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Making Amends: Auditing Ongoing Suspicious Activity Report Filings for Financial Institutions

In the myriad of Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) requirements, there are perennial findings that reflect the failure to file, delays in filing, and deliberate efforts…

Michael Schidlow April 03, 2020

Crisis Management: 6 Actions to Get You Through the Next 6 Months

There is little doubt that the world is in crisis mode now, and it’s often difficult to know what to be doing with clients to…

Legal Executive Institute April 03, 2020

New Videos: Early Career Lawyers of Color Share Tactics for Dealing with Impostor Syndrome

Impostor Syndrome is the internalized feeling that leaves one doubting their own accomplishments and viewing their own actions as inauthentic, leading to worry that they…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color April 02, 2020

Does Talking with Your Lawyer Make You Happy? It Can, but It Depends on the Lawyer

Like so many others, I’ve spent a good amount of time recently looking for examples of how the current crisis is changing how law firms…

Bill Josten April 01, 2020

2020 Government Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report: How Prepared Are We?

How confident are state and local government employees in their ability to combat fraud, waste, and abuse? To find out, Thomson Reuters surveyed 87 professionals…

Tad Simons April 01, 2020

General Counsel Q&A: “A Firm Should Give Straightforward, Clear & Practical Advice” Says Reuters GC Gail Gove

Gail Gove, General Counsel at Reuters, recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) about managing a global team of lawyers, the value of…

Legal Executive Institute March 31, 2020

A Big Decision on Strategy that Law Firms Need to Make Now (Part 1)

In my role in academia and consulting, I get to work with law firm partners from around the world and to meet and talk to…

Kevin Doolan March 31, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: Meeting Clients Where They’re At Because the Future of ATJ Tech is Consumer

In an new column, “Tech-Enabled A2J”, we will take a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are impacting the push toward better…

Kristen Sonday March 30, 2020

Shadows on the Shore: Managing Employee Mental Health & Morale

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."  - H.P. Lovecraft…

Legal Executive Institute March 30, 2020

Focused Firms: Expenditures & the Bottom Line

We continue our series of blog posts using Peer Monitor data to examine the characteristics of Focused Firms — those firms that have 50% or more…

Joe Blackwood March 30, 2020

Ad Astra: Maximizing Marketing & Business Development Skills in Top Performers

As law firms grapple with the short- and long-term ramifications of the current socioeconomic landscape, marketing and business development leaders find themselves at a proverbial…

Legal Executive Institute March 29, 2020

Bold Frontiers: Bolstering Client Relationships Amidst Change

As law firms grapple with the short- and long-term ramifications of the current socioeconomic landscape, marketing and business development leaders find themselves at a proverbial…

Legal Executive Institute March 29, 2020