Cisco Converges in Europe; Tech a Big Factor
In my estimation, Cisco’s law department is one of the most advanced, both with respect to management generally and to technology specifically. As the company adopts the “DuPont convergence model”…
E-billing Ignores the Elephant in the Room
LawNet recently published an e-billing survey, which is well-done and worth reading. It reminds me that client focus on e-billing is misplaced. If general counsels want to reduce outside…
Legal Auctions Struggle
Online Auctioneers Struggle to Attract In-House Counsel in the July 2004 issue of Corporate Legal Times suggests that online auctions and match-making services such as Procuri and eLawForum for legal…
A New Approach to Control Outside Counsel Costs
Hildebrandt consultant Rees Morrison wrote a very good article, Cost Control Patrol (Legal Times, May 17, 2004), in which he outlines five existing approaches for inhouse counsel to manage outside…
Five Big Ideas Reviewed – Need for a Process Approach
My recent post (4/11/04) reviewed how hospitals are closely examining procedures to improve work flows and quality. This approach may be the best hope general counsels have to control outside…
Harvard Law to Study Legal Market
I have always been disappointed in reading management periodicals such as Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, or Harvard Business Review that I rarely see in-depth articles on professional services,…
Budgeting to Serve Clients
I have long advocated the use of budgets in larger legal matters. Many firms, it seems, are loathe to consider the idea. Not all. UK firm Wragge&Co has filed for…
Open Source Law
You are probably familiar with the concept of open source software (Linux, for example, or WordPress, the software I use for this blog). Could the concepts behind and the advantages…
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