Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and […]
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Philip Crump has combined his legal and media knowledge, comboined with a fair dose of business and political savvy, to become one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand’s increasingly fractured media scene.
Sitting as a powerful voice on the NZME editorial board, Crump can quote both the Companies Act and the latest newsroom meme, and still have time to pen a sharp Substack column, Cranmer’s Substack, but will increasingly help shape news delivery in the newish-look NZME board.
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Law firm marketing has changed with new Google changes, creating a new AI factor in how lawyers should market their firms.
Law firms need to structure content for AI Overviews, focusing on long-tail, multi-intent search terms, semantic markup, and topical authority.
Success now requires clear, human-sounding content supported by schema, multimedia, and a recognizable brand presence across multiple platforms.
AI Just Passed the Bar – What Law Firms Must Know About Google’s New Search Era Read More »
How Lawyers Can Create a Profitable Virtual Law Firm and A Lifestyle In a legal world where billable hours often translate to burnout, Laura Cowan, Esq., CPA, has flipped the script with a refreshing approach that’s making waves across a profession that is increasingly focused on the elusive ‘work life balance’ holy grail. Laura Cowan
Remembering the Uncontainable Bob Jones John Bowie Bob Jones. It is such an ordinary name, a ‘nothing to see here’ one, yet attaching to a man so extraordinary in so many ways. But Bob, as those who always knew him before the honorific interfered, was a character almost undefinable by most standards and one of
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Law Firms Fold on Their Royal Flush John Bowie, LawFuel publisher When your mid-size firm is dropping 11 percent on office space where associates strategically hide from partner eye contact, but can’t spare 1 percent for legal publishing, perhaps it’s time to reconsider your budget priorities? That’s the free management advice law firms might need
Beyond Law Firm Billables The 1% Investment That Outperforms Your Marketing Budget Read More »
When Judges Become Defendants . . John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Oh, the drama that unfolds when a judge, a political party, and a swanky club collide. Auckland District Court Judge Ema Aitken finds herself in a delicious legal pickle of her own making, fighting for her judicial reputation in New Zealand’s High Court after allegedly
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‘Careless People’ – How a New Zealand Lawyer Exposed Facebook’s Darkest Secrets John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Kiwi lawyer Sarah Wynn-Williams is very much in the red chair at present – sitting in the hot seat with a book about the increasingly hot-button issues involving the new nerdyverse in which we now live seemingly run by
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Law Firm Marketing John Bowie, LawFuel Pubisher Let’s get one thing straight: the legal industry’s relationship with data is about as functional as a law student’s relationship with sleep during finals week. We’ve got terabytes of client info, matter histories, and pitch outcomes piled up like unread emails in a partner’s inbox. But according to
The ABA – “We Won’t Let Courts or Lawyers Become Political Pawns” John Bowie, LawFuel Publisher Three weeks after issuing its clarion call to protect judicial independence, the American Bar Association is doubling down with a blistering critique of escalating government attacks on the third branch – and the lawyers who keep it running. ,
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