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Preparing for the LIBOR Phase Out: Contract Remediation Starts with Contract Intelligence Image

Preparing for the LIBOR Phase Out: Contract Remediation Starts with Contract Intelligence

Ryan Drimalla & Karl Dorwart

The London Interbank Offered Rate has long been the global basis for agreements that include a variable interest rate component. However, LIBOR would be replaced by other benchmarks by the end of 2021. Key to assessing risk of exposure, quantifying the financial impact, developing remediation plans and communicating material information to stakeholders will be the identification, analysis and remediation of LIBOR-based contracts.

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How to Ensure Financial Health Ahead of an Economic Downturn

Derek F. Meek & Hanna Lahr

The economic downturn that is projected to come out of the shutdowns mandated due to COVID-19 is likely to be more wide-ranging than the Great Recession of 2008 in light of the non-discriminative impact of the virus. Given this outlook, now is a critical time for companies to reassess their business and finances so that they can be prepared for the future.

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7 Steps to Pivot Your Business Now

Kimberly Rice

With national shelter-in-place orders in place now for several months with information on resuming business in the new normal changing every day, lawyers must consider pivoting how they operate their businesses in today's sub-normal climate.

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Match Your Business Development Plan With Your Personality Image

Match Your Business Development Plan With Your Personality

Glennie Green

It is critical that lawyers determine strategies that match their skills, personalities, and perceptions and experiences.

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How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development Image

How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development

Scott Wallingford

Strategic business development is critical to support firm growth, and CRM software is the backbone of a data-driven approach. It not only helps your firm prospect for future clients, but also helps you strengthen and expand existing client relationships.

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Virtual Training & Mentoring for Summer and First Year Associates

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Conscientious development of associates through training and mentoring enables them to become dynamic, professional, and ethical attorneys who provide high quality service that clients expect.

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Estate Professionals Can Be Compensated for Services Performed Before Entry of a Retention Order, Even Without Nunc Pro Tunc Orders Image

Estate Professionals Can Be Compensated for Services Performed Before Entry of a Retention Order, Even Without Nunc Pro Tunc Orders

Sheryl P. Giugliano

Bankruptcy professionals should be relieved by a recent decision holding that although nunc pro tunc orders approving a professional's retention are now considered "inappropriate" in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, there is nothing in the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules, or applicable case law preventing an award of compensation before a retention order is entered.

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Introducing Pricing Transparency to Legal Services

Nathan Cemenska

The COVID-19 crisis has caused a money crunch across industries, and CLD budgets are tightening. This downturn demands that CLDs stop writing blank checks for services of indeterminate scope and duration. Here are some ideas for law departments looking to do better.

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Pouring Resources Into Business Development and Coaching Provides Mixed Results Image

Pouring Resources Into Business Development and Coaching Provides Mixed Results

Patrick Smith

The largest law firms are pouring substantial resources into business development training, cultivating leadership skills and professional coaching, according to a new report, and they're fielding teams of marketing professionals and lawyers to court and maintain clients. But the report found that the efforts — and the results — have been uneven, especially when it comes to developing leadership and building effective client teams.

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Legal Analytics and the Evolving Practice of Law

Josh Becker

While we may use analytics differently in our respective companies, one thing is certain: Legal analytics is the future and it's time to jump on board.

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