running firms

Canada's Law21: Leverage--and redesigning value.

JD Hull

December 16, 2008 20:48

Firms: Your call, your move. From "The New Leverage" at Jordan Furlong's Law21: The thrust of the results [a survey by pioneering Legal OnRamp] by is that in-house lawyers aren’t especially happy with outside counsel in terms of service, partnering...Firms: Your call, your move. From "The New L...

Just Moxie

JD Hull

December 02, 2008 03:24

Value and more value.

JD Hull

November 30, 2008 21:39

Here’s the really important thing that’s happening right now: the price of legal services is finally becoming uncoupled from the costs lawyers incur to produce it. See Jordan Furlong's "Decoupling Cost from Price in Legal Services" at his Ottawa-based... Here’s the really important thing that’s hap...

Anti-Client Remark of the Century.

JD Hull

November 28, 2008 21:25

"We" versus "Them"--and clients not even part of the equation. Anti-client, clueless and--but we'll be charitable and stop there. In response to Legal Blog Watch's post "Should Firms Cut Bonuses in Response to Clients?", the first comment was: Associates don't..."We" versus "Them"--and clients not...

In any year, just firms--not sophisticated clients--should care about associate bonuses.

JD Hull

November 21, 2008 08:14

Permanently Happy Useful Associates are the rarer younger lawyers you paid higher bonuses to who are straight-up kick-ass, energetic and mega-talented wunderkinds you can't practice law without; you want to be partners with them some day. They did better... Permanently Happy Useful Associates are...