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10-06-2014

Focus Areas Where Small Law Firms Benefit from Practice Management

Summary: A study into law firm practice management done by Blue Hill Research comes up with some significant findings. The research report published last month found that firms implementing practice management could do with 40% less staff than firms without practice management. The report also found....[more]
10-03-2014

Therese Pritchard Becomes the First Woman Chair in Bryan Cave

Summary: St. Louis-based Bryan Cave announced on Wednesday that Therese Pritchard has formally assumed the duties of Chair of the firm. Pritchard is the first woman chair in the law firm’s 140-year history. She previously led the firm’s White Collar, Securities Enforcement & Litigation Client Se....[more]
10-01-2014

Baker & McKenzie Does It Again!

Summary: Baker & McKenzie has just been named the world’s strongest law firm brand for the fifth consecutive year. The law firm ranked top on each of the measures in the 2014 Acritas’ Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index including awareness, favorability, and consideration for multijurisdictional d....[more]
09-30-2014

From Global to Local: Debevoise & Plimpton Changes Asia Approach

Summary: In a rather smart move, New York-based global law firm Debevoise & Plimpton turns its Hong Kong outpost into a local law firm after beefing it up over the last year. The change will come into effect from October 2014. Debevoise’s presence in Hong Kong over the last two decades was as a fo....[more]
09-22-2014

Expert Witness Fees Touch the Sky with Litigation Becoming More Complex

Summary: Expert witnesses are earning more than ever with litigation becoming increasingly complex. With courts demanding that expert witnesses support their conclusions with greater evidence and analysis, qualified experts see a 15% year-on-year rise in assignments and a 3.2% increase in hourly rat....[more]
09-19-2014

Law Firm Managing Partners Still Unclear about Benefits of Social Media

Summary: A recent survey of law firm managing partners by legal PR Company Jaffe and Managing Partner Forum finds views about social media participation closely divided, when it comes to perceptions of business benefits. Personal use being separate, when social media participation on behalf of the f....[more]
09-17-2014

Good News! Industry Report Finds Why Clients are Happier with Particular Law Firms

Summary: BTI Consulting's new research shows law firms and corporate have considerably improved their relations over the last three years. Corporate counsel have become better in laying down their expectations to law firms, and law firms are responding better to fulfill those. Firms able to adopt be....[more]
09-15-2014

Legal Industry Report Marks Four Themes Affecting Law Firm Pricing

Summary: The recent 2014 Real Rate Report published by Datacert | TyMetrix mark four emerging themes that affect law firm pricing. The report is created analyzing real invoice data and not by a survey. The publishers analyzed more than $16 billion worth of actual law firm invoic....[more]
09-10-2014
09-08-2014

Seven Key Trends of Law Firms Improving Legal Service Delivery

As part of their Law Firms in Transition, 2014, series of reports, Altman Weil is set to publish the full survey report on law firm service delivery efficiency on September 10, but the highlights already show that there are seven principal tactics used by law firms to improve legal service delivery.....[more]