Latest Legalservices Podcast Episodes
Fostering Attorney-Client Relationships, a Discussion with Lisa Stauffer from PNC Bank
Business Better - February 07, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutesIn this episode, we’re joined by special guest Lisa Stauffer, Managing Senior Counsel at PNC Bank. We discuss Lisa’s career transition from practicing in a law firm to in-house counsel, and navigating notable challenges. We also discuss how she is preparing for the possibility of an economic dow...
Spending the $4.2 Billion in New York’s Environmental Bond Act
Business Better - January 31, 2023 14:44 - 48 minutesIn this episode, we discuss how the $4.2 billion authorized in New York’s Environmental Bond Act will be spent. We talk about the types of projects that will be funded and financial benefits to the State, including short-term job creation and the longer-term benefits to residents and visitors of...
Investing in Communities: A Conversation with Marcus Randolph, CEO of Invest Newark
Business Better - January 03, 2023 14:24 - 30 minutesIn today’s episode, we’re joined by special guest Marcus Randolph, CEO and President of Invest Newark. Invest Newark is a nonprofit development agency who work to propel the City’s strong and diverse economy, build vibrant communities, and create opportunities for all residents of Newark. Invest...
Cyber Adviser – The Colorado Privacy Act and Draft Rules
Business Better - December 06, 2022 14:17 - 37 minutesThis episode is part of our Cyber Adviser series, where we discuss emerging issues in the world of data privacy and security. With its draft rules, Colorado has set forth a new model for state privacy laws. While there are many areas that are interoperable with the California model, the Colora...
Conversations with Women in Finance, with Special Guest Sherry Witt from KeyBank
Business Better - November 08, 2022 14:31 - 29 minutesThis episode is part of our Women in Finance series and features an interview with Sherry Witt, Senior Vice President of the Commercial Mortgage Group in the Dallas, Texas office of KeyBank. Ms. Witt talks about the transition in her career from legal to business, and the balancing act of work a...
Cyber Adviser – Assessing the Surge in Wiretap Litigation
Business Better - October 26, 2022 13:30 - 25 minutesThis episode is part of our Cyber Adviser series, where we discuss emerging issues in the world of data privacy and security. In the past several months, plaintiffs lawyers have filed dozens of class action lawsuits under state wiretap laws, some of which provide for statutory damages of $5,00...
Is Captive Insurance Right for Your Business? A Deep Dive with AkinovA
Business Better - October 25, 2022 13:30 - 35 minutesIn today’s episode, we look at the emerging interest in captive insurance. We explain what captive insurance is and the benefits that accompany it, the kind of coverage it provides, and more. Steven Burkhart, Of Counsel in Ballard's Litigation department, hosts the conversation. Special guests...
Conversations with Women in Finance, with Special Guest Natasha Holiday from RBC Capital Markets
Business Better - October 04, 2022 13:26 - 38 minutesThis episode is part of our Women in Finance series, and features an interview with Natasha Holiday, Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets with a focus on U.S. public infrastructure finance. Ms. Holiday talks about her career journey into finance, the current state of the market, and navigati...
BASE – A Legal Accelerator That Has Been Boosting Dorm Room Startups For The Past Decade
Business Better - September 27, 2022 13:13 - 25 minutesIn today’s episode, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ballard Academy for Student Entrepreneurs (BASE) program, an in-house legal accelerator that Ballard Spahr developed in 2013 to support student owned and operated ventures. We’re joined by the founders of mental wellness platform Neuro...
Affordable Housing on the Front Range: Inclusionary Housing Ordinances and the New Middle Income Housing Authority
Business Better - September 13, 2022 16:53 - 37 minutesIn today’s episode, we’re joined by special guest Jeremy Durham. Jeremy is the Executive Director of Boulder Housing Partners. BHP builds, owns, and manages affordable housing for low and moderate income residents. Alejandro Monarez, an Associate in our Denver office, hosts the conversation.
45. What does it take to get a collections rate of 95% and how does that intersect with diversity, transparency and compensation? An interview with Jim Meadows from Culhane Meadows
Financially Legal - September 07, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutesHow, if at all, do compensation, diversity, and transparency overlap? How can these competing priorities be reconciled? Jim Meadows from Culhane Meadows doesn’t have the perfect answer. But he’s giving it a solid try. With 75 lawyers and 11 office locations, Culhane Meadows is the largest ful...
Conversations with Women in Finance, with Special Guest Allison Larr, Director in Municipal Banking at Citi
Business Better - September 06, 2022 13:27 - 28 minutesThis episode is part of our Women in Finance series and features an interview with Allison Larr, a Director in Municipal Banking at Citi. Ms. Larr talks about her career path, professional challenges, and her insights on the future of ESG in municipal markets. Kim Magrini, a Partner in our Fin...
44. How do creativity and financial analytics blend to grow a contingency law firm? An interview with Lynn Bradley from The Potts Law Firm
Financially Legal - August 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hourPlaintiffs' lawyers are often bold, brash, larger-than-life characters with billboards, regular TV ads, and ambition to match. But they're also visionary creatives. They excel at building something from nothing and carving out a new and unique path for legal professionals - often where no path...
43. How does your firm limit write downs and write offs? An interview with Kevin Krese from Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs
Financially Legal - August 17, 2022 13:00 - 57 minutesTwo episodes into our four-episode series with law firm CFOs one theme that's emerged is collections. Specifically, how much money lawyers and law firms leave on the table by failing to implement processes that ensure that the firm gets paid for the work it bills out. Kevin Krese, CFO and COO...
