The Economist takes on that most lawyerly of all corporate requirements: the auto-generated email disclaimer. You know, attorney-client privilege, IRS regs, or both. It goes back to the days of fax cover sheets. As an in-house counsel, I was … [Continue reading]
Why Goldman Won’t Work for Law Firms
A recent by Steven Harper examines the business model of Goldman Sachs and wonders whether it might provide a way forward for some leading law firms. While this is intriguing at first blush, it's worth noting that Goldman hasn't been successfully … [Continue reading]
Law Firm Mergers: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
We were greeted yesterday with the following headline on the ABA Law Journal Online: This confluence of two subjects struck me as odd, since I see them as rather unrelated. But I want to focus on the first, the alleged uptick in law firm mergers. … [Continue reading]
The Future Lawyer: Vigor, Velocity and Visibility
Lawyers face many day-to-day challenges. A big one for all: just getting work out the door. For some time, in-house counsel have had the added challenge of getting better over time at getting work out the door. For lawyers in private practice, … [Continue reading]
Hyatt Legal Services Comes to the UK?
The Guardian in the UK has an interesting story about Quality Solicitors, a fast-growing legal "chain" of law firms. As writer Jon Robins explains, Quality Solicitors is more of a "network," and: ... is arguably the first-ever legal services … [Continue reading]
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