GPSolo eReport December 2020

Business Development

Building a Practice: How to Design a Research-Based Marketing Plan

By Carol Schiro Greenwald

Helpful advice on every aspect of running your practice, from opening doors through planning for retirement. This month: a research-based, strategic approach to marketing. (5 minutes to read · 1200 words)

Women's Rights

Women in Law: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Checklist

By Jeffrey Gilbreth

This sexual harassment training checklist outlines issues for employers such as law firms to consider in creating training to deter and prevent sexual harassment and related legal exposure. (11 minutes to read ∙ 2600 words)

Lawyer Wellness

Mindfulness 101: Reflections Through the 2020 Prism of Mindfulness

By Melanie Bragg

This year has caused us all to get outside our comfort zones. Mindfulness practice can help us focus more on the opportunities than the losses. (5 minutes to read ∙ 1200 words)

Practice Technology

Ask Techie: Where Can I Find the Best Online Tutorials for MS Word and Outlook?

In this month’s installment of our technology Q&A column, our panel of experts answers your questions about where to find online tutorials for MS Word and Outlook, and whether to use 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz WiFi on your router. (2 minutes to read ∙ 500 words)

Practice Technology

TAPAs: Do I Need to Upgrade My WiFi?

By Jeffrey Allen and Ashley Hallene

Technological And Practice Advice to help you become more efficient and effective. This month: tips to determine whether (and how) you should improve your WiFi service. (7 minutes to read ∙ 1500 words)

Family

Mental Health Issues in Family Law: Impacts on Parents and Children

By Scott C. Trout

A family’s mental health during a divorce impacts more facets of life than most might assume. (4 minutes to read ∙ 1000 words)

Litigation & Trials

The Preclusive Effect of Arbitration Awards

By Stuart M. Widman

Judicially created tests for claim or issue preclusion apply to both confirmed and unconfirmed arbitration awards. (22 minutes to read ∙ 5000 words)

Insurance

When the Second Shoe Drops: COVID-19 Losses and Reinsurance

By Larry P. Schiffer

Whether and how COVID-19 claims will be paid by insurance companies is an open question. How those claims, if and when paid, will be transferred to reinsurers is also an open question. (25 minutes to read ∙ 5800 words)

Landlords & Tenants

Navigating Early Termination Clauses in Commercial Leases

By Travis D. Hughes and Oscar R. Rivera

Many businesses and commercial landlords have been forced to make difficult decisions in light of government shutdowns, orders, curfews, and damage to property. (13 minutes to read ∙ 3000 words)

Litigation & Trials

Law Firm Not Liable to Adverse Party for Groundless Suit

By John M. McNichols

The desire to earn fees is not sufficient to show malice in malicious prosecution claim. (4 minutes to read ∙ 800 words)

Professional Development

New Members: Tell Us a Little Bit about Yourself

By Khalid Hasan

This month we profile Khalid Hasan, a new Division member who practices plaintiffs’ personal injury law as a solo. (2 minutes to read ∙ 400 words)

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