Measuring Firm Quality with Client Value Initiatives
November 02, 2014
When it comes to competitive pricing, both clients and law firms are more and more focused on quality. That sounds good, but how can quality best be represented in actual metrics? While quality is a degree of excellence, what makes that degree marketable enough so that customers can swiftly leverage metric "facts" as a guide in the counsel selection process? Furthermore, how can these quality metrics be leveraged to delineate themselves from one another? The goal should be to highlight experience as an actual quality success metric rather than just attractive pricing.
Practice Management Takes Hold in Smaller and Mid-Size Firms
November 02, 2014
Even though lawyer management in most mid-size firms recognize the importance of developing and implementing principles of practice management as a means to insure the high quality service to clients and to improve profitability, the extent to which practice management may be implemented varies greatly from firm to firm.
Judicial Scrutiny of 'Other Insurance' Clauses
November 02, 2014
Other insurance" clauses are unique within the liability policy because, unlike the rest of the policy, these clauses apply to the insurer's interaction with other insurers and not to the insurer's interaction with the insured.
Case Notes
November 02, 2014
A look at a case in which an ex-employee failed in his bid for Sills Cummins' financials.
In the Spotlight: Lease Agreements
November 02, 2014
It has been the authors' experience that many attorneys, who do not practice commercial real estate full time, and their clients are not aware of some of the issues that should be taken into account by landlords, tenants and their counsel in the preparation and negotiation of lease provisions
Marketing Tech: Maximize Your Content Marketing Efforts
November 02, 2014
Keeping up with the demands of a law firm content marketing strategy is almost as challenging as running a marathon. Many law firms find they are highly motivated at the start, but run out of steam after a few months.
The Brave New World Of Internet Copyright Trolls
November 02, 2014
Copyright trolls are in the business of acquiring the right to bring lawsuits against alleged infringers and threatening to file copyright infringement claims in order to induce rapid settlements against large groups of defendants.
What's So Different About Healthcare Leasing Transactions?
November 02, 2014
Among the many types of healthcare real estate transactions, this article focuses on "off-campus" leasing transactions, including why and how leases involving healthcare providers differ from other leasing transactions and what this means for those involved in these transactions.
With All Due Deference
November 02, 2014
In the courtroom, a business transaction, or on a ball field, a loss can also be a victory. Such is the case for employees in the matter of <I>Nielsen v. AECOM Technology</I>, decided by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2014. This is a significant victory for employees.
