Weekly Format

	All the Right Moves Week of 3/9/2010
	Are You Committing Technology Malpractice? Week of 3/2/2010
	A Rose by Any Other Name... Week of 2/23/2010
	"I Guarantee It" Week of 2/16/2010
	What Is Your Practice Worth? Week of 2/9/2010
	Are You Ready to Fly Solo? Week of 2/2/2010
	Alternative Billing as a Marketing Tool Week of 1/26/2010
	Build a Solid Foundation on Your Firm's Staff Week of 1/19/2010
	Unbundling Legal Services: The Small Firm's Secret Weapon Week of 1/12/2010
	Does Anyone "Deserve" a Bonus? Week of 1/5/2010
	Find Success by Looking in the Mirror Week of 12/22/2009
	Are You Unbalanced? Week of 12/15/2009
	Do You Speak IT, and Other Foreign Languages? Week of 12/8/2009
	A Law Firm Lesson from Manufacturing Week of 12/1/2009
	What It Takes to Be Recognized Week of 11/24/2009
	Time for a Hiring Strategy? Week of 11/17/2009
	Of Layoffs and Lawsuits Week of 11/10/2009
	Preserve, Protect and Defend Your Client Records Week of 11/3/2009
	A Moving Experience Week of 10/27/2009
	Are you the dominant lawyer? Week of 10/20/2009
	A Question of Ethics Week of 10/13/2009
	Learning the Law of Supply and Demand Week of 10/6/2009
	Insure to Ensure Your Business Continuity Week of 9/29/2009
	How to Keep from Getting "Riffed" Week of 9/22/2009
	A Friend in Need Is... a Client? Week of 9/15/2009
	Trust Me, I'm Good for It Week of 9/8/2009
	The Tangled Web of Web Ethics Week of 9/1/2009
	An Engagement Checklist for In-house Counsel Week of 8/25/2009
	When De-Equitization Costs More Than It Saves Week of 8/18/2009
	Don't Confuse a Virtual Office with Being a Virtual Lawyer Week of 8/11/2009
	"Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First" Week of 8/4/2009
	Of Lawyers and Dinosaurs Week of 7/28/2009
	"I'm Thinking It Over!" Week of 7/21/2009
	Think Before You Decide, "I Want Out" Week of 7/14/2009
	Can Age Discrimination Be Proved? Week of 7/7/2009
	The Next Wave of Competition for Small Firm Lawyers Week of 6/30/2009
	Should Malpractice Insurance Bea a Cost-Cutting Target? Week of 6/23/2009
	Imagine - Learning from Lawyers How to Be a Lawyer! Week of 6/16/2009
	No One Is an Island - and That Includes Lawyers Week of 6/9/2009
	Hit the Road, Jack - When It Makes Sense to Do So Week of 6/2/2009
	You May Have to Lend to Yourself If the Bank Won't Week of 5/26/2009
	Ed Poll Unveils LawBiz® Forum as New Online Community Week of 5/19/2009
	Legal Coaching - It's Not Just for Lawyers Anymore Week of 5/12/2009
	Can Something "Free" Have Value? Week of 5/5/2009
	Death of the Billable Hour? Week of 4/28/2009
	Don't Waste a Good Crisis Week of 4/21/2009
	Successful Law Firms Are All Alike Week of 4/14/2009
	Something of Value Week of 4/7/2009
	Do You Have the Time? Week of 3/31/2009
	Can You Afford to Do Good? Week of 3/24/2009
	Where's the Real Pain? Week of 3/17/2009
	Should Every Lawyer Be a Star? Week of 3/10/2009
	An Update on the Safety of IOLTA Funds Week of 3/3/2009
	Make Sure You Realize What You Bill Week of 2/24/2009
	Don't Be Suspected of "The Perfect Crime" Week of 2/17/2009
	If You're Not Liquid, You May Have to Liquidate Week of 2/10/2009
	Who Needs a Plan? Week of 2/3/2009
	Do You Feel Inferior? Week of 1/27/2009
	What Do GM and Big Law Firms Have in Common? Week of 1/20/2009
	Would You Accept Your Own Response? Week of 1/13/2009
	The Motivation for Selling Out Week of 1/6/2009
	"Can't We All Just Get Along?" Week of 12/30/2008
	Chill Out Over Cold Calls Week of 12/23/2008
	A Law Firm Should Not Be a Bank Week of 12/16/2008
	Do You Still Want to Be a Partner? Week of 12/9/2008
	A Firm Can Be Too Good - And a Client Can Be Too Big Week of 12/2/2008
	A Credit Line Belongs to the Bank-Not to You Week of 11/25/2008
	It's 10pm - Do You Know Where Your Trust Funds Are? Week of 11/18/2008
	I Need Your Help Week of 11/11/2008
	Making a Retainer Relationship Work Week of 11/4/2008
