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Solving the Information Governance Groundhog Day Syndrome

Ben Schmidt & Nathan Curtis

Security and privacy start with good information governance, and for many firms — trying to get their information governance policy implemented feels a lot like Groundhog Day. Yes, the one with Bill Murray. Let's take a closer look.

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Recession Proofing A Law Firm

Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski

Whatever term the economists use to describe the slowing pace of commerce, the real question is: how do you protect your law firm's revenue stream when economic pressures are causing current and prospective clients to tighten their budgets?

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Legal Sales Strategies

Eric Dewey

The "best choice" provider pitch may not be the optimal sales strategy. It's better to adjust to where the prospect is in their buying decision process — whether that means they are looking for providers, they are studying the situation, they already have counsel, or they have decided not to address the issue.

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Time Well Spent: Make Meetings Valuable

Sharon Meit Abrahams

"Ugh, not another meeting!" Do you hear this from your colleagues and direct reports? If so, you should turn your meetings from a waste of time to a value-added use of time. We know meetings are important. They increase collaboration, set accountability, and create a shared sense of purpose and progress — all important elements of a happy, successful workplace.

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Midlevel Survey Shows What Law Firms Are Getting Right — and Wrong

Dan Roe

Midlevel associates aren't less willing than their predecessors to do the brain-bending amount of work. It's that after two years of billing massive hours through an isolating global pandemic, they're completely disloyal to the status quo. They kept firms going, they made partners rich, and now they plan to reshape the profession in their image.

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Law Firms May Make 'Course Corrections' to Battle Inflation

Andrew Maloney

If inflation remains at current levels, law firm billing rate increases won't be able to keep pace. But firm leaders may make other "course corrections" to capture profits through the end of 2022, analysts say, by utilizing leverage and alternative pricing models and making additional investments in technology.

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Great Marketing Initiatives Happening Now

Stacy West Clark

Some great marketing initiatives happening in law firms around the country — as well as some recommendations.

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Tips to Minimize Malpractice Claims

Michael R. McAndrew

So long as humans are practicing law, mistakes will happen; but well prepared attorneys are proactive and take the affirmative steps to put themselves in a position to minimize the danger to the client and the case.

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Traditional Legal Ops Putting Law Firms At Disadvantage When Recruiting for Cybersecurity and Privacy

Bruce Love & Patrick Smith

Law firms are still insisting on engaging with clients in the traditional legal model — by hours billed. Whereas cybersecurity services such as breach monitoring have the potential for a much deeper and stickier relationship with the client.

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How to Properly Align Marketing, Business Development and Sales

Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski 

As we move into a post-pandemic era of inflation and recession rumors, it is imminent that we make changes in how we operate and grow our businesses in order to move successfully — and profitably — forward. For law firms, we need to understand how marketing, business development and sales work together to produce new opportunities for revenue growth.

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