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Lateral pitfalls: The biggest failings when recruiting partners

Gareth Ward considers the common pitfalls of lateral partner hires and the steps that are needed to avoid them

Cultural screening: Steps to ensure your laterals are a good cultural fit

It's time to break with tradition and rethink ?your firm's approach ?to screening laterals, ?says Mark Brandon

Firms at risk: A new approach to resuscitating law firms in distress

The legal profession urgently needs to establish a new expert panel to help law firms facing regulatory intervention or insolvency, says Lesley Graves

The wider picture: Where UK law firms are failing in risk management

Are you ready to stand back ?and review the sustainability of your business as a whole from ?both a risk and a compliance perspective, asks...

Cash in, cash out: The art of money laundering compliance

Lee Baxter provides some practical pointers for UK law firms on how to manage the risks of anti-money laundering compliance

Directors owe a range of duties to investors

The fight for business has never been tougher, and with the economy finally on the mend, now is the time to remind directors of their...

Criminal law update

Miranda Ching considers the US's approach to whistleblowing, the controversy surrounding the wearing of the niqab in criminal courts, and credit for guilty pleas

The dream of running a law firm on free software

As law firms try to find ways of cutting their IT spend, 'Damian Blackburn analyses the cost of effective technology