Here is what they had to say about the impact of COVID-19 on the industry as a whole and what they want and expect from law firms and PR pros in 2021.
Sales Speak: 7 Reasons Networking Is Dead — Or Should Be
Networking is not the business development panacea many would make it out to be. In fact, I think networking can do more harm than good. To make my point, here are 7 ways "connecting" is better than "networking."
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Digital Dive: The Digital Buyer's Journey: How to Nurture Your Potential Clients
Is there an elegant and effective way to use the power of online media to nurture your potential clients? Yes, and here's a process to follow for each of the steps of that journey:
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