Some law firm managers are circumspect about fostering a workplace web culture. But, as Gavin Ingham Brooke explains, lawyers with access to the next generation of web tools are using them to attract new business

Are law firms really missing out on business growth because of their reluctance to embrace new social media technologies? Or are they merely being wise in avoiding all the potential management headaches, time-wasting and risk presented by ‘Web 2.0′?