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Are you selling judgement or process? Few modern law firms can excel at both

Are you selling judgement or process?  Few modern law firms can excel at both
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Legal Business
8 April 2016
CommentHorizon Scan

Charlie Geffen argues the legal market is segmenting between two diverging arenas

A few years ago the general counsel of one of the big banks told me that they only went to outside law firms for three reasons.

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