Jim Hassett: “Don’t stop.”
At his Legal Business Development, see Down Economy, Part 8: What To Do If Your Revenue Goes Down, and What Clients Want, […]
Update: Special Report from The Desert.
As I was saying, earlier this week I was in The California Desert–stalked by Death, Destruction and a monthly Smith Barney report […]
Blawg Review #183: California gets serious.
If you work back Back East, some partners actually want you to shy away from Ninth Circuit or California cases in your […]
Larry Bodine: He has news can you use.
You may not like the news, but start here anyway at Bodine’s LawMarketing Portal: “ACC/Serengeti Survey: The Economic Picture for Law Firms […]
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The Election 2008: Going Rogue in America.
Is America a fun country or what? Consumer spending down for 3rd straight month, the government buys a few banks, WAC? retreats […]
What about inspiration in The Desert?
WAC?‘s been working hard in Steel City this week, but now needs either The Desert or The City of Lights for a […]
Once again, GCs weigh in on law firms.
Via the vigilant and all-powerful Ed. of Blawg Review, see by John Wallbillich at Wired GC “Managing Outside Counsel Survey“, with links […]
The Bush Years: Never too early for revisionist history.
“It is often said that journalists take the first cut at history.” See “W. as History” by USC’s Mary D. Dudziak at […]
The Bush Years: Never too early for revisionist history.
“It is often said that journalists take the first cut at history.” See “W. as History” by USC’s Mary D. Dudziak at […]
You’re kidding. Our client is a “Waishang Duzi Qiye”?
“One of the other partners suspected it was a “Youxian Zeren Gongsi” form of business. Guess she was wrong. Asian, right? China, […]
How to “give face” in Hong Kong.
The Economist: Do No Wrong in Hong Kong. “When receiving a business card, make a show of examining it, then put it […]
Trading Places: Christopher Buckley, WAC?
These arresting days of late 2008 may be some of America’s best. Unless we learn, in the next 18 days, that in […]
Law firm directories as lame and musts-to-avoid.
Read Larry Bodine’s “Only 3% of Legal Work is Influenced by Directories“. And see our August post “Martindale-Hubbell: Should we all ‘just […]
Trading Places: Christopher Buckley, WAC?
These arresting days of late 2008 may be some of America’s best. Unless we learn, in the next 18 days, that in […]
A new era of credit market Mega-Litigation?
According to Lord Falconer, the UK’s former Lord Chancellor (the current one is Jack Straw), a kind of “mega-litigation” born of the […]
You want to keep what you have?
12 Rules of Client Service: 1. Represent only clients you “like”. 2. The client is the main event. 3. Make sure everyone […]
“What do we do now?” – Part 2
See “Does Your Law Firm Have What It Takes to Be Recession Resistant?” by Peter D. Zeughauser in The American Lawyer, on […]
We’ll take it.
AP: “World stock markets soar after last week’s rout“. IHT: Wall Street, too. So a massive flood of government money is a […]
We’ll take it.
AP: “World stock markets soar after last week’s rout“. IHT: Wall Street, too. Whoever thought that a flood of government money could […]
Speaking of ADR
Boston’s Diane Levin, obviously put here on earth to make up for some of the rest of us, hosts Blawg Review this […]
European Schadenfreude.
For a week or so, anyway. London’s The Economist, America’s tough but appreciative new Mom, ran this gem on October 1, which […]
Invisible Paris, invisible Europe.
The best parts of the world are places tourists never see or seek. E.g., Invisible Paris. L’Hotel du Jeu de Paume, Paris […]
What your clients will do–and your firm needs to do.
Judgment Day. No, American capitalism is not dead. It’s just morphing. Again. We’re not headed for barter systems. Yanks are still the […]
The Recession: The next big things for your clients are…
A. Austerity. Your clients will try to: (1) Do only The Urgent. That means respond to/defend regulatory enforcement action, renegotiate loans, litigation, […]
The Value Movement: “The Value Challenge”.
It’s a client thing, it’s a GC thing. Pat Lamb of Chicago’s Valorem gave us this piece last week. WAC? adds that […]