Successful law firms know that to remain successful, their business practices must always be in flux. So it is with Law Practice Management. With this issue we introduce FrontLines, a new department designed to keep you and your practice ahead of the crowd with news about what's happening in the business of practicing law -- trends, innovations, events and hot tips. Filing regular updates from the front lines is a team that includes long-time legal industry pulse-taker Bob Denney, former LPM Section Chair Bill Gibson, internationally known new business expert Ann Lee Gibson and others. Heads up, readers! This is gonna' be good.

-- Merrilyn Astin Tarlton, Editor-in-Chief