	Free webinar: "Social Networking to Enhance Your Practice" Week of 10/28/2008
	Law Firms Can Advance with a Retreat Week of 10/21/2008
	Some Perspectives on the General Counsel's World Week of 10/14/2008
	Taking a Glance at the Dashboard Week of 10/7/2008
	Can You Compete Against a Paralegal? Week of 9/23/2008
	A Flat Fee Is Really a Guarantee Week of 9/16/2008
	You Can't Get Run Over If You Stand Behind Your Work Week of 9/9/2008
	How Do You Know Until You Ask? Week of 9/2/2008
	"Above All, Try Something" Week of 8/26/2008
	Hotels for Lawyers Week of 8/19/2008
	What is Marketing? Week of 8/12/2008
	A Broken Management Model Week of 8/5/2008
	Corporations Are from Venus, Law Firms Are from Mars Week of 7/29/2008
	It's Not Lawyers and Staff - It's a Firm Week of 7/22/2008
	The Power of Personal Contact Week of 7/15/2008
	If It's Good Enough for the Airlines… Week of 7/8/2008
	What's Your Rating? Week of 7/1/2008
	If All Else Fails, Sue Week of 6/24/2008
	Cash Reigns Supreme Week of 6/17/2008
	Make Sure You Get What You Pay For Week of 6/10/2008
	Who's Calling, Please? Week of 6/3/2008
	It Can Be Tough to Figure Out the Score Week of 5/27/2008
	Don't Cut Muscle Along With the Fat Week of 5/20/2008
	Take a Deep Breath... Week of 5/13/2008
	Law Firm Lessons from the Court Week of 5/6/2008
	How Big is Too Big? Week of 4/29/2008
	What Do You Know About Money? Week of 4/22/2008
	Are You in the Red Zone? Week of 4/15/2008
	Do You Want to be Cheap? Week of 4/8/2008
	Should You Have "Friends"? Week of 4/1/2008
	The Right Way to Use a Coach Week of 3/25/2008
	How Much Is in the Till? Week of 3/18/2008
	Exit the Discounting Trap Week of 3/11/2008
	How Reasonable Are You? Week of 3/4/2008
	If You Leave, What Should You Do Next? Week of 2/26/2008
	When Is It Time to Leave? Week of 2/19/2008
	Five Tech Tips for Road Wqarrior Productivity Week of 2/12/2008
	The Four Levels of Communication Week of 2/5/2008
	The Bad Idea That Won't Die Week of 1/29/2008
	Want to Get Paid Faster? Week of 1/22/2008
	Vote for LawBizBlog! Week of 1/15/2008
	Continuing to Bring "The Business of Law"® to MCLE Week of 1/8/2008
	Happy Holidays Week of 12/18/2007
	It's 11:00 p.m.- Do You Know What Your Outsourced Services Are Doing? Week of 12/11/2007
	Will You Avoid the "Credit Crunch"? Week of 11/27/2007
	LawBiz® Blog 2.0 Week of 11/20/2007
	Ever Attend a Trade Show? Week of 11/13/2007
	The "Perfect Bill" is One That Gets Paid! Week of 11/6/2007
	Dodging a High Cost Bullet-For Now Week of 10/30/2007
	Is Profit Professional? Week of 10/23/2007
	Build Loyalty through Inclusion Week of 10/16/2007
	Can You "Productize" Your Practice? Week of 10/9/2007
	Now Don't Get Defensive... Week of 10/2/2007
	Quit Working and Start Leading! True Leaders Are the Key to Law Firm Success Week of 9/24/2007

Original Monthly Format

	June 2007 Contains the following articles Four Lessons That Bear Repeating Don't Undercut Yourself When Selling Your Practice Should You Give Staff a Bonus? New Tools to Help You With "The Business of Law"®
	May 2007 Contains the following articles Don't Get Spooked by Ghostwriters Is Anybody Listening? Should your firm consider contingency fees? Does a J.D. need an M.B.A.?
	April 2007 Contains the following articles When things don't go "according to plan" Ever read your partnership agreement? Should your firm consider contingency fees? Does a J.D. need an M.B.A.?
	March 2007 Contains the following articles Say Goodbye to Goodwill? The Conundrum of Associate Pay "What's a Web Site Got That I Ain't Got?" The Business of Law® Teleseminar Series
	January/February 2007 Contains the following articles Is Silence Golden? Should Credit Cards Be "Legal"? Do You Want To Succeed? Are You Keeping Up As Technology Advances?
	December 2006 Contains the following articles Should you be forced into retirement? Volume discounts revisited. A productive cross-border relationship.
