New WSGR Term Sheet Generator – an Innovative Online Service
In a tough economy with daily BigLaw lays-off announcements, it’s nice to see a firm innovate to help clients and prospects. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) announced today a…
A Future View of BigLaw by Indiana Law
Legal Professionals Role-Play the Future of Big Law in The American Lawyer (21 April 2009) reports on an exercise hosted by Professor Bill Henderson at Indiana’s Maurer School of Law…
Lawyer Ratings Redux – Comments by FMC General Counsel Jeffrey Carr
In response to my recent blog post asking Is BigLaw Still the Inhouse Counsel Parachute?, which discusses why inhouse lawyers have not done more to evaluate outside counsel, Jeffrey Carr,…
Show Clients You Care – Earn Recognition for Your Innovation
The legal market is contracting – the fight for market share is on. Cutting rates and fixed fees may not be enough. Innovation in law practice can help win new…
Is BigLaw Still the Inhouse Counsel Parachute?
Inhouse counsel fail to control outside counsel for many reasons. One is to maintain cordial relationships with future prospective employers. This may change and, if so, could make developing lawyer…
Contract Drafting for the 21st Century: A Conversation Between Ken Adams and Ron Friedmann
I met Ken Adams of AdamsDrafting several years ago. Ken is a practicing lawyer turned contract guru and consultant. He writes a great blog about contract drafting, from nitty-gritty language…
The Shape of BigLaw to Come: Cylinders
My prior two posts suggest that BigLaw may be going the direction of Detroit: slow motion train wreck explained as perpetual re-structuring. Consider that a few large firms have already…
What Kind of Car Would BigLaw Be?
In my prior post, I asked if Is BigLaw Going the Direction of Detroit?. Fred Bartlit, founder of Bartlit Beck, wrote a great comment on the post, reproduced here with…
Is BigLaw Going the Direction of Detroit?
Lots of news about the legal market this week. It feels like we could be at a tipping point. Wait, I hope we are. The alternative may be worse. On…
Do Lawyers Face a New, Higher Duty of Care from the ABA Ethics of Outsourcing Opinion?
“Be careful of what you ask for you, you might get it.” In response to lawyer concern about the ethics of outsourcing; the ABA issued in August 2008 an ethics…
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