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Media & Communication: 3 Ways to Drive Higher ROI from Press Releases Image

Media & Communication: 3 Ways to Drive Higher ROI from Press Releases

Nicholas Gaffney

In an age where law firms can quickly disseminate news to target audiences via multiple social media platforms as well as their own websites, is it finally time to put the press release out to pasture? The press release is a valuable PR tool that deserves to live on. Executed correctly, the benefits outweigh the cost.

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Law Firms Are More Profitable Than Ever. How are They Doing It? Image

Law Firms Are More Profitable Than Ever. How are They Doing It?

Nicholas Bruch

<b><i>Given the Obstacles Law Firms Are Facing, Profitability Shouldn't Be Increasing</b></i><p>Rising competition from alternative service providers and the ever-forward march of technology adoption should be having a similar, negative, effect on profitability. This raises an obvious question — how are law firms doing it?

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Prospering in the 'New Normal'

J. Mark Santiago

<b><i>Raising Costs and Declining Demand are Sapping Profits</b></i><p>The “New Normal” of today is one in which raising operating costs, associate salary increases, and reduced realization rates coupled with AFAs and demands from corporate counsel for reduced rates are sapping firm profits and there is no relief on the horizon. Law firm leaders, seeing current conditions, should be asking if there is a better way.

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Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm Image

Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm

Kathryn B. Whitaker 

<b><i>Law Firms Should Double Down on Their Existing Clients By Focusing on Client Satisfaction and Retention Rates Rather Than Billable Hours and Origination Credits</b></i><p>New client acquisition can cost 15 times more than retaining an existing client, and yet most lawyers spend their limited and valuable time chasing new clients.

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11 Factors to Collecting Attorney Fees on a Timely Basis Image

11 Factors to Collecting Attorney Fees on a Timely Basis

Peter Oliva

Most of the time, delayed payments are a result of actions by the law firms themselves. Let's take a look at 11 factors impacting the collection of attorney fees on a timely basis and how to avoid these mistakes.

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The Death of the Law Firm Partnership Vote?

Gina Passarella Cipriani

<b><i>With an Eye on Efficiency, Firms Are Ditching Old Methods for a More Corporate Form of Governance</b></i><p>A growing number of firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are eschewing historical partnership norms in favor of more centralized management, and with that comes fewer and fewer partnership votes.

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The Relationship Between Leadership and Management in More Successful Law Firms Image

The Relationship Between Leadership and Management in More Successful Law Firms

Joel A. Rose

Financial stability within a law firm practice does not guarantee harmony within the partnership itself — far from it. Law firm management that does not acknowledge or reflect the importance of firm leadership and the contributions and needs of its members endangers a firm's cohesiveness and its very existence, no matter how many clients come through the front door.

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Cost Recovery in 2018: An Evolving Internal and External Strategy

Rob Mattern

It's now been 10 years since the economic crisis of 2008, and just under 10 years since we saw the greatest dip in demand for services experienced by the legal market. The market has stabilized since then, but growth has remained, year-over-year, flat. The Thomson Reuters 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market shows this trend will continue as we see a market characterized by flat to sluggish growth, a continued decline in productivity, modest rate increases and the continued downward pressure on realization.

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Taxing Questions for Law Firms Looking to Benefit in the New Regime Image

Taxing Questions for Law Firms Looking to Benefit in the New Regime

Meredith Hobbs

The new law offers two obvious potential benefits: a 20% deduction for pass-through entities such as partnerships, and a 21% tax on corporations.

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Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms Image

Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms

Marcus Dyer

This article describes the provisions of the Act most likely to impact law firms.

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