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Securing Your Information-Rich Employee Benefit Plans Image

Securing Your Information-Rich Employee Benefit Plans

Robert M. Projansky & Miriam S. Dubin

This article examines the cyber threat facing benefit plans, explores the applicable legal landscape, and recommends steps to better equip plans to prepare for and manage data breaches.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Law Firms, Legal Departments Predicted to Focus More on IT Risk Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Law Firms, Legal Departments Predicted to Focus More on IT Risk

Ed Silverstein

Overall global spending in the information security services and products sector will total $86.4 billion this year, an increase of 7% over last year.

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Diversity As a Differentiator in the Legal Profession

John J. Buchanan

One aspect of law firms that is becoming increasingly of interest to clients — and an area that might offer opportunities for differentiation — is law firm commitment to increasing and sustaining diversity.

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<b><I>Media & Communications:</I></b> How Being a Benefit Corporation or B Corp May Help Land the Right Clients Image

<b><I>Media & Communications:</I></b> How Being a Benefit Corporation or B Corp May Help Land the Right Clients

John Montgomery

This article explores whether or not it makes sense to organize your law firm as a professional benefit corporation and/or B Corp to help you attract the growing number of clients seeking a law firm aligned with their social and environmental values.

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<b><I>Leadership:</I></b> Linking Law Firm Leadership with Revenue Generation Image

<b><I>Leadership:</I></b> Linking Law Firm Leadership with Revenue Generation

Allan Colman

What is missing in driving revenue growth at law firms is accelerating leadership. It is one of 12 exceptional management practices that firms should focus on, including branding, building client value, strategy, team building, and so forth.

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Financing and Leasing Technology Is a Strategic Advantage

Scott McFetters

Law firms may want to leverage a specific law firm management technology to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, but might not want to purchase those tools outright. How are you equipping your firm to succeed both in the present day and into the future?

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How Firms Should Be Measuring the Profitability of Matters Image

How Firms Should Be Measuring the Profitability of Matters

Hugh A. Simons

Matter profitability matters. Yet most firms struggle to measure it in a manner that is accurate, focused on the levers partners control, and inclines partners to take action. Using margin per-partner-hour (MPH) to measure profitability delivers on these objectives.

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Smaller Firms' Message To Big Law on Alternative Fees: Join the Club Image

Smaller Firms' Message To Big Law on Alternative Fees: Join the Club

Miriam Rozen

Microsoft's vow to make its outside lawyers bill nearly all their work under alternative fee arrangements caused a stir, given large law firms' traditional devotion to the billable hour. But for a growing number of mostly smaller firms, those anxieties highlight a Big Law business model they've already left behind.

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Financing and Leasing Technology Is a Strategic Advantage Image

Financing and Leasing Technology Is a Strategic Advantage

Scott McFetters

Law firms may want to leverage a specific law firm management technology to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, but might not want to purchase those tools outright. How are you equipping your firm to succeed both in the present day and into the future?

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Employee Privacy and Corporate Legal Risk

David Horrigan

The use of business email accounts and digital devices for personal communications can be risky for both employers and employees. However, employees of all levels may be commingling corporate communications with their personal information, according to new research.

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