Litigation

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

Why Your Business Professional Team is Critical to Your Firm’s Viability Right Now

In recent weeks, the headlines say it all. Law firms are doing everything possible to minimize the economic downturn and the ongoing financial woes created…

Susan Raridon Lambreth April 27, 2020

Large Law Firms Embrace Contingent Fee Litigation

Large law firms have defended their corporate clients from plaintiffs bringing cases on a contingent fee basis for a long time. When the cases have…

William P. Scarbrough April 16, 2020

Focused Firms: Segmental Differences in Demand & Efficiency

We continue our series of blog posts using Peer Monitor data to examine the characteristics of Focused Firms — those law firms that have 50%…

Joe Blackwood April 13, 2020

General Counsel Q&A: “A Firm Should Give Straightforward, Clear & Practical Advice” Says Reuters GC Gail Gove

Gail Gove, General Counsel at Reuters, recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) about managing a global team of lawyers, the value of…

Legal Executive Institute March 31, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: Meeting Clients Where They’re At Because the Future of ATJ Tech is Consumer

In an new column, “Tech-Enabled A2J”, we will take a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are impacting the push toward better…

Kristen Sonday March 30, 2020

Legal Technology, Mergers & Justice Brandeis’ “Curse of Bigness”

Not long ago, a friend of mine sent out an email announcing that his legal technology company had acquired a similar, smaller, legal desktop software…

Harris Tilevitz March 23, 2020

Focused Firms: Where Does the Efficiency Lie for these Practice-Concentrated Firms?

Continuing our series of blog posts, we will use Peer Monitor data to examine the characteristics of “Focused Firms” — those firms that have 50%…

Isaac Brooks March 19, 2020

Having a Real Industry Focus: Because Clients Want Law Firms that Know their Business (Part 1)

It is surprisingly common how often you will witness a panel of corporate clients at some legal conference discussing their views on law firms. Invariably…

Patrick J. McKenna February 19, 2020

In-House Counsel Q&A: We’re Creating a Safety-Minded, Diverse and Inclusive, and Flexible Workplace, says Scott A. Levinson, Vice President of Legal Services for Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

Scott A. Levinson, Vice President of Legal Services for Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal:…

Legal Executive Institute February 13, 2020

Eyes on the Prize: Survival Strategies for Midsize Law Firms Facing Big Law in Regional Markets

While global expansion garners top attention in media outlets, another dramatic shift among law firms is taking place at home: Big Law is invading secondary…

Marcie Borgal Shunk January 28, 2020

Intersect 2020: Lessons from a Law Firm Pricing Master Class

MIAMI — Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the 6th annual meeting of the True Value Partnering Institute, which kicked off with an…

Bill Josten January 13, 2020