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The Fallacy of Merger Math

Timothy B. Corcoran

If we were to analyze law firm mergers by plotting client satisfaction on one axis and partner satisfaction on the other, the resulting scatter diagram would reflect a surprising few combinations that were deemed satisfactory after the fact to all parties.

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Underperforming Partners

Robin Hensley

In the last couple of years, law firms across the country have struggled with the question ' what to do about underperforming partners?

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Intangible Assets

Michael Goldman

This article is the sixth installment in an ongoing series focusing on accounting and financial matters for corporate counsel.

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Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt: Finding the Win-Win in Your Firm's Technology Leases Image

Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt: Finding the Win-Win in Your Firm's Technology Leases

Scott McFetters & Mike Henderson

Many law firm decision makers in the AmLaw 100/200 and more turn to leasing equipment and technology for their firm as a competitively advantageous way of performing in the new business model landscape. Just make sure when you are reviewing your Master Lease Agreement, that you are, in fact, looking at a "Rembrandt.

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Leadership in the Law: The Fallacy of Merger Math

Timothy B. Corcoran

If we were to analyze law firm mergers by plotting client satisfaction on one axis and partner satisfaction on the other, the resulting scatter diagram would reflect a surprising few combinations that were deemed satisfactory to all parties.

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13 Ways to Amplify Your Communications

Nicholas Gaffney & Ritchenya Dodd

Here are 13 tips to amplify your communications programs to meet the challenges of 2013 and beyond.

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Pressure Points: How to Move Forward Successfully with Technology Leasing Image

Pressure Points: How to Move Forward Successfully with Technology Leasing

Scott McFetters & Marc Cram

With the possibility of limited capital expenditures, financing technological advances will certainly be a way to stay within budget constraints and allow firms to continue investing in the latest and greatest technological trends. Leasing is one financing option that a firm can use to cut the out of pocket costs for technology upgrades and still be able to implement new projects by providing a monthly expense versus a total cost purchase.

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Partner Purges: Practical or Perilous?

William C. Cobb

There's a new trend on the horizon: partner purges. Are they necessary? Is such a drastic move ultimately good for the law firm?

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP recently welcomed John Salza as a principal in charge of tax accounting methods. In this role, Salza lends his expertise to tax engagements across Baker Tilly's industry practices.

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Profiting from the Learning Curve

Timothy B. Corcoran

A recent study published by Altman Weil listed the ways in which chief legal officers would like to see their outside counsel embrace service improvements and innovation. The top four responses were greater cost reduction, non-hourly pricing, more efficient project management and improved budget forecasting. To anyone paying even cursory attention to the legal marketplace in the last half decade, these should not come as a surprise.

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