Legal fees: QualitySolicitors to abandon hourly rates in favour of fixed fees Legal Business QualitySolicitors (QS) has unveiled plans to abandon the hourly rate across its network of firms, offering fixed fees for all…
Guest post: The United States of Innovation – viewed from Wall Street, it could be a whole lot better Legal Business The other night I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the FT’s Innovative Lawyers 2013 US awards ceremony.…
Innovation alert – A&O becomes first top tier player to forge a contract lawyer service with launch of Peerpoint Jaishree Kalia For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has so far been more evident at…
Comment: Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough Mark McAteer During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
IT departments a wasted resource in City firms, senior figures say Legal Business City law firms are being challenged to revise the way they view their information technology (IT) teams and elevate them…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Systems addicts – The CIO Power List Mark McAteer With the use of data and technology increasingly central to a law firm’s success, the contribution of the individuals…
Knowledge is power – the future of legal tech Mark McAteer Effective use of technology and knowledge management tools are higher on a law firm manager’s agenda than ever before. Here…
Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough Legal Business During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
Comment: The mindset for 21st century law – be optimistic and afraid and you’ll do fine Legal Business A law firm pumps out marketing bumpf about how awesome it is and it is received – with ample justification…
Party for one: E.ON appoints Pinsent Masons as its sole UK adviser Legal Business The single-supplier legal advisory model appears to be gaining traction as Pinsent Masons has won its second exclusive fixed-fee contract this…
How to improve a law firm in 17 easy steps – a blue print for innovation Legal Business While pundits are queuing up to pronounce the death of the industry’s model, Legal Business canvassed senior figures to devise…
Moving slowly forwards – Eversheds seals another Tyco-style deal Francesca Fanshawe While single service retainers appear unlikely to become a broad fixture of the legal market, Eversheds continues to push on…
From Meerkats to Bulldogs: Direct Line Group latest insurer to enter legal services market David Stevenson Direct Line Group (DLG) looks set to become the next major insurance group to launch a new legal services venture,…
Lawyers On Demand launches new pay-as-you-go model as demand increases for flexible staffing David Stevenson As senior private practice and in-house lawyers increasingly turn to flexible staffing options to manage their costs, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s…
Sort of offshoring – Ashurst to create new Glasgow unit to lower costs as City leaders push for value Alex Novarese Major law firms continue to appropriate ideas from legal process outsourcing with Ashurst today (12 June) announcing a venture to…
CMS to reduce scope of Integreon outsourcing agreement Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna is to scale back its staff outsourcing agreement with Integreon just three years into its ten-year contract.…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyer service for clients Jaishree Kalia Pinsent Masons is set to launch a contract lawyer service that will provide clients with access to lawyers on a…
Is it a Law Firm? Miriam Fahey Times they are a-changing. Meet the international law firms with hardly any offices, no trainees, and the bare minimum of…
Piece of the action Legal Business The legal sector has been warily assessing the possibility of outsourcing some services for several years. But with Slaughters now…
