Court Applies UPL to Online Legal Service
A court has ruled that an online legal service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). A recent 9th Circuit case, In re Reynoso (2/27/07), holds that bankruptcy advice provided by an expert system “was the conduct of a non-attorney” and therefore “constituted the...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Updates on Working Virtually (March 2007)
I regularly write about the advantages – and challenges – of working virtually. Several recent items are good reading for anyone interested in this concept. 1. Reasons to Hold Out Hope For Balancing Work and Home in the Wall Street Journal (1/11/07) reports that “What’s...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
A New Weapon in the Talent Arms Race
The large law firm talent arms race just got hotter; NYC first year salaries escalated to $160k. Money, however, is barely a weapon when you think about it. All firms pay the same, so cash is not a differentiator. There’s an easy and cheap way...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Customized Searching
In my prior post, I described the challenge of searching across the AmLaw 100 web sites. Spotted today at slaw is a post about custom Google searches. My experiment below, which searches top US law firms, roughly defined by the AmLaw 100 survey. This is...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Directory of Large Firm Blogs (Not as Many as You Might Think)
Blogs are now old hat. How many large law firms write blogs? It turns out that not many. Joy London (of excited utterances) and I have compiled a directory of large US firm blogs. It includes only firm-branded blogs. It also includes large firms that...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Roundup (3/1/07)
In this Roundup: why a law firm strategy may be an oxymoron, outsourcing is harder than it looks, law librarians are probably safe from outsourcing, an excellent article on law firm business intelligence, and a cogent analysis of why UK and Australian large firms are...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Collateralized Legal Obligations
Can Wall Street work its magic to reduce legal risk and cost while earning healthy returns? Three related themes dominate recent financial news: Bundling Assets: investors reduce risk by buying aggregated individual instruments. Uncorrelated Risk: investors want asset classes that do not move together. Higher...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Non-Practicing Lawyers as Managers
Non-practicing lawyers as managers is a fairly recent trend in large law firms. Last week, Clark Cordner, Director of Client & Practice Services at WilmerHale, and I explored the role of non-practicing lawyers and “start-up” teams at the IQPC Law Firm Management Series conference, Law...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
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