News that Chinese hackers had breached law firm security to secure highly sensitive data shows that law firms remain highly exposed to such attacks. Many major UK and US law firms have increased their cyber security vigilance, but many also remain highly vulnerable as recent reports on cyber security have shown. A survey last year […]
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We all know that setting up a law practice can be a difficult – even soul-destroying job in some cases. Where to locate, where and how to advertise . . the questions and the demands are many and varied. Lawyerlist published an article from lawyer Steven Chung, who set up his practice in Highland Park,
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LawVision – Can it really be Fall again? Some of us have hardly noticed, being more astonished by the Cubs in the playoffs, or perhaps dismayed by the upcoming US election. But law firm leaders know it. As we enter October, firms are gearing up their year-end efforts – budgeting, rate setting, collections, and starting
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Law Vision Group – In order to meet or exceed anticipated profits per partner in a rapidly changing legal industry, many firms still have a way to go to upgrade or simply modernize their systems and processes. So today’s post is about change. Not only accepting it and embracing it, but also (perhaps) considering change
Following a gender discrimination lawsuit against Sedgwicks, a female litigator has now filed suit against Chadbourne & Parke, the New York-based 300-attorney firm. Kerrie Campbell’s lawsuit, reported by the WSJ Law Blog, is filed on behalf of Chadbourne’s 26 partners since 2013, claiming they are “routinely” underpaid and that the firm “actively retaliates against female attorneys
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There is hope on the horizon for law firms in the future if they increase their marketing and business development, according to a new survey from Bloomberg Law and the Legal Marketing Association (LMA). Big Law in particular has faced some intense pressure from in house counsel, ferocious competition in some areas and soft fees.
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WickerParker Group* – The year is still new, but the refrain remains the same. Lawyers in firms are finally back at work, catching up from the protracted holiday break and now excited about the promise the new year brings. Yet I’ve already had the conversation with a client about the “attitude” busy lawyers have when
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Stephen Kaplan* For decades, legal departments of most corporations suffered from an “us” vs. “them” mentality with the business. In-house practitioners have since come around, understanding their role in the overall corporate scheme and learning the importance of each executive function. But many of us still fail to evaluate ourselves as other departments do. Like
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Ogletree Deakins – Larry Richard, J.D., Ph.D., is the founder of and principal consultant at LawyerBrain LLC. A former trial lawyer since trained as a psychologist, he now provides organization development consulting to large law firms using behavioral science and psychological research findings. JATHAN JANOVE: For many years, you have conducted research into the psychology
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We have reported frequently here about the challenges facing law firms, with mergers, technology changes, billing practices and more. But now, yet another study has come out to show that law firms face irrelevance and face obsolescence, just like some redundant auto industry relic. The study, from Georgetown University Law Center says the industry is
