Get the Most out of Law Firm Pitch Meetings
Tips from ATL columnist Susan Moon on how to get the most out of law firm pitch meetings: What’s not to like about pitch meetings? In-house counsel get to give law firm partners homework, play…
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Firing Outside Counsel – 4 Reasons GCs Pull The Trigger
Firing outside counsel – why do General Counsel do it? A recent survey sheds some light on the topic: Thirty percent of surveyed general counsel dropped at least one of their law firms last year,…
Is Your Outside Counsel the Next Dewey?
Is your outside counsel the next Dewey? The question “who is the next Dewey?” comes up a lot these days. Because most law firm financial information isn’t public, that’s not an easy guess to make….
Is Your Law Department “Old Normal” or “New Normal”? See the ABA’s Checklist
Is your law department part of the ‘New Normal’? Where do the law firms you use stand? When we first started this series, there were many lawyers who thought the New Normal was overdue, others…
Lincoln Center GC Lesley Rosenthal Offers Tips to Those Who Want a Non-Profit In-House Job
Want an inhouse gig at a non-profit? Check out the tips offered by one former BigLaw associate who made the leap: Once a BigLaw litigation associate, Lesley Rosenthal found a way to land a job…
Biglaw Billing Rates – Priciest Partners Had an Average Hourly Rate of $873 an Hour Last Year
Ouch! Don’t try to calculate what a simple phone call or email costs. It’s too painful and Biglaw billing rates are on the rise. A new study shows a growing divide between law firm partners…
Alternative Fee Arrangements Continue to Grow
Is your law department using alternative fee arrangements? With apologies to Mark Twain for the butchered paraphrase: Reports of the billable hour’s death have been greatly exaggerated. But fixed fees and other alternative billing arrangements…
Will your outside law firm fire you for your jerky behavior?
Is your company at risk of being fired by your law firm for your own jerky behavior? Law department management guru Rees Morrison has some thoughts on the matter after reading a recent article in…
14 Outside Counsel Rules by In-House Counsel
Steve Boutwell, Director of Client Services at Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, posted “In-house Insight: Outside Counsel Rules to Live By”. A concise list that most in-house counsel will agree with – and could potentially…