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December 11, 2012

As the economic outlook has continued to remain uncertain and the inability of law firms to reduce or hold the line on expenses becomes more apparent, law firms are increasingly looking at oursourcing.

Who Is Reviewing Your Firm's Partnership Agreements?

December 11, 2012

This article focuses on the specific areas of law firm partnership agreements that require an accountant's input and expertise.

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court to Hear Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases

December 07, 2012

Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 7 agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage.

2013 - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS RARELY SIMPLE OR EASY

December 04, 2012

2013 - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS RARELY SIMPLE OR EASY Growth in a free market is there to be gained. Firms can always find ways to use growth as a powerful marketing asset. But for firms that finally recognize the need to pursue legal business development, two questions need to be asked: First, how can your firm exploit the current marketplace? And second, what long term strategic and pragmatic business development lessons can you learn, firm size

BREAKING NEWS: DTI Acquires Fios for Relativity Services

November 30, 2012

Document Technologies Inc. has acquired Fios Inc., thereby expanding its hosted e-discovery services, which focus on kCura Corp.'s Relativity document review software, DTI officials said on Nov. 29.

December issue in PDF format

November 29, 2012

IP News

November 29, 2012

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

Trademarking Athletes' Names and Slogans

November 29, 2012

If recent trends are any indication, athlete-related trademarking activity promises to keep increasing.

Protecting Reality TV Formats

November 29, 2012

The nature of reality television programs is a relatively modern concern and — like reality itself — doesn't lend itself well to copyright protection.

The Case for Project Management

November 29, 2012

The expectations of today's clients cannot be met by the trappings of traditional law practices. With the way clients now expect and demand that their lawyers engage with them, using project management is a perfect way to support the process.

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