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When we think of on-the-job fraud, we tend to think in extremes. One extreme is the teenage punk with orange hair and a nose ring, and he’s stealing cash out of the register or letting his friends have free chips ...

It’s always interesting to see how golfers you play with handle short putts, say in under three feet. Some golfers will grind away on the putt and give it their all, clenching their fist in victory if they make it, ...

I often hear my colleagues complain that the practice of law is a pain in the neck. Often, clients cause the pain. Sometimes the pain is from self-inflicted wounds. I can’t help you with errant clients, but I can offer ...

Family mediation has become part of our mainstream. Two people seeking a divorce or legal separation, particularly when children are involved, will frequently be referred to mediation by the courts. In other cases, spouses and parents who have separated but ...

This is my inaugural article on an idea that I had over twenty years ago. Every time I turned around, it seemed that I was utilizing quotes in my practice, in conferences with clients, and with audiences where I was ...

Let’s start with the bad news, which you hopefully already know: The practice of law is a business as well as a profession. This raises two substantial problems. First, you probably are already plenty busy being a lawyer – whether ...

Many, if not most, of the clients seen by a family law attorney exhibit a high degree of anxiety. Sometimes, it manifests itself in anger, sometimes in depression, and sometimes in a different manner altogether. This anxiety interferes with the ...

What management reports do sole and small-firm practitioners look at to determine how well they’re doing? It’s a very good question. There is much data out there, and most good financial information systems can and do produce far more information/data ...

Samuel Scaife was an investigator for the Cook County, Illinois sheriff’s department. When he was suspended for twice showing up for work late, and was then reassigned, Scaife filed multiple grievances under his Collective Bargaining Agreement, an unfair labor practice ...

Even the best golfers in the world run into a little tree trouble every now and then. A seemingly perfect drive can just trickle through the fairway and end up behind a tree, denying the golfer a wide open approach ...

As victims of occupational fraud reflect on crimes committed against their companies, they wonder if there were any signs that a fraud was occurring. They wonder how a trusted employee could steal from the company. Sadly, frauds are committed by ...