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In my recent post, BigLaw Growth is Dead – Lower Cost Support Tipping Point?, I wrote about Bingham opening a support center in Lexington, KY and asked whether other large firms would take steps to reduce overhead. Conversations I had 10 days at the Ark...

This is live blog post from the Ark Group’s Managing Partner’s Law Firm Pricing & Profitability Conference. This session: The Buy-Side: Are You Selling What I Want to Buy? . [Please forgive any typos as I will post this as session ends].  Speakers: Lynn D....

This is live blog post from the Ark Group’s Managing Partner’s Law Firm Pricing & Profitability Conference. Stuart J T Dodds, Director, Global Pricing, Baker & McKenzie Global Services discusses Navigating the Pricing Maze: Establishing a Pricing Capability/Function within Law Firms. [Please forgive any typos...

This is live blog post from the Ark Group’s Managing Partner’s Law Firm Pricing & Profitability Conference. First up is Steven J. Harper, author, contributingeditor to The American Lawyer, and adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Law School and former Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP....

Last week I attended the 2012 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual conference. Rather than summarize it – an impossible task – I offer my impressions and musings.  Legal project management and alternative fee arrangements remain hot topics. This is not news, merely confirmation. Each...

Last week the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) announced the 2012 ACC Value Champions, 12 winners of awards that recognizes “effectively driving value by cutting spending, improving predictability and achieving better legal outcomes.”  Amar Sarwal, VP and Chief Legal Strategist at CC, in his Top...