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E&O Goes In-House: Employed Lawyers Professional (ELP) liability coverage may help to protect corporate counsel
Attorneys understand that every job and client brings with it the potential for great reward . . . and the possibility of a lawsuit. As such, law firms and solo practitioners purchase professional liability insurance coverage, also known as errors and omissions (E&O) or legal malpractice...
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Planning for Success: Top 10 tips for strategic – and successful – law department budgeting
Although law departments often tend to think of budgets as primarily tactical tools, budgets do have significant strategic value – as long as they’re the product of thorough planning and proper implementation. When thinking about implementing a budget process, it’s necessary to...
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No Dumping: Data should be shaped for lawyers, not shoveled at them
Data, for managers of lawyers, is only as good as someone can grasp it and learn from it. A graphic plot is not the only choice. When you present data to lawyers, you can choose among five primary modes: text, lists, tables, charts or infographics. The message of this article is not at all that...
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