Law Firm Management

Law In Business: Prove your value

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | September 20, 2006

How to measure value is a subject of much concern among general counsel. Iain Larkins puts forward a formula for calculating whether an in-house legal department is a cost-effective investment for a company

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Digital Dictation: In With The New

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | September 20, 2006

Digital audio recording - friend or foe? Vicky Harris looks at the courts' recent move away from old-fashioned transcription to the latest technology

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Law In Business: The quest for profit

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | September 20, 2006

How can law firms manage rising costs while maintaining profits? Margaret Lang looks at the factors that have affected law firms' balance sheets in recent years and analyses what they can do to improve them

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Law In Business; Tiers that bind

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | August 30, 2006

The profitability rankings of the top 50 UK law firms are not just a means for partners to keep score with their colleagues in rival firms - they are becoming more relevant in the search for the best clients, argues Tony Williams

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Blue Skies Ahead

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 21, 2006

Most law firms would surely welcome an 'external reality check' - which is what consultants claim to provide. With the use of consultants on the rise, Charlie Wright weighs up the pros and cons

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The IT man

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 21, 2004

Legal IT reports

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Getting the message across

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 4, 2004

In order to communicate fully with their clients, law firms are having to employ an ever increasing range of technologies, some of which have proved a good deal more reliable and popular than others. Kieran Flatt reports

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Comac places emphasis on investor relations.

By Mark Holloway | July 1, 1990

Investor relations activities are becoming even more critical for hedge funds as regulation requirements and greater demand for information by investors propels IR activity into the limelight

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Texas Lawyer

Q&A: Morgan Lewis's Stefanie Moll on Houston's Office Expansion and Women Lawyers in the #MeToo Era

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 9, 2018

In a Q&A, Stefanie Moll, managing partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' Houston office, says she has run into situations in which she was not taken seriously because of her gender, but she found that "out-lawyering" those men was an effective way to solve the problem.

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The American Lawyer

Sidley Tops $2 Billion as Profits, Revenue Rise Again

By Roy Strom | February 9, 2018

For the seventh straight year, gross revenue and profits per equity partner have increased at Sidley Austin.

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The American Lawyer

Revenue Rockets Up 49 Percent at Kobre & Kim

By Miriam Rozen | February 9, 2018

The firm's focused business model and its booming Asia practice combined for stellar growth in 2017.

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New York Law Journal

Littman Krooks: To Get Business, You Have to Demonstrate the Value of Counseling That Can't Be Downloaded on an App

By Susan DeSantis | February 9, 2018

Mitchell Littman, managing partner of Littman Krooks, spoke to the NYLJ about the advantages and challenges of being a small law firm in a city where everything is supersized.

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International Edition

Norton Rose Fulbright elects first female EMEA chair

By Joseph Evans | February 9, 2018

Islamic finance head Farmida Bi will replace current chair Stephen Parish on 1 May

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International

BLP and Bryan Cave to Decide on Merger by End of February as Voting Process Gets Underway

By Joseph Evans | February 9, 2018

The outcome of the vote on the transatlantic merger is expected the week of Feb. 26.

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Corporate Counsel

Tips on Transforming a Legal Career From Inside-Out

By Steven P. Seltzer | February 9, 2018

While the legal industry has undergone dramatic shifts and changes in recent times, it is still not a very common occurrence to find a long-time inside counsel making the leap into the world of outside law firms.

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The American Lawyer

Why Letting Legal Marketers Take the Lead on Client Discussions Could Boost Innovation

By Jeffrey Berardi | February 9, 2018

Marketers ask different questions and can ascertain what clients need beyond the law.

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The American Lawyer

Baker McKenzie Partner Is Accused of Sexual Assault, But Where's the #Metoo?

By Vivia Chen | February 8, 2018

While women in the U.S. and many parts of the world are spilling their guts about harassment and assault, and airing the names of their alleged perpetrators along the way, the Brits are keeping their lips tightly sealed.

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New York Law Journal

Hodgson Russ, Looking Outside Buffalo, Picks Manhattan Partner as Chair

By Christine Simmons | February 8, 2018

While everyone knows Hodgson Russ' brand in western New York, “in New York City, it's Hodgson who?” said the firm's new Manhattan chair. He's aiming to change that.

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