What Lawyers and Media Moguls Have in Common
Two New York Times articles on Monday make me think that lawyers have more in common with media moguls than I thought. Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script,…
Lawyer Productivity in Alternative Fee Arrangement (AFA) World
One reason that clients of large law firms want alternative fee arrangements (AFA) is to drive efficiency. The right AFA structure motivates firms to maximize productivity. In AFA World, what…
Will Unbundling Undo Biglaw?
A New York Times article last Monday, More Cracks Undermine the Citadel of TV Profits, offers the legal market lessons on how unbundling can shake-up established players. With the growth…
Lessons from Luxury Goods for the Charmed Circle (top NYC Law Firms)
Eric Chin of Beaton Capital recently wrote a nice analytic piece about the Charmed Circle law firms – the top NYC law firms. The Charmed Circle of BigLaw firms in…
Collaboration and Innovation in the New Normal (Live Post from Georgetown Law Conference)
This is live post from the Georgetown Law conference, The Shrinking Pyramid: Implications for Law Practice and the Legal Profession. This session is Collaboration and Innovation in the New Normal….
My Cloud Romance is Over and Other Personal Productivity Updates
I periodically report on personal productivity issues based on my experience. I’ll start with the good news – a neat expense tracking app – and the move to the bad…
Explaining the Dearth of Large Law Firm Client Facing Systems
I’ve been disappointed not to see more client-facing systems in the legal market. I recently wrote an article suggesting potential explanations. That article was published in the premier issue (March…
Data Driven Models to Reduce Legal and Compliance Costs
This post is a follow-up to my January 7, 2013 post, The Role of Data Driven Models in Law Practice. I offer here ideas about data that lawyers should consider…
The State of Pricing in the Legal Profession Today (Tweet Stream)
This post captures my live Tweets from the Ark Law Firm Pricing and Profitability Conference occuring now in NYC. This Tweet stream is from the keynote address, The State of…
Statistics Dust-Up – ACC v Fulbright
Lawyers and legal market professionals need to learn to love statistics more. More In-House Lawyers Question the Billable Hour by ACC President & CEO Veta T. Richardson in Corporate Counsel…
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