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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Taking the Plunge Image

<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Taking the Plunge

Pamela Woldow

So you're thinking about diving into the election for Managing Partner? Before you throw your hat into the firm's MP selection process, now is the time to pause and reflect on your motivations and incentives for what is bound to be a significant shift in role, responsibility, stature, and quality of life for at least a few years.

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<b><i>Sales Speak:</i></b> Asking for Business Image

<b><i>Sales Speak:</i></b> Asking for Business

Kimberly Alford Rice

Given the reality that law schools, for the most part, do not adequately prepare lawyers to engage in the business of law (including sales), it is no wonder why the fear of directly asking for new business is an obstacle for many lawyers.

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Levenfeld Pearlstein Makes a Winning Move with Client Extranet Technology Image

Levenfeld Pearlstein Makes a Winning Move with Client Extranet Technology

Angela Hickey

Ask any law firm leader to list their key business strategies and delivering client value will undoubtedly top the list. Talking about innovation is fine and well, but is not worth much unless your firm is willing to make strategic changes, some of which might hurt in the short term, in order to open the door to new ideas and a client-centric approach.

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The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Image

The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Richard H. Stieglitz & Nichol Chiarella

On Dec. 19, 2014, the President signed into law the long-awaited year-end tax package, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA). This law extended to the end of 2014 many but not all of the individual, business, and energy provisions that expired at the end of 2013. In addition, the law provides for a new tax-advantaged savings program to aide in meeting the financial needs of disabled individuals, called the " Achieving a Better Life Experience" (ABLE) program.

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Pricing It Right: Restructuring Billing Image

Pricing It Right: Restructuring Billing

Tam Harbert

As pressure on pricing continues, Big Law firms are buying (or building) analytics technology and hiring pricing specialists ' people who use market data, internal firm data and economics/pricing experience to ensure that firms are smart about bidding on work. The mission: Educate clients about the value the firm brings, while making sure to charge enough to make a profit.

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Note from Your Editor Image

Note from Your Editor

Kimberly Alford Rice

As our world continues to "dance as fast as it can," legal marketers around the globe continue to struggle with educating their lawyers in the ways of the "new normal."

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<b><i>Leadership</i></b>: Hidden Business Development Opportunities Image

<b><i>Leadership</i></b>: Hidden Business Development Opportunities

Allan Colman

These days, all firms must provide more value-added services. In the short run, the more you know the better chance you have at winning the business. In the long run, close client knowledge and an understanding of the marketplace will augment client retention.

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Upping the Legal Training Ante

Bill Koch

Womble Carlyle's technology training and online learning programs were in need of an upgrade. Unprecedented firm growth, heightened emphasis on developing lawyers' core technology competencies, and a need to streamline and automate existing e-learning processes led the firm to initiate a fundamental shift.

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<b><i>Marketing Tech</i></b>: Driving the Engagement Marketing Process With Technology Image

<b><i>Marketing Tech</i></b>: Driving the Engagement Marketing Process With Technology

Lisa Flynn

It is a commonly held belief that marketing is a combination of art and science. But now, science is gobbling up most of the equation. This article outlines the engagement marketing process, including how technology is driving each step.

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Making Your Net Work

Pamela Woldow

Skilled social media navigators frequently brag about all the people they are "networked in" with ' scores, hundreds or even thousands of LinkedIn connections, Twitter followers or Facebook friends. But once you get it in reach, what happens then?

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