It’s hardly news when a law firm delivers legal services in concert with another firm or service provider. Disaggregation of legal services has been around for some time, even if... read more →
It’s no longer a secret that the UK’s Legal Services Act of 2007 (LSA) is a game changer. It was intended to provide retail and corporate legal consumers more and... read more →
Conflicts of interest are anathema to lawyers. The Rules of Professional Conduct-written by lawyers- decree that they are to be avoided. But the Rules do not begin to address the... read more →
Walter Cronkite, a legendary reporter turned news anchor at a time when that meant something substantially more than simply reading stories written by others, was asked why so much news... read more →
Harvard Law School has announced that it will be digitizing its vast collection of U.S. case law and making it available free online. Ravel Law, a commercial research and legal... read more →
Lawyers parse words and define terms. So why do they so often use “legal practice” and “legal delivery” interchangeably when the terms have such different meanings and implications? This distinction... read more →
China is known for its exports, but legal services? Chinese law firms have begun to export legal services beyond its vast domestic market and to create an international footprint. The... read more →
The title suggests a work of epic length–War and Peace comes to mind. There are so many reasons why lawyers are unpopular and stressed. So why bother attempting to discuss... read more →
Law firm networks are seldom mentioned in what has become a popular parlor game for legal pundits: speculating who – and what structure – will disrupt the global legal market.... read more →
For those not old enough to remember Eddie Cochran’s classic “Summertime Blues”–or the cover by The Who--listen to it on YouTube and it will put a smile on your face,... read more →
