Via the editorial in the June issue of Corporate Legal Times, I learned today about a fascinating organization called The Open Compliance and Ethics Group.  OECG is a not-for-profit consortium…

It’s year-end. Forget about predictions for 2005. What will the legal profession look like in 20 years???  In Law Practice Today, an ABA online magazine, John Tredennick organizes a forum,…

When it comes to selling, firms increasingly recognize that lawyers need coaching. We can only hope that when it comes to doing the work, law firms recognize the same is…

My prior post discussed a recent article suggesting that the search for best practices may be fruitless. I believe that the problem is less in defining best practices and more…

I periodically blog on the topic of best practices so was intrigued to read “The Quest for the Best” in the Legal Times (11/15/04, subscription required). In it, management consultant…

Consulting company McKinsey has found that information technology investment by itself has little effect on productivity. Management practices have a much bigger impact on productivity.  When IT lifts productivity in…

Chevron spends more than $60 million on outside law firms that handle its litigation reports Refining Litigation (Corporate Counsel, Dec. 2003). A new general counsel who started one year ago…