Comments on Whether Cost Control is a GC Priority
My prior post asked Is Cost Control Really a General Counsel Priority? My answer was “no”, based generally on what I read and specifically an analysis of the Best Legal…
Is Cost Control Really a General Counsel Priority?
The gap between what general counsels say and do about controlling outside counsel cost continues. At least that’s my take reading the Corporate Counsel magazine’s Best Legal Department 2009 issue. …
In BigLaw, Where Every Firm is Above Average
Are large law firms reeling with the rest of the economy? Reading legal headlines since January 1, you would think so. But maybe not. In Survey: Law Firms Don’t Expect…
Cost Control as Part of AmLaw 200 Turnaround Strategies
Many legal publications and consultants offer advice for large law firms on how to stabilize and recover. Their suggestions focus on lawyer compensation, practice group strategy, alternative billing, and business…
Wither Law Firm Marketing?
Through the 1980s, marketing was a four-letter word in most large law firms. By the 1990s, BigLaw had build marketing teams. One survey a couple of years indicated firms were…
Waste a Crisis? What Crisis?
I had hoped that BigLaw would make fundamental changes, prompted by the crisis. Um, what crisis is that exactly? Dan DiPietro, client head of the Law Firm Group of the…
2009 AmLaw 100 (for FY 2008)
The new Am Law 100 results are in and they are not pretty. Lessons of The Am Law 100: Nothing Grows Forever by Aric Press and John O’Connor (The American…
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…
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