By Doug on September 26, 2008
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. put together a post of lessons to be learned from the demise of Heller Ehrman (1890-2008). He proposes that one of the reasons for the demise was the fragility of law firms.
“Our assets go down in the elevator every night.” Take that bromide seriously.
You must give people a [...]
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By Doug on September 1, 2008
This week’s Economist has a brief article on whether the time is up for clockwatching lawyers: Killable Hour.
“If the billable hour does perish, it will be at the hands of the clients, rather than the private-practice lawyers themselves.
. . .
But the legal industry is not known for welcoming change. Whatever it turns out [...]
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By Doug on August 28, 2008
Continuing my live-blogging from International Legal Technology Association’s Annual Conference. . . .
This session builds on last year’s session by Bruce MacEwen and John Alber. They will review the basic economics of law firms – what makes them similar to other businesses and what differentiates them – and then explore particular applications of these principles [...]
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By Doug on April 2, 2008
The controversial Avvo.com has come to Boston (and the rest of Massachusetts). I have heard about the reviews and the law suits filed. It looks like the early rating system had some problems with gathering information and weighting the information that Avvo was able to find. As of April 2, they have [...]
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By Doug on December 4, 2007
Michael Poulshock offered me a preview of his new website designed to provide automated legal guidance. According to Michael, “Jureeka.net can be used to advise and screen clients, to administer business rules, to consolidate organizational knowledge, and to diagnose customer problems. Because it’s completely web-based, teams of contributors can use it in a [...]
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By Doug on December 3, 2007
Two new decisions were issued on internet advertising by lawyers: Nebraska Ethics Advisory Opinion for Lawyers No. 07-05 and Oregon State Bar Formal Opinion No. 2007-180.
These two opinions affect what lawyers can do in social media and social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn or LawLink.
The Nebraska opinion was based on whether a Nebraska lawyer [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged Business of Law, facebook, LinkedIn
By Doug on October 22, 2007
Bruce McEwen posted a story on the value of creating more interaction among the lawyers in a law firm: Social Networks and Partners’ Desks. Bruce looks to the old concept of partners sharing a desk and the proliferation of shared space at technology firms.
I looked back to one of my old posts on Microsoft [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged Business of Law, social networks
By Doug on September 21, 2007
Stephen Colbert finds this new Bingham McCutchen print ad to be disturbing. This video from Colbert Report mentions Bingham ad at the 1:30 minute left mark.
Its great that the ad attracted attention, but it does not convey what Bingham does. Colbert assumed Bingham was a consulting firm.
“Let me consult with you: Should I [...]
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By Doug on September 11, 2007
Robert Ambrogi has an article in Law Technology News reviewing the recruiting sites of the AmLaw 100: Recruiting Sites That Draw Thumbs Down. (Free registration required.)
I posted previously on his article on the good law firm recruiting websites. My firm did not make his good list. Unfortunately, it did make his bad list:
“Its breezy creativity [...]
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By Doug on August 3, 2007
Robert Ambrogi has an article in Law Technology News reviewing the recruiting sites of the AmLaw 100: Web Watch: Online Recruiting. (Free registration required.)
My firm did not make this good list. I hope it does not make his upcoming bad list.
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