Law Firm Intelligence: Researching the Economy

This is the first in a series of articles designed to provide researchers and marketers with tools to gain a degree of clarity and insight into how the economy will affect their firms.

7 minute read November 25, 2008 at 10:32 AM

Shannon Sankstone

Law Firm Intelligence: Researching the Economy

In recent months, headlines have been dominated by bleak economic news. Credit markets are nearly frozen, the Dow is seemingly at a new low every day and companies ' and law firms ' are announcing mass lay-