With a new year and fresh outlook for the future, the time is ripe for legal technologists and innovators to take the delivery of legal services and client experience to the next level. One key is recognizing that successful innovation — be it turning best practices into standard operating procedures, or reinventing the law firm business model altogether — is equal parts mindset, method and message.
If a taxpayer suffers a loss by reason of errors made by a tax advisor, and the tax advisor makes a payment to compensate the taxpayer for the loss. May the payment be excluded from the taxpayer's income subject to tax?
A Permanent Change to How Your Firm Operates Law firms need a best practice Digital Mailroom operation, not the current scan-to-email workaround, which was a triage solution at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Attorneys and staff working from home must have reliable, secure delivery of daily mail which is arriving at the main office.
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
What is the right strategic approach for a legal department to optimize its return on investment for the resources it deploys to render legal services?
NJ Senate Bill 3246 established the "business alternative income tax" (BAIT), an elective business tax regime for pass-through entities. Law firms are left wondering if electing to pay the BAIT is the right choice. This article summarizes how the NJ BAIT works, as well as its pros and cons.
Determining what to say to whom, and when to say it, was anything but obvious to law firm leaders and marketing departments at the start of the pandemic. But nine months in, some clear strategies have emerged for successfully navigating external communications when the future is uncertain and the stakes are high.
Cisions recent State of the Media Report included some useful insight and guidance for PR professionals when dealing with the media, including ways to build positive relationships with journalists and best practices for pitching.
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Budget season is in full swing at firms whose fiscal year matches the calendar year, and leaders are exercising a newfound scrutiny over every component of next year's spending as they prepare for an uncertain 2021.
