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A Tale of Two LLPS Sets a New Precedent
February 28, 2015
A look at the bankruptcy court's most recent ruling in the Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy. The ruling establishes a bold, new, and much-needed precedent as to the interaction between state laws of business organization, and important provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Building a Star-Studded, Long-Tenured Marketing Team
February 28, 2015
As we all know, setting and achieving goals in a professional services environment can be challenging due to the differences in marketing certain practice groups and in how one practice group may perceive success compared with another. Here's how to make it work.
Pricing It Right: Restructuring Billing
February 28, 2015
As pressure on pricing continues, Big Law firms are buying (or building) analytics technology and hiring pricing specialists ' people who use market data, internal firm data and economics/pricing experience to ensure that firms are smart about bidding on work.
<i>At the Intersection</i>: What Do GCs Want From Outside Firms?
February 28, 2015
What do legal departments want from their law firms? The General Counsel of 35 global corporations. give their candid and outspoken responses.
Addressing Value Challenges With Collaborative Workspaces
February 28, 2015
Today's law firms face unprecedented challenges in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving marketplace. Corporate clients, under intense pressure to cut costs and increase efficiency within their own organizations, are no longer willing to simply pay an hourly rate for services rendered in good faith. They are unapologetic in demanding increased accountability and demonstrable value from the legal teams who represent them.
How to Change Law Firms at 60
February 28, 2015
Last year the readerI turned 60, and left the fine law firm that had been his home for 33 years, joining another fine firm in July. Here's how he did it.
Trends in Enterprise Legal Management
February 28, 2015
In this roundtable conversation, Marcus Hartmann , General Counsel, RB (formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser) and Jason Parkman, CEO, Mitratech, discuss trends in enterprise legal management, the tools it provides users, and the increased controls brought to legal departments using this technology.
Getting to Zero
February 28, 2015
The question of how to manage paper records ' both onsite and off ' is probably the greatest hurdle faced by many of law firms. For most areas of back-office operations not running optimally, firms can outsource or hire a new manager and typically solve the problem. This is not the case for paper records.
Franchising in Russia
February 28, 2015
In Part One, last month, we discussed the fact that while international franchising always brings a host of issues and complications, importation of franchise concepts into Russia highlights some critical issues and some lessons for international franchising in a broader context. The discussion concludes herein.
Case Notes
February 25, 2015
Analysis of a case involving the SEC.

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