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The Legal Intelligencer

From Piles to Files—How Getting Organized Can Transform Your Business

Recently, I was on the phone with a fellow coach who asked about my personality type from an assessment taken in the past. I didn't recall, so while still on the call, I quietly walked over to my filing cabinet and pulled out a folder labeled “my assessments.”
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New York Law Journal

Choosing a Venue:  New Options

In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner, Gail S. Kelner and Joshua D. Kelner discuss a recent amendment to the CPLR, which expands the options for where a case may be venued.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Planning for Summer Vacations or Time Off as a Young Lawyer

Summer vacations can either be one of the most relaxing or most stressful aspects of a young lawyer's career. Demanding clients or shareholders can make young lawyers feel lazy or guilty for wanting a break.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Cybersecurity for Midsize and Smaller Law Firms: 10 Tips to Take Action Now

It is no secret that cyberattackers consider law firms to be rich sources of valuable data. Escalating risks and client expectations mandate that mid-size and smaller firms, with fewer than 200 attorneys, treat cybersecurity as a core element of their legal practice.
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Pro Mid Market

Beyond the Assembly Line: Could Big Law Firms Defeat Al-Qaeda? 

Situation: an intellectual elite devotes uncountable hours of training and practice to address the legal needs of global business. Configured as law firms, they grow, they get rich. Yet as the problems of their clientele become increasingly complex, they become increasingly dysfunctional.
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New York Law Journal

Getting One's Practice in 'Order'

In his column on New York Practice, Patrick M. Connors discusses the filing, entry and service of orders. These seemingly small, dry procedural steps can be critical in litigating a case.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

As a lawyer, I am getting very frustrated; clients seem to make complaints to the Disciplinary Board routinely even though there's nothing wrong. It makes the practice of law so unpleasant.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Standing and Grandparents' Rights: 8 Years of Legislative Give and Take

In D.P., the Supreme Court reviewed a lower court decision that had found that certain provisions of the custody statute granting grandparents standing were invalid.
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Daily Business Review

Could Your Business Avoid an ADA Drive-By Lawsuit?

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is designed to ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to the goods and services offered by a place of public accommodation.
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Legaltech News

Soccer's Ten Second Lesson for Legal Technologists

The most electric moment in the World Cup to date was Belgium's stunning comeback against the Japanese, and how they scored their final goal can provide some important lessons for legal technologists as well.
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