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“Setting Your Expectations”
Common sense – one of the legal consumer’s best tools for navigating the attorney client relationship – can be found in the unlikeliest of places, even in a home remodeling magazine: No matter where you are in the home remodeling … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Budget, Clients, Home improvement, Ideal Consulting Services, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Lorraine Hart, Project management, Remodeling Today, Renovation
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Is Your Lawyer Guilty Of “Punchbowling”?
On legalproductivity.com, in an August 19, 2013 post titled, The Worst Business Lawyer Habit: “Punchbowling,” author Mike Moore told the story of an in-house attorney who turned a simple two-page contract to engage outside counsel into “an 8 page single-spaced monstrosity.” The in-house attorney’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Business Law, Clients, Commercial Law, Contracts, Legal, Legal Consumer, Mike Moore, Over Billing
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Attorney Tip #4 – Help “Making Rain”
To further our mission of leveling the playing field between client and attorney, LPR is always on the lookout for media that can help attorneys better serve and communicate with their clients. These “Attorney Tips” should also be considered by … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Canadian Lawyer TV, Clients, Debra Forman, Lawyer, Legal, Legal Consumer, Pinstripe Coaching, Project management, Rainmaker, Time management
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Class Action Lawsuits – Do They Benefit Class Plaintiffs?
According to Senior Circuit Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld, the recent Facebook class action settlement does not benefit the class plaintiffs. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the settlement, but Judge Kleinfeld wrote a dissenting opinion: I respectfully dissent. This … Continue reading
If It Can Happen To James Gandolfini . . . It Can Happen To You
Actor James Gandolfini’s sudden passing at such a young age was tragic, but now it appears the administration of his will adds insult to his family’s emotional injury. According to The New York Daily News, in a July 8, 2013 article … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Death Tax, Estate Tax, Inheritance Tax, James Gandolfini, Legal Consumer, New York Daily News, News, Second Opinion, Will
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7 Habits of Smart Legal Consumers
Based on the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, a guest contributor on Moneyning.com reinterpreted the seven habits for financial frugality in a recent article: 7 Habits of Highly Frugal People. The list is based upon the premise … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Attitude, Attorneys, Awareness, Books, Legal Consumer, Proactivity, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
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Instructive: United States Trustee Program’s Proposed Billing Guidelines
The United States Trustee Program (USTP), an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with “overseeing the administration of bankruptcy cases and private trustees,” has issued updated proposed guidelines for attorney compensation in chapter 11 cases with $50 million or … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerburg Buys Instagram Without Lawyers
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg reportedly negotiated Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom in Zuckerberg’s home, according to The Wall Street Journal’s April 18, 2013 article In Facebook Deal, Board Was All But Out of Picture. The WSJ … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Facebook, Instagram, Kevin Systrom, Legal Consumer, Mark Zuckerberg, News, Wall Street Journal
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Surviving An Attorney/Client Relationship Breakdown
There you are all alone, your lawyer has turned against you, treating you like the enemy. Perhaps you questioned his/her strategy, competence, or billings, and s/he reacted like a cornered cat. What do you do? Jim Moorhead, Harvard College and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversarial Attorney, Advice, Attorney Misconduct, Books, Jim Moorhead, Relationship Breakdown, The Instant Survivor
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