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Take Ownership of Your Firm's Accounts Receivable
April 27, 2012
Most lawyers are familiar with and capable in marketing (winning the work) and production (doing the work effectively and efficiently), but they fail to grasp the importance of collections.
Alternative Attorney Staffing
April 27, 2012
This article focuses on employee benefits decisions and the flexibility of your firm with respect to direct hires of non-partner and non-associate attorneys.
May issue in PDF format
April 27, 2012
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Avoiding Personal Liability for Payroll and Other Employer Tax Obligations
April 27, 2012
Although many firms operate in corporate, LLC or even LLP form in order to protect partners individually from liabilities, their partners may be surprised to learn that they may be personally liable if the firm fails to fulfill its obligations associated with employee compensation and benefits payable by the firm.
April issue in PDF format
March 29, 2012
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Movers & Shakers
March 29, 2012
Who's doing what; who's going where.
IRS Issues Revenue Procedure 2012-17
March 29, 2012
On Feb. 13, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2012-17, which in part provides that partnerships may furnish their partners with an electronic copy of their Schedule K-1 if the partner has affirmatively consented to receive the K-1 in electronic format, such as in pdf form in an e-mail.
The Billable Hour Is Not Dead!
March 29, 2012
Firms are increasingly using alternative fee structures to meet clients' demands for billing based on the perceived value they have received. This article discusses the reasons why, regardless of your firm's method of billing clients, it is still critical to track attorney billable and non-billable hours.
The Fiduciary's Default Investment Choice
March 29, 2012
Several high-profile class action lawsuits are now winding their way through the federal courts alleging high costs, sustained underperformance, and failure to properly disclose and account for revenue sharing and other "under the table" payments in pension and 401(k) plans. The fiduciaries have only themselves to blame. These issues should never have been on the table.
Profitability and the Legal Marketing Professional
March 29, 2012
This article provides for the legal marketing professional a guide to the basics of law firm economics, and includes sample metrics and ideas as to how to improve the contributions of the marketing department to the bottom line of your law firm.

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