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Are Online Reviews Threatening Your Online Reputation?

Melanie Trudeau

An attorney's reputation may be one of the most important factors that clients consider before hiring counsel. In today's world of online reviews, managing your reputation can be challenging. How should you manage online reviews to ensure your reputation and trustworthiness are intact?

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Litigation Expense Deductibility: New Appellate Court Decision

Daniel Mayo

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that explains some of the requirements for deducting litigation expenses. The facts of the case are bizarre, but the controlling legal principles are not.

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Voice of the Client: Hearing the Client Through the Noise

Jennifer Simpson Carr & Amy Knapp

At the end of the day, a lot of noise is created in the effort to hear the voice of the client. We propose that while these efficiencies and innovations in law are valuable, the clients keep asking for something different: a lawyer who deeply understands their business and their specific issue — at the time they need it.

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Competitive Intelligence: How Client Intelligent Is Your Firm?

Stacy Rowe

<i><b>Ready, Set, Benchmark! </i></b><p>Underlying great client service is a strong understanding of the client's business and goals. There are many barriers to success when it comes to helping lawyers develop a strategic client mindset. So, how do you break down these barriers to create a Client Intelligent Law Firm?

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Best Ways To Expand Key Client Relationships from the Lawyer and Firm Perspectives

Julie Savarino

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i>

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Law Firm Revenue Rose as Demand Dropped in the First Quarter of 2019 Image

Law Firm Revenue Rose as Demand Dropped in the First Quarter of 2019

David Altuna & Gretta Rusanow

The legal industry saw greater revenue growth during the first quarter of 2019 than it did to start the strong year of 2018. However, the drivers of that growth were much different, as the demand growth that characterized 2018 gave way to a demand decline during the first quarter of 2019, and much of the revenue growth came in the form of cash collections from 2018 inventory.

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Professional Development: Why an Online “To-Do” List and Notes Are So Important

Brett Spodak

<i><b>If You Want To Do More, Go Paper-Less</i></b><p>he secret to increased productivity and a powerful agenda process is to finally ditch the paper and move to a more flexible system for both your daily to-do list and notes. This article makes the case for why moving to a digital platform for a to-do list and notes will increase your productivity.

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5 Ways to Optimize the Attorney-Marketing Relationship

Mike Mellor

With an increase in partner laterals, the advent of increasingly sophisticated procurement teams, greater transparency into pricing models, and more law firm mergers every year, the dynamics have certainly shifted. Attorneys can no longer simply wait for their phones to ring and to expect million-dollar books of business by executing and providing superb client service. That ship has sailed, and client expectations have been raised across the board.

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"Don't Do Stupid"

J. Mark Santiago

6 Common Law Firm Accounting Practices That Need to Be Re-evaluated There are a number of tried and true practices in law firms that need more thinking. Not because law firm managers are stupid; it's just that some practices need to be periodically re-evaluated and adjusted to reflect the changing times.

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In a VUCA Environment, Empower Your CMO to Collaborate and Lead

Tammy Mangan

VUCA is an acronym we don't often hear in the legal industry. It stands for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, and was coined by the U.S. Army to describe the post-Cold War world. Buyers of legal services are more sophisticated than ever and are redefining the meaning of value, some are involving procurement professionals in the buying process.

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