FindLaw has introduced Contact Advisor, an innovative contact management dashboard that features advanced analytic capabilities and tools to simplify the client-screening process for law firms and attorneys. Contact Advisor enables law firms to easily and efficiently evaluate, manage and communicate with potential clients. The patent-pending solution is a core component of FindLaw’s Conversion Solutions suite, …
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A moving tribute to heroes
Attendees were visibly moved as stories were told of the individuals who were being honored for their extraordinary work in the service of others at the annual Northern Minnesota Region Red Cross Heroes Breakfast, held last Thursday at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. (L-R) Savage police officers Todd Weinzierl and Frank Mackall with Craig Yolitz, vice president …
- May 29, 2012
- Susan Martin
Using Engage to manage budgets, matters
Nathan Bowie, managing director, Thomson Reuters Elite, discussed at the 2012 Elite User Conference how alternative fee arrangements have been prominent with firms and their corporate clients. Along with the rise of AFAs is a trend towards budgeted matters. With the economic changes the legal market has seen recently, firms are using tools such as Engage to become proficient …
- May 28, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Thomson Reuters celebrates Hmong culture
Eagan second-shift employees gathered one evening last week to learn about Hmong culture and history at an event that included presentations by employee Charles Xiong, who works in Manufacturing Client Services, and his niece Alexandria Xiong, a former Thomson Reuters reference attorney who is now a solo practitioner. Part of the broader group of May …
- May 24, 2012
- Susan Martin
Eight percent of Americans have embellished their resume, says new FindLaw.com survey
If you’ve ever stretched, padded, exaggerated or outright lied on your resume, look out. A new survey from FindLaw says that 36% of people who pad their resume said that the deception was later discovered, and the most common result was loss of a job. The survey found that eight percent of Americans admit to embellishing their …
- May 23, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Top 10 from the Serengeti Summit
Serengeti hosted the 2012 Serengeti Summit May 9-11, in an unseasonably warm and sunny Seattle. Eddie Pasatiempo, senior director of client services for Thomson Reuters, shared the shocking statistic that Seattle isn’t in the top 10 rainiest cities in the United States, based on total rainfall. (The city owns the top spot for the most number …
- May 22, 2012
- Susan Martin
How legal work is changing in the “new normal”
In the final video of the three-part interview, Susan Hackett, CEO and CLO of Legal Executive Leadership, and featured speaker at the recent Serengeti Summit, discusses the way legal work used to be done versus how it is expected to be done in the future, comparing the methods and practices in the “old normal” to what will be expected in …
- May 21, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Understanding and maximizing your data
Data is available everywhere in today’s business world, but understanding and using that data to your advantage has proven to be difficult. In-house legal departments and law firms should be able to evaluate and use their own data, which can be obtained from various items such as invoices, budgets and matter profiles, to help manage …
- May 17, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Critical tools for lawyers
Susan Hackett, CEO and CLO of Legal Executive Leadership, and featured speaker at the recent Serengeti Summit, presented on “The Past, Present & Future of Legal Department Concerns & Drivers.” Hackett is often referred to as “the voice of the in-house bar,” and served as the senior vice president and general counsel for the Association of Corporate …
- May 16, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Finding greater efficiencies in firms
The buzzword in a lot of firms these days is “efficiency”. Firms are under pressures from client to demonstrate greater value in the services they provide. That often means achieving greater efficiency in how the firm manages cases. The result is often higher productivity for the firm, and lower costs for the client, creating a …
- May 14, 2012
- Susan Martin