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Three ways to improve practice group meetings
By Matt Prinn BridgeTower Media Newswires Most law firms, big or small, realize that it makes sense for lawyers who practice in the same area to meet, typically by phone or video conference, every month or quarter. These meetings can be wastes of time and money (one hour billable time lost for each lawyer). A […]
Money Management: Beneficiary review
By Sharon L. Thornton BridgeTower Media Newswires The most important gift that you can leave your heirs is a well-thought-out transition of property. Circumstances change in life. It could be divorce, death, deciding to no longer enable grown children to live beyond their means or different causes that initiate a change in beneficiaries or the […]
Diversity on corporate boards: a tortuous path
By Stephen M. Honig BridgeTower Media Newswires “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” — Stephen R. Covey “Diversity” in business means variance in gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability and experience. Few goals are more discussed, and yet so unachieved, as diversity on corporate boards of directors. Statistics published this spring by the National Association […]
Qualifying for the home office deduction
By Jamie Bushart BridgeTower Media Newswires With more and more people working remotely, a common question clients asked this past tax season was whether they are eligible to take the home office deduction. This is also referred to as business use of home. The qualifying factors have remained unchanged; however, over the past six years, […]
Four limitations of Google Analytics
By Karl Heberger BridgeTower Media Newswires Google Analytics is a free service that allows marketers and website owners to track users’ behavior on their websites. It can tell the story that is so critical to understanding how to improve the performance of a site—specifically, who is visiting, how they got there and what they did. […]
Finding the cultural cornerstone of your firm
By Susan Letterman White BridgeTower Media Newswires Navel-gazing, dreaming, the soft stuff and a waste of time. These and more have been used to describe retreats where the discussion concerns a firm’s mission, values, principles or norms. Discussing values, principles and norms — the cultural cornerstone of a firm — seems to some like an […]
Digital marketers should only measure what matters
By Karl Heberger BridgeTower Media Newswires My first marketing job out of college about 20 years ago involved — what we called at the time — internet advertising. I was drawn to this form of advertising due largely to the ability to measure results. I wasn’t alone. By the early 2000s, every media company was […]
Make storytelling a part of your firm’s culture
By Lauren Dixon BridgeTower Media Newswires Everyone loves a good story. A good story can connect us. It can foster the imagination and inspire action. It can engage team members, reinforce core values and promote best practices at work. Best of all, a good story can win raving fans by creating the most powerful marketing […]
Tips for young lawyers for a fulfilling career
By Paul Mark Sandler BridgeTower Media Newswires A beginning lawyer may feel the practice of law is overwhelming. But being an attorney requires that you assume the responsibilities of a true professional, as well as a business person, minding the economics of law practice and meeting the challenges of unending demands. The overwhelming nature of […]
Another type of employee wellness: positive morale
By Laura Rubenstein BridgeTower Media Newswires BALTIMORE — I recently participated in a 5K with my colleagues. We didn’t lace up running shoes and race outside for charity. We didn’t have to wake up early, shut down roads or pin a race bib onto our clothes. We did it in work clothes. Inside. At the […]
Are you managing your time, or is it managing you?
By Susan Letterman White BridgeTower Media Newswires Too many people have too many demands for their time. It may feel as if there is no longer the time to distinguish between important and urgent items on your massive “to-do” list as all outstanding tasks jumble together. Do you avoid and procrastinate, or do you instead […]
New York judge allows service of process via WhatsApp
By Nicole Black BridgeTower Media Newswires If you’re a trial attorney, then you’re likely well aware of the impact of social media on all aspects of litigation. The repercussions of the online activities of litigants, witnesses, jurors and others can have a dramatic effect on litigation cases. Social media’s reach through all stages of a […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver fell asleep, causing significant auto accident — $1M settlement
- Defense verdict returned for company in rear-end crash
- Cauda equina syndrome developed after procedure — $625,000 settlement
- Passenger died months after sustaining multiple injuries — $725,000 settlement
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
