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Ken Stasiak
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Dave Kennedy
Someone is stealing electronic data from you ' right now. A person your firm or company has trusted for years is doing things that are making you suspect he or she is stealing. You don't know how or with whom, but you know something is wrong. What do you do? Where do you turn? How do you find out for sure?
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Malpractice Claims/File-Sharing Software<br>Malpractice Claims/Statute of Limitations
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Leigh Jackson
For Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is engaged in a drive to expand internationally and take the House of Mouse into the digital age.
Features
Jeffrey P. Ayres
The article herein addresses the related questions of when and how can departing lawyers contact clients in an ethical manner.
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Sharon Meit Abrahams
Following are a few tips that will help you feel prepared and confident in potential business development situations.
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Lawrence L. Bell, Theodore J. Zouzounis
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Stephen M. (Pete) Peterson
Closely held businesses produce over 50% of the Gross National Product ("GNP"). Less than 50% of these businesses have a continuation plan and almost one-third of these companies (29%) use a buy-sell arrangement to assist in their planning. Buy-Sell agreements are very simple tools that over the years have grown to meet increasing needs of closely held businesses.
Allan Colman, CEO, the Closers Group: [email protected]
LAW FIRM MARKETING AND DIVERSITY continues the discussion from our last column. Women and minority lawyers will enrich our services to in-house counsel because they bring multiple perspectives to bear on so many legal issues. After all, there is alot more involved than writing briefs and inking contracts. My AGC colleague may still disagree with the benefits underscored in this and the previous column, but by having an open discussion, you have gone a long…
Bruce W. Marcus
There is no firm in business today that isn't inundated regularly by requests for contributions, whether they are for charitable, community or political causes. For the community-minded firm, the requests can be overwhelming, as is the feeling that you do indeed want to help the organization requesting your help. But how can you serve your community ' and frequently, your firm ' without hurting your own firm's budget and community relations? You can say yes'
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Paula Campbell
When it comes to work product production, internal and external communication, or workplace safety, the question becomes: "Is there adequate input when these policies are developed, and who are the enforcers?" As important, is the question, "Do established best practices hamper client relations or staff professional development?"
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Phyllis Weiss Haserot
Interviews with senior associates and individuals in their first or second year of partnership (particularly equity partnership) reveal that they frequently face a number of surprises ' even shocks ' when they enter their new, long-desired status. Here's what to do about it.