	November 2006 Contains the following articles Lessons from the road Sure we lose money, but we make it up in volume Who's in charge here? If you had to sell, what is your price?
	October 2006 Contains the following articles Were They More Enlightened in the Dark Ages? Should You Manage "By the Numbers"? Are You on the Same Page With Your Clients? What's the Latest from LawBiz® Management Company?
	September 2006 Contains the following articles A Strategic Alliance That Benefits You Embezzlement - It Can Happen To You Accepting Credit Cards Is a Hot Topic for Small Firms and Solos To Be More Profitable, Have a Unique Selling Proposition Convergence or Collaboration? A Unique Selling Proposition in Action
	August 2006 Contains the following articles If You Hang Your Shingle, Will They Come? The Cost of a Broken Business Model Internet Marketing 101: A Blog Is Not a Web Site The Latest News from LawBiz Management Company
	July 2006 Contains the following articles Does Mandatory Malpractice Insurance Disclosure Really "Protect the Public?" Should Lawyers Face a Statute of Limitations? LawBiz® Value: Practicing What We Preach Managing the Check Deposit Process
	June 2006 Contains the following articles A Matter of Trust in Using Accounts Do You Provide a Commodity? What Is "Fair" Compensation? Blogging Revisited - A Note of Caution on the Tail Wagging the Dog
	May 2006 Contains the following articles Do your bills convey cost - or value? What doth it profit a lawyer ... ? When money's the game, do you know your score?
	April 2006 Contains the following articles How Are You Doing? Here's How to Find Out! But It's My Practice - Isn't It?
	March 2006 Contains the following articles Selling a Practice Shouldn't Be a Hard Idea to Sell Selling a Practice Is Now an Easy Step to Undertake What Do You Really Do As a Lawyer? Employee of the Month - Food for Thought
	February 2006 Contains the following articles Beware The Barriers That Keep You from Improving You Can Take It With You - But SHOULD You? Paper Isn't Obsolete - And Won't Be for a Long Time
	January 2006 Contains the following articles Should YOU Be Nervous? Take This Test to See... A Nervous Attorney Writes In: "Help me, Ed I'm on the verge of legal insanity!" Your Banker is Your Partner - If You Pass the Test...
	December 2005 Contains the following articles Five Questions Will Help You Plan for Success in 2006 How to Create Your Profit-Generating Plan in Just a Day! Herding Cats 101 – How to Get Lawyers to Accept a Plan
	November 2005 Contains the following articles Are Cab Drivers Smarter Than Lawyers? Does Making Partner Mean Much Today? Which Files to Keep, and Which to Destroy?
	October 2005 Contains the following articles Is Marketing Dead? Can Law Firm Administrators Guarantee Job Retention? Could you REPAIR from a Disaster? More Examples of the Power of the Internet Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
	September 2005 Contains the following articles Outsourcing and Referrals: A Question of Fees The Client Relationship: A Two-Way Street Closing a Practice: Your Exit Strategy
	August 2005 Contains the following articles Client Development: Plan, or Random Acts of Golf and Lunch? When Selling a Practice, Don't Look Back – Answers to a Post Who's on YOUR Team?
	June 2005 Contains the following articles Reflections on Hourly Rates Blogs Are A Good Tool – But Keep Them in Perspective Pay Attention to Building Human Capital
	January 2005 Contains the following articles Blog Readership Surged 58 Percent in 2004 Serving Smaller Clients Profitably
	November 2004 Contains the following articles Cashflow Q & A
	May 2004 Contains the following articles ABA wins their lawsuit against the FTC How do you achieve excellence in your professional practice?
	March 2004 Contains the following article Electronic Data and Cyber Risk Exclusion
	February 2004 Contains the following articles Where you practice law may be the next question to ask. Check your credit One example of breach of fiduciary duty to partners
	January 2004
	December 2003
	November 2003 Contains the following article I’ve heard of "... an out of body experience ...," but ....
	October 2003 Contains the following articles How to bill for completed work Attorneys using credit cards to speed collection efforts
	September 2003 Contains the following article More change for the legal profession
	August 2003
	June 2003 Contains the following article Tort Reform
	May 2003 Contains the following articles Ask Questions – Learn More Than Ever You Are Judged on How You Handle a Meeting Water or Coke?
	April 2003 Contains the following articles Down with Selling – Up with Marketing Empowerment makes the office work more effectively
	Special War Edition March 19, 2003
	February 2003 Contains the following article The Four Stages of Burnout – By Mark Gorkin
	January 2003 Contains the following articles Fee Sharing: O.K. or Not? Definition of marketing Stress: Is it good or bad for us?
