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Cash flow and moral responsibility (access required)

BY: Edward Poll
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Cash flow is the lubricant that enables all businesses to function. When you take too much money out of the organization, you will have a cash flow challenge.

Wisconsin election recalls state removal law (access required)

BY: Marshall H. Tanick
POSTED: May 18, 2012

The intense interest generated by the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election will come to a head June 5 when voters decide whether to retain the incumbent governor, Scott Walker. The next-door recall of the governor and lieutenant governor as well calls attention to the law of removing elected officials in Minnesota.

Law firm size matters, but not like it used to (access required)

BY: Edward Poll
POSTED: May 11, 2012

The Great Recession put a major dent in BigLaw’s aura of invincibility, and cost-conscious corporate clients are turning that dent into a crater.

Surviving and thriving as a small law firm (access required)

BY: Edward Poll
POSTED: May 4, 2012

Often clients may not be better served if the expected economies of scale and enhanced collaboration of a merger do not materialize. And if they don’t, where should clients turn?

Cases explore limits to right to counsel

BY: Marshall H. Tanick
POSTED: May 4, 2012

The right to be represented by attorney is not inviolate. A pair of concurrent rulings by the Minnesota Court of Appeals addressed the issue of availability of counsel. In both cases, the appellate court rejected the right to counsel.

Closing a practice, by the book: There’s a right way to wrap things up (access required)

BY: Julie E. Bennett
POSTED: May 4, 2012

Whether a lawyer has landed her dream legal job, decided she wants to leave the practice of law, or decided to retire and move to paradise, saying goodbye is not quick.

Next debt bomb: law school student loans

BY: Edward Poll
POSTED: April 27, 2012

A spate of recent news stories suggests trouble for America’s 200-plus accredited law schools. It’s summed up in the title of the cover story in the January 2012 issue of the ABA Journal: “The Law School Bubble: How Long Will It Last if Law Grads Can’t Pay Bills?”

Learning from my mistakes: Advice on that first year from someone who’s been there

BY: Sybil Dunlop
POSTED: April 27, 2012

Sybil Dunlop offers “five tips and tricks that I wish I knew when I started practicing.” (Submitted photo)

The first few years of practice can be daunting, and I wanted to offer five tips and tricks that I wish I knew when I started practicing.

Can law firms afford pensions? (access required)

BY: Edward Poll
POSTED: April 20, 2012

It has been estimated that by 2020, 400,000 lawyers will retire. However, this estimate was made before the financial crisis of 2008-10. Since then, a high number of lawyers who had expected to retire decided to continue their practice.

Lessons in ‘availability’ for jobless benefits (access required)

BY: Marshall H. Tanick
POSTED: April 20, 2012

As students in Minnesota rebound from spring break to wrap up the school year, they encountered a pair of adverse determinations by the Minnesota Court of Appeals concerning their eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits.

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