Guest post: Behaving like an ass is a short term play – the merits of being decent Legal Business ‘Taking advantage’ is a phrase I hear a lot when lawyers discuss their work. I think it is linked to…
Guest post: Pricing Power… and how to convert it into profit Legal Business The growth of professionals in Law Land with the word ‘pricing’ in their title has been explosive over the past…
Comment: Life after Sir Nigel – They built it, now what? Legal Business DLA Piper’s new head Simon Levine jokes about avoiding becoming the David Moyes to his high-profile predecessor’s Alex Ferguson, but…
Comment: The case against value – the virtue that can become vice Legal Business It’s the spirit of the age that law firms feel the need to not only deliver better value and efficiency…
Quality, outside scrutiny and Paxman – the LB Awards loom Legal Business Fantastic as I look in a DJ, I wouldn’t say by character I’m a natural awards-type person but I have…
Life after Sir Nigel – They built it, now what? Legal Business DLA Piper’s new head Simon Levine jokes about avoiding becoming the David Moyes to his high-profile predecessor’s Alex Ferguson, but…
The case against value – the virtue that can become vice Legal Business It’s the spirit of the age that law firms feel the need to not only deliver better value and efficiency…
Winston & Strawn’s Tirado: ‘Dissent, it turns out, comes at a price even in disputes’ Legal Business There are many so-called ‘hot’ topics in international arbitration that could have been the subject of this article, but ultimately…
The £30bn question: Report underlines UK’s status as legal superpower Legal Business Modesty should probably preclude Legal Business covering the annual report from TheCityUK on the UK legal services market since it…
Guest post: Meaning in your career – or how to keep lawyers satisfied Legal Business Here at Adam Smith, Esq, we cover the array of law firm management issues from strategy and finance to compensation…
PwC Legal’s Stewart Room: ‘New year, new privacy and security strategy’ Legal Business New year is traditionally the time to change our ways. As we reflect back on the year just gone, perhaps…
Comment: Pinsents and the confidence dividend – successful law firms need a spring in their step Legal Business There are lots of factors that are supposed to have a major role in the success of a law firm…
Comment: What a ‘combination’! Dentons Dacheng pushes the concept of a firm to breaking point Legal Business In January 2005 DLA hooked up with US duo Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, triggering a debate that…
James Roome: ‘There’s a crisis in law but not the one many claim’ Guest Blog Ever since the start of the financial crisis you haven’t had to look very far to find expert opinion pieces…
Pinsents and the confidence dividend – successful law firms need a spring in their step Legal Business There are lots of factors that are supposed to have a major role in the success of a law firm…
What a ‘combination’! Dentons Dacheng pushes the concept of a firm Legal Business In January 2005 DLA Piper hooked up with US duo Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, triggering a…
New year, new privacy and security strategy Legal Business PwC Legal’s Stewart Room argues that 2015 is the year for companies and advisers to stop the denial of the…
A crisis in law but not the one many claim Guest Blog Akin Gump restructuring veteran James Roome argues those seeing a threat to the legal industry have mis-read the markets Ever…
What if ‘best practice’ is wrong? Legal Business Baker Tilly’s George Bull warns of possible flaws There was once a poster at Watford Junction railway station, just outside…
Guest post: Dentons/Dacheng – A theory and rationale Legal Business I wasn’t going to write about Dacheng/Dentons until I was. When I first heard about the mega tie-up creating the…
