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Services rendered: How to fix the billable hour system

Law firms and corporate counsel should work together to fix the ?billable hour system rather than eliminate it, says Mike Trotter

Protecting assets: Tips for managing your law firm's equity

What is law firm equity and who should have it? Karl Wingfield explores the key components of an effective equity management strategy

Splitting profits: Review your partner profit-sharing arrangements

Benjamin Viney explores why law firms are reviewing their partner profit-sharing arrangements, why it can be so hard to do and how to go about doing it successfully

Sharpening value and standing out

In a post-RDR world, wealth managers must define their role and actively market what they do best to the right client. ?What should they do to survive? Jennifer Palmer-Violet reports

Tribunal roulette: new rules on fees for employment tribunals are just a money spinner

The new rules on fees for employment tribunals expected ?to come into force at the end of July are just a money ?spinner, says Philip Henson

Workshop: Beware the risks attached to giving personal guarantees

Lawyers have a lot to consider when advising the company director asked to sign a guarantee, says Jonathan Silverman

Microsoft still has an influence on the legal market

An updated Windows 8 and the imminent release of Surface Pro shows that Microsoft is still important to the legal market, says Damian Blackburn

Update | PACE: necessity of arrest, 17-year-olds in custody and police retention of data

Jill Lorimer considers changes to the necessity ?of arrest, 17-year-olds ?in custody and police ?retention of data