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I like to think you can find all the news that’s fit to print on the Detour & Frolic. And it is that time of year—you know, the time when we all expect an announcement (and a chart) from the Department of Labor as to new rates for the...

Firm Cracks NLJ 250 Mark and Enters NYLJ 100 Just days after The National Law Journal ’s annual NLJ 350 survey of the nation’s largest law firms showed Goldberg Segalla to be the fourth-fastest growing law firm in the country, the New York...

No one likes to lose a lawsuit. Unable to accept that the case they brought was not viable or their own lawyers were incompetent, the losers strike out at whoever they can strike at, usually, the lawyers for their opponents. Lawyers are required, by their...

There's a lot of talk about "the cloud" right now, especially in the wake of last week's announcement of the iCloud. The cloud, better known as Software as a Service (SaaS) is, in a nutshell, software and storage capabilities accessed...

A new kind of relationship matching website debuted this week - but this one's for law students and law firms looking to make a match. The idea behind JD Match is to cut out the middle man, aka the law schools, and give the power to the firms and...

When: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 1:00 PM EDT Where: Webinar Presented by: The National Law Journal | Legal Times | LexisNexis ® Topics to be discussed include: The importance of traditional KM at Squire to service clients As...

Vault has released the “Best Law Firms in Each Practice Area” rankings for 2011 and has named Cooley LLP a s the top Clean Tech/Renewable Energy firm. For a complete list of Vault's Best Law Firms by Practice Area or to obtain the Cooley...

I was pleased to read the post on 3 geeks about value billing as this is definitely a topic that needs exploring further, not least because I'm astonished by the number of law firm partners who continually tell me that it's for clients to find...

This series of posts is a slightly extended version of an article that appeared in the July 2011 issue of Managing Partner magazine . To download a PDF of the published version of my article, click here . Problems like the ones described last week...

I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague yesterday around a workshop he was facilitating for a fairly sizeable group of lawyers. As part of the discussion he asked the question "how many of you have ever been the subject of a client...

This series of posts is a slightly extended version of an article that appeared in the July 2011 issue of Managing Partner magazine . To download a PDF of the published version of my article, click here . In one sense, any lawyer who has ever...

Last week I was given a business card by a lawyer I was talking to. On the card, underneath their name, was written "Equity Partner" in a fairly bold, not-to-be-missed font. Tony showed the proof of his "Legal Jedi Master"...

Firms Find Ways to Reduce the "Motherhood Penalty" For years, the legal profession was an unforgiving black hole for women, especially for those with children. As more women graduated from law schools and landed jobs at the nation's elite...

I received an email this morning from the CMO Council on its "Marketing Outlook for 2011." While the research study made more sense to report in Q1, it's worthwhile to use as a check-up as we edge into August 2011. The Study reports...

I spent some time this week with a group of in-house lawyers facilitating a discussion around the skills and capabilities that corporate counsel need to be a success, particularly if they are just making the transition from private practice. ...