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What impacts should law firms expect from proposed Trump Administration tax policies?
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- Written by Sarah Max
- Published: 17 January 2025
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This is the second of a series of articles about how the demand for legal services might change over the next two years under the Trump Administration. This article focuses on the effects of proposed changes to taxation.
What should law firms (and their clients) anticipate from the incoming Trump Administration?
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- Written by Sarah Max
- Published: 16 January 2025
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With an impending administration change in the U.S. on January 20, 2025, many of our clients and professional friend have asked us the same question: What will the second Trump administration mean for my firm?
This is the first of a series of articles about how the demand for legal services might change over the next two years.
the antidote to fear
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- Written by Norman Clark
- Published: 02 January 2025
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Knowledge is the antidote to fear."
Well, maybe fear might be a bit of an exaggeration.
However, in recent confidential discussions with law firm leaders around the world, I have noticed a very interesting apprehension that seems to be emerging as they consider the business prospects for their firm in for the next two to five years.
There is a recognition that the long-term economic vision should be optimistic, built in part on the robust recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and also some well-aimed investments by governments in areas such as the improvements in infrastructure that many of the mature economies will need to take full advantage of new growth opportunities. At the same time, this optimism is counterbalanced -- in some instances, outweighed -- by a pessimism about how short-term economic and geopolitical issues could destabilize progress and even, in some instances, have long-term negative consequences.
How then, can a law firm navigate through the strategic fears about the rest of the decade -- even the rest of 2025 -- with a reasonable degree of confidence?
"But it's not my job..."
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- Written by Norman Clark
- Published: 28 July 2024
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...or is it?
The inability to answer this question can be costing your law firm significant losses in terms of efficiency, operating expenses, morale, and lost opportunities.
3 advantages that small law firms have in the competition to recruit and retain the best legal talent
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- Written by Norman Clark
- Published: 23 July 2024
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The post-pandemic era of the mid-2020s has emphasized three things that small law firms must -- and can -- do to to attract and retain top legal talent.
Establishing a Risk-Management Program for AI in Law Firms
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- Written by Norman Clark
- Published: 18 April 2024
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How can your law firm's risk management programs keep up with the ethical and practical challenges of artificial intelligence? Here is a "quick start" outline.
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