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Ari Kaplan
For the second consecutive year, Ari Kaplan Advisors conducted independent anonymous interviews with corporate law department leaders, among others, between Jan. 13, 2016 and Jan. 29, 2016. Their responses are easily applicable to law firms, which are often delivering similar services and even competing with litigation support and technology providers.
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Marc Bussone
High profile cyberattacks and data breaches have become routine occurrences. Cyber threats are so pervasive that many privacy and security experts advise that responsible parties ' like fiduciaries of employee benefit plans ' should prepare for <i>when</i> a data breach occurs, not <i>if</i>. Data collected by employee benefit plans includes sensitive information that makes them a particularly attractive target for cybercrime.
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Ojen Sirin
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Leah Schloss
This article explores a firm's content development initiative experiment from the marketing and professional development perspectives. A group of about eight senior associates, known as SWATT (Sullivan & Worcester's Advancement Think Tank), were charged with developing the content. Here is their story.
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Micah Ascano
Legal Project Management has seen an explosion of interest from the legal industry in recent years. It has been touted as the key to efficient legal work and a cure-all for the woes of fixed fees, fee caps, and lawyers who blow budgets. But what are the drawbacks?
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Justin Hectus
At a recent CIO panel, an audience member asked the three of us on stage: "What do you see as your number one priority in the coming 12 months?" I responded "cybersecurity" without hesitation. The panelist that followed said that cybersecurity was a priority, but that it is a subset of risk management. This was not the first time I have heard the chief information pro and/or technologist in a large company make that point, and I have to respectfully disagree.
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Pamela Woldow
These days, productive lawyering, successful onboarding of lateral hires, and effective Legal Project Management (LPM) all place a huge premium on effective collaboration. But lawyers are neither naturally collaborative nor comfortable as team players.
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Julie Triedman
Contradicting the ordinary rules of supply and demand, law firms have continued to jack up hourly fees faster than flat demand and a projected 1.7% annual inflation rate would suggest.
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Nicholas Bruch
Recent data reveals that Latin America is the fastest-growing emerging market for Am Law 200 firms. The reason for U.S. firms' growing interest in the region is clear: Many Latin American economies boast above-average GDP growth and strong economic ties to the U.S. and Europe.
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Micah Ascano
Legal Project Management has seen an explosion of interest from the legal industry in recent years. It has been touted as the key to efficient legal work and a cure-all for the woes of fixed fees, fee caps, and lawyers who blow budgets. But there are drawbacks.
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Susan Beck
A $3.5 billion asset forfeiture case that the DOJ brought in July grabbed the public's attention for the alleged purchases involved: a luxury jet, a Beverly Hills mansion, Las Vegas casino junkets and a stake in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie <i>The Wolf of Wall Street.</i> But for experts in how law firms handle client funds, another detail in the case may merit special scrutiny.
