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Forum magazine: More law firms are buying cyber insurance, but not all

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Before the global pandemic, cyber-threats were escalating and the next major data breach seemed…

Gregg Wirth June 03, 2020

Law firm pricing approaches in challenging times

Pricing lessons from the previous global financial crisis little more than a decade ago are still extremely pertinent today for those of us in the…

Stuart Dodds June 03, 2020

Despite the crisis, “law is essential and never going out of fashion,” says Ralph Baxter

Law firms were facing an urgent need to change even before COVID-19 arrived at their collective doorsteps, says Ralph Baxter, and the pandemic and ensuing…

Gregg Wirth June 02, 2020

Returning to the office: Midsize law firms’ strategies for emerging with strength

Only eight weeks after work-from-home orders went into effect for most of the country, many states began reopening during this month. Despite these changes in…

Legal Executive Institute June 01, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: GCs need to get ready for the 4th Industrial Revolution, says Petra van Hilst, co-founder of General Counsel Netherlands & EQUAL in LEGAL

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors June 01, 2020

Career advancement tactics for South Asian lawyers

In honor of May being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we offer weekly discussions about issues of importance to APA and South Asian attorneys, such as…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 28, 2020

Law firm billing in a crisis: Beware the optics of discounts

We are in a period right now where many clients, perhaps more than even during the Great Recession, are experiencing acute cash flow issues. As…

Bill Josten May 28, 2020

Forum Magazine: Unpacking law firm value — drivers & density

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Valuation of law firms is neither a capital market nor regulatory requirement, but…

Madhav Srinivasan May 27, 2020

Legal design, not legal tech, best enables access to justice

Charles Dickens’ Bleak House begins in the legal world — at the Lincoln’s Inn in London. Smoke rises from the chimneys, mixing with waterside pollution…

Anders Spile May 26, 2020

Law firm sales: Driving revenue in a post-COVID-19 world

In a Special Edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we will be looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and…

Legal Executive Institute May 26, 2020

What’s happening to RFPs during the pandemic?

There has been a recent market uptake in the utilization of Request for Proposals (RFPs) and bids during the pandemic, and I wanted to find…

Nancey Watson May 26, 2020

Forum magazine: Legal ops implementation — How we fell in love with a legal tool & had our hearts broken

This article was written by Irene Liu, General Counsel, and Neta Hamou, Director of Commercial Legal Affairs, at Checkr, and originally appeared in the Spring…

Legal Executive Institute May 19, 2020