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Creating Positive Visibility Within Your Organization
January 31, 2008
As you become more senior in an organization, the quality of your professional network becomes a more significant factor in determining success than your substantive skills. Consequently, your career game plan should include strategic avenues for creating positive visibility within your organization.
Sustaining the Ethical Law Firm
January 31, 2008
This article discusses the key issues in establishing and maintaining a culture of ethical behavior through governance, leadership, and strategic direction.
Responding to Claims Against Your Law Firm
January 31, 2008
No matter how good a loss prevention program your firm has in place, it is a sad but inevitable fact of life that you will have claims. Your goal as a firm manager, therefore, is not to reduce claims incidence to zero, but rather to have a sound program in place to identify and respond to claims in a manner that minimizes your losses. Here are some thoughts on how to do that from the perspective of a trial lawyer who has spent much of the past 30 years defending law firms against such claims.
The Best of MLF 2007
January 30, 2008
In last month's issue, we highlighted articles from the first half of 2007. Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi presents in this issue excerpts from one article from each of the August to December issues.
Movers & Shakers
January 30, 2008
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Working Capital Issues for the Law Firm
January 30, 2008
Last month's installment addressed working capital issues including client costs advanced and the capital drain of a growing business. The conclusion of this series discusses retirement and risk tolerance.
Strategies for Coping with Recession
January 30, 2008
This article describes several strategies that a managing partner should consider when developing a plan to survive a recession.
Movers & Shakers
January 29, 2008
Who's doing what; who's going where.
<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Sullivan & Cromwell Suit Against Vendor Highlights Problems with e-Discovery
January 07, 2008
Sullivan &amp; Cromwell has sued an electronic discovery company for allegedly missing deadlines and preparing the wrong documents for production in the course of a major litigation.
Five Significant Inter-Generational Relations Blunders
December 28, 2007
Firms are struggling with generational divides because they make the blunders enumerated in this article.

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