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Nothing But the Ruth | You worked your butt off and the client refuses to pay. Should you hire a collections attorney?

Last week in Chicago, we scoped out the ABA TECHSHOW exposition hall. Here are a few highlights.

Bull Garlington | Zoom backgrounds for professionals that are free, high-resolution, and allow a little wiggle room for creativity — without going too far.

Book Review | The third edition of “Solo by Choice," aka the solo practice bible, provides a no-nonsense road map guide to going solo or reinvigorating your post-pandemic solo practice.

Tower Legal CEO Leslie Firtell says contract staffing will grow in importance this year.

The COVID-19 crisis is not necessarily creating new trends, it’s merely deepening and accelerating existing ones. Mine the trends for new opportunities for your post-pandemic legal career.

Michael Rynowecer | Demand is broad and deep for outside counsel. Revelations from BTI's 19th Annual Survey of Top Legal Officers.

How can you keep good people from leaving your firm — quietly or otherwise? Here’s how to turn law firm hiring and retention challenges to your advantage. We have been dealing with the fallout from the “Great Resignation” for some time now as ...

David and Karen Skinner | It’s easier than you think to create a library of SOPs that capture the processes you use every day in your practice.

Todd Carney | Sooner or later, you will have a client who wants to pay you with cryptocurrency. Here's what you should know about accepting crypto payments.