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Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated and Revised October 2009: Sabrina I. Pacifici’s completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a “best of list” of web, database …
Legal Implications of Cloud Computing – Part Two (Privacy and the Cloud): As a follow-up to last month’s article that provided an overview of cloud computing in the context of significant legal issues, this article by Tanya Forsheit reviews the issues of privacy and cross-border data transfers.
Using Technology To Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation Document Review Budgets: Conrad J. Jacoby details approaches and exercises that contribute to a successful process for calculating – and staying within – a realistic budget for a litigation or regulatory document review.
News release: “Hildebrandt announced the release of its 2009 Law Department Survey (fee only). The 2009 Survey achieved an all-time high in participation, reflecting the strong interest of General Counsel and law department managers in benchmarking with peer organizations. This year, the Hildebrandt Survey included 231 participants representing 21 industries and 22% of the companies …
News release: “Companies are seeing a litigation wave that corporate counsel expect to swell in the coming year, according to respondents of Fulbrights 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report. Corporate counsel say they are steeling themselves for a big year of litigation with 42% of U.S. respondents anticipating an increase in legal disputes their companies …
The Art of Written Persuasion: Part V – Improve Your Vocabulary, Improve Your Success: Troy Simpson returns with this fifth article in the series, and investigates the link between having a good vocabulary [lawyers have a speaking acquaintance with around 23,000 words] and being a persuasive lawyer.
2009 Networks for Counsel Study – A Global Study of the Legal Industrys Adoption of Online Professional Networking, Preferences, Usage and Future Predictions – Sample Composition: “The survey was administered to 1,474 counsel 764 private practice lawyers and 710 corporate counsel in May and June of 2009; 33 countries were represented. Financial Services, Manufacturing …
Working Mother: “These are turbulent times for law firms. The economy is still reeling, several prestigious firms have collapsed, and layoffs have been rampant. No doubt about it, this sector is feeling the recession. But for working-mom lawyers, whove long sought more flexibility, this may be just the moment theyve been waiting for. Our 50 …
Are Law Firms Ready for Transparency? Attorney and KM expert V. Mary Abraham provides details on how one law firm has found a way to create real transparency in its dealings with clients via an extranet, and whether this process may start a trend.
Re-Hashing the Hash Tag – Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference: Roger V. Skalbeck and Meg Kribble describe how the majority of social media activity during the 2009 AALL conference took place on Twitter, and how this technology impacts the profession and the free exchange of information, moving forward.
AmLaw Litigation Daily: “Corporate Counsel magazine’s annual Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies survey is out this week, and it tells a familiar story: For the most part, the same giant corporations have been hiring the same giant firms, and making the same demands for alternative billing to reduce their giant fees.”
News release: “High potential employees arent afraid to strike out for greater opportunities despite the continuing recession, according to a study of how the best and brightest of high potential talent have weathered the global recession over the past 18 months. The report released by Catalyst, Opportunity or Setback? High Potential Women and Men During …