42. What’s your firm’s “collections calendar?” An interview with Scott Shaffer from Winterfeldt IP Group
Financially Legal - August 10, 2022 13:00 - 1 hourOne thing every law firm needs is money. And I don’t think that I’m going out on a limb suggesting that money and financial health are common elements across most successful firms. In this episode, the first of our series of interviews with law firm CFOs, we speak with Scott Shaffer of Winterfeld...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Eight: When Victims Speak Out—The Legal and Wellbeing Considerations of Victims Engaging With the Press
Business Better - August 02, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutesThis is episode eight of the “Trauma-Informed Investigations” series. In today’s episode, we’re joined by special guests Ariella Steinhorn and Amber Scorah from Lioness, a media company that brings to light the stories of everyday people dealing with corruption, harassment, and cover-ups. We dis...
Supply Chain Disruptions with Special Guest Chris Mills, CEO of Lion Brand Yarn
Business Better - July 26, 2022 13:01 - 44 minutesThis episode is part of our series “Supply Chain Disruptions,” in which we explore how supply chain issues are affecting businesses everywhere, and when the flow of goods and services may settle into a new normal. This episode features a discussion with Chris Mills, CEO of Lion Brand Yarn. Wit...
Respect the Razorblade: How to Protect Your IP When Your Business’s Business Is Repeat Customers
Business Better - July 19, 2022 13:00 - 18 minutesIn this episode, we discuss how your intellectual property can be leveraged to maximize the profitability of nonconsumable devices and their complementary consumable products. While profits can be made via the initial sale of larger items—like printers, video game consoles, or razor handles—ev...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Seven: Online Victimization
Business Better - July 12, 2022 13:10 - 46 minutesThis is episode seven of the “Trauma-Informed Investigations” series. In this episode, we discuss online victimization and trauma-informed responses to crimes committed online. We also discuss prevention, how parents and guardians can support their children if they are victims of online exploita...
Paving the Way for Energy in Net-Zero Transportation Infrastructure
Business Better - July 05, 2022 13:30 - 28 minutesIn this episode, we’re joined by special guest Laura Rogers. Laura is the Deputy Director at The Ray, a non-profit charity on a mission to build net-zero highways. We discuss energy transitions that can be made in transportation infrastructure to achieve decarbonized highways, and the challenges...
NFTs and Your Business – Separating Fact From Fiction
Business Better - June 28, 2022 12:54 - 48 minutesIn this episode, our lawyers discuss non-fungible tokens, better known as NFTs. During the conversation, we define what an NFT is and what it is not, how to create one and post it to a marketplace, and the rights and responsibilities of ownership. Participating in this discussion are Brian Aue...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Six: Victims’ Rights
Business Better - June 21, 2022 13:06 - 42 minutesThis is episode six of the “Trauma Informed Investigations” series, where we follow a fictitious story to address the legal and human issues that arise in an organization when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse. In this episode, we discuss federal and state laws that protect the rights ...
Protecting the PB&J – Preserving IP Rights from Concept to Market
Business Better - June 14, 2022 13:01 - 27 minutesIn this episode, our Ballard lawyers discuss intellectual property considerations for products before and after entering the market. Understanding the patent and trademark landscape before fully developing and launching a new product is critical to avoiding infringement of another’s IP and capit...
Developing Philly: The State of Philadelphia's Tax Abatements in 2022
Business Better - June 07, 2022 12:50 - 26 minutesOur new mini, “Developing Philly,” will explore issues that are top-of-mind for developers, owners, and commercial investors throughout the Philadelphia region. We’ll focus on zoning and land use regulations, development concerns, impending tax laws, and other pressing topics. In this first ep...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Five: The Investigation Continues With Forensic Interviews of Minors
Business Better - May 31, 2022 13:13 - 39 minutesThis is episode five of the “Trauma-Informed Investigations” series. In this episode, we discuss Children’s Advocacy Centers, forensic interviews of children, and the multidisciplinary team approach to helping child victims of abuse. Jill Steinberg, a Partner in our White Collar/Internal Inves...
Innovation in Higher Education, Perspectives from a Pharma CEO - With Dr. David Bearss of U2TAH Therapeutics Accelerator
Business Better - May 24, 2022 12:51 - 45 minutesBusiness leaders are striving to keep their workplaces healthy and productive, tackle issues of equity, and address unprecedented economic challenges. Succeeding in this ever-changing environment requires grit and ingenuity. Welcome to Business Better, a podcast that helps businesses navigate the...
Supply Chain Disruptions with Special Guest Benjamin Siegrist, Director of Infrastructure, Innovation and Human Resources Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers
Business Better - May 17, 2022 12:57 - 35 minutesThis is the first episode in our new series “Supply Chain Disruptions,” where we explore how supply chain issues are affecting businesses everywhere, and when the flow of goods and services may settle into a new normal. In this episode, Ben Siegrist shares his knowledge of port shipments, truc...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Four: Full Disclosure
Business Better - May 10, 2022 12:57 - 38 minutesThis is episode four of the “Trauma Informed Investigations” series, where we follow a fictitious story to address the legal and human issues that arise in an organization when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse. In today’s episode, we discuss the process of conducting an internal inves...
Trauma-Informed Investigations, Part Three: The Brain and Trauma
Business Better - April 19, 2022 13:43 - 30 minutesThis is episode three of the “Trauma-Informed Investigations” series. Today’s episode features a discussion on the impacts that trauma can have on the brain, with special guest Anne DePrince, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Denver and author of “Every 90 ...
Innovation and Technology Investments in Infrastructure
Business Better - April 05, 2022 13:01 - 19 minutesThis episode discusses innovative solutions for fixing and transforming infrastructure. From proposals, to marketing, to efficient trucking, to building in the metaverse, even to efficient excavation spoils markets; today we will share ideas for investment and collaboration opportunities afforde...
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