Tuesday 3rd Jul 2012
Law firm mergers in the first half of 2012 were up compared with the same period last year, according to the latest Hildebrandt Institute MergerWatch Report. The Hildebrandt Institute tracked five completed mergers that involved U.S. firms in the second quarter of the year. This brings the total for the first half of 2012 to 25, ...
Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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 ...
Monday 14th May 2012
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 ...
Wednesday 9th May 2012
Corporate CFOs have increasingly become concerned about controlling costs – including costs in the legal department, which can capture a non-trivial portion of an organization’s budget. This can create challenges for legal departments that are seeking to improve their technology systems and efficiency. Catherine Dunn of Corporate Counsel recently spoke with Rob Thomas, vice president, Market Development ...
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Emerging trends, such as mobile computing, are enabling attorneys to improve time management and deliver better service to their clients, ultimately making them more competitive in today’s economy. Houston-based attorney Tim Johnson, a technology enthusiast, uses mobile solutions to improve his work efficiency while on the go and, his clients are seeing the results. Johnson, ...
Friday 27th Apr 2012
The Hildebrandt Institute’s Peer Monitor Index (PMI) rebounded 6 points to 55 in the first quarter – reversing two consecutive quarterly declines. Demand growth was back on a positive track. However, the good news was dampened by expense growth, which continues to accelerate, reducing firm profitability. After a weak finish to 2011, demand for legal services was ...
Thursday 26th Apr 2012
Serengeti Law, part of Thomson Reuters and provider of Serengeti TrackerTM – the legal profession’s most widely used and highest rated e-billing and matter management platform – announced the creation of two customer-focused programs to extend and enhance current support and service offerings: Serengeti Professional Services and the Serengeti Services & Solutions Partner Program. Serengeti Professional ...
Thursday 12th Apr 2012
While the words “project management” may make many of us cringe, legal project management is becoming an increasing buzzword in legal circles. With many firms still struggling to gain momentum amidst sluggish demand and client pricing pressures, firms are exploring many new avenues to re-examine, and if need be, re-invent some of their processes. Firms ...
Friday 6th Apr 2012
Baker & McKenzie announced in recently that highly regarded ERISA litigator, James Baker joined its North American Compensation & Employment Law Practice as a partner in the San Francisco/Palo Alto office. Baker’s practice focuses on ERISA litigation and the counseling of employers on ERISA, employee benefit and executive compensation issues. Among Baker’s most notable cases, he was the ...
Tuesday 20th Mar 2012
Program Director of Hildebrandt Institute’s Peer Monitor, Mark Medice, recently contributed a post to the ABA Journal blog, Legal Rebels, highlighting new approaches and trends seen in law firm management. Today, law firms are pressed to find ways to deliver legal services to their clients more efficiently in an effort to better position themselves in a challenging and volatile market ...
Thursday 15th Mar 2012
Nearly one in four Americans have been to court either as a plaintiff or defendant in a case. A new survey by FindLaw found that 37% of Americans have spent time in court. However, results also indicate that men are more likely to go to court than women. Forty-four percent of male respondents have been to court, ...
Tuesday 13th Mar 2012
Compliance teams are being stretched to the limit as they try to keep up with the growing demands of global regulation, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance. The survey of more than 500 compliance professionals at financial services companies around the world found that: – 84 percent of compliance professionals expect ...
Thursday 8th Mar 2012
Thomson Reuters ProView has now added Web browser access in addition to its iPad eReader app. ProView is the leading professional-grade eReader application with advanced features like full-text search and content updating. The latest version of ProView, now available for iPad on the Apple App Store, now allows users in the U.S. to view and verify citations through WestlawNext. eBooks ...
