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Trading Up: Law Firms Can Now Have Brand Names, But Should They?

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Now, this wasn’t always a thing; but, as of now: law firms in any jurisdiction of the United States can utilize ‘trade names’. What that effectively means is that, so long as you don’t choose a name that’s misleading, you can select a brand name for your law. Hence the trade name ‘Pep Boys ’. But, should you ?

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Regular Show: Client Maintenance Plans Are Picking Up Steam with Law Firms

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

As law firms (slowly) try to dig out from under the hourly billing model (trap?), It’s kind of like a legal insurance policy, and it allows law firms to acquire recurring revenue. For estate planning attorney s , that c ould include access to lawyers, updates to estate plans and document libraries.

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Bring It In: Law Firms Continue to Key In On Intake Personnel

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Since the COVID pandemic struck, and law firms were forced to immediately reenvision their intake processes as digital programs – attorney s have been more focused on the ‘ client journey ’ than ever before. Oftentimes, law firms will push that duty onto existing staff.

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Arrested Development: What Do Modern Law Firm Associates Want, Anyway?

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Yet, law firms continue to require associates to move business forward. Managing partners often think, in these instances, about what the law firm needs. It’s not all about the salary; hiring p artners can trade that off for other benefits. There’s a lot in flux around the legal industry of late. Want to hire?

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Timeshare Company closed down due to huge fraud

UK debt collections

However, many of the claims where upfront fees had been taken never had any realistic chance of being successful and were assessed without proper involvement from lawyers. A total of 244 claims were known to be ongoing at the end of 2023, 41 of which were with a Spanish law firm and the remainder with two other claims management companies.

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Managing Partner Charles B. Jimerson Honored as one of America’s Top 100 Attorneys

Jimerson Firm

Under his leadership, the law firm has been continuously recognized for its achievements, including the Jacksonville Business Journal’s “50 Fastest Growing Companies in Northeast Florida” and “Top Ranked Veteran Owned Business,” and one of Florida Trend Magazine’s “Best Companies to Work for in Florida” for seven consecutive years.

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FTC settlement bans phantom-debt collectors from industry

Public Citizen

From a Federal Trade Commission press release : A group of phantom debt collectors will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry and required to surrender the contents of numerous bank and investment accounts under the terms of a settlement  with the Federal Trade Commission.