	December 2002 Contains the following articles Ten Malpractice Traps Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act again ... or Cyber Insecurity Beware: California's New Lactation Accommodation Law Is Here! End of Year Tax Tips: It's Never to Late to Start Planning
	New company by former Napster co-founder November 2002 Issue No. 156a
	Clifford Chance sets new standard of "shooting oneself in the foot" November 2002 Issue No. 156b
	Your name as a valuable asset – Reid Trautz October 2002 Issue No. 155a
	Many companies fail in good times – Gene Siciliano October 2002 Issue No. 155b
	We need to get out of our own way October 2002 Issue No. 155c
	The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: More requirements for lawyers September 2002 Issue No. 154a
	IRS & Lawyers: The Attorney-Client Privilege at Risk September 2002 Issue No. 154b
	Gramm-Leach - Do you yet know what this is? July 2002 Issue No. 152
	ROI on Coaching Confirmed May-June 2002 Issue No. 151a
	Be Profitable! May-June 2002 Issue No. 151b
	A true story... Lawyer Beware! April 2002 Issue No. 150a
	Fantasy to Finance: Still More Ways to Increase Cash Flow April 2002 Issue No. 150b
	Fantasy to Finance: Ways to Increase Cash Flow March 2002 Issue No. 149a
	Stress Busters March 2002 Issue No. 149b
	A new standard for use of cell phones February 2002 Issue No. 148a
	Fantasy to Finance: Tips on how to increase cash flow February 2002 Issue No. 148b
	Simple keys to great client service February 2002 Issue No. 148c
	Attorney fee agreement requiring arbitration upheld December 2001 Issue No. 146a
	A new standard of realism - What to do on an airplane December 2001 Issue No. 146b
	Tax planning November 2001 Issue No. 145
	Insurance company's request to audit defense bills must be approved by client October 2001 Issue No. 144a
	Advice for a new sole practitioner October 2001 Issue No. 144b
	Attack Will Test How Much We Believe in America September 2001 Issue No. 143
	Do you want to go from low billing to more profitable work? August 2001 Issue No. 142a
	MDPs – Are you or are not a member? August 2001 Issue No. 142b
	Lawyer's Turf vs. Firm's Growth/Success July 2001 Issue No. 141a
	Technology and Law Firm Mergers July 2001 Issue No. 141b
	Palm Pilot ... A customer satisfaction story June 2001 Issue No. 140a
	Ancillary Businesses ... A report from ALA conference June 2001 Issue No. 140b
	Service Power May 2001 Issue No. 140a
	It’s like Counting Pickles .... May 2001 Issue No. 140b
	Managing Yourself Through Change May 2001 Issue No. 140c
	Characteristics of Success April 2001 Issue No. 139
	Four Ways to Get to Market March 2001 Issue No. 138a
	Culture Power: Whine, moan and complain - then contribute! (Ron Kaufman) March 2001 Issue No. 138b
	Payroll and The Internet: One Way Of Reducing Overhead February 2001 Issue No. 137
	Practice Development Coaching: Why Coaching Increases Lawyers Revenues January 2001 Issue No. 136a
	Compensation: Partnering With Your Partners January 2001 Issue No. 136b
	Tax tips for 2000 and 2001 December 2000 Issue No. 135
	The Importance of Numbers: Why Attorneys Should Care About Accounting November 2000 Issue No. 134
	Legal Pinch Hitters Thrown A Curve Ball October 2000 Issue No. 133
	Six Things That Drive Clients Crazy (And What You Can Do to Avoid Them) September 2000 Issue No. 132
	Coaching, a New Phenomenon August 2000 Issue No. 131a
	Exceeding Client Expectations August 2000 Issue No. 131b
	Marketing Database Checklist August 2000 Issue No. 131c
	Productizing Your Practice: Making Service More Tangible and Profitable July 2000 Issue No. 130
	Are You Leaving Your Clients on the Sidelines? June 2000 Issue No. 129
	Reducing Office Expenses May 2000 Issue No. 128
	PARTNER POWER: Who bothers to complain? April 2000 Issue No. 127
	Learning from the Internet: REALLY Using the Web February 2000 Issue No. 125
	CLOSE TO HOME: Bringing Younger Generation into Practice January 2000 Issue No. 124
	A Solution to the Technology Dilemma December 1999 Issue No. 123
	The Right Way to Hire November 1999 Issue No. 122
	CAN WE SURVIVE? Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners Face New Challenges September 1999 Issue No. 121
	When To Say "No": 10 Reasons To Reject Your Clients August 1999 Issue No. 120
	5 Tips For Improving Your Client Relations July 1999 Issue No. 119
	Planning for Disaster June 1999 Issue No. 118
	Communications & Fee Disputes April 1999 Issue No. 116
	Create Your Own Future: An Introduction to Planning March 1999 Issue No. 114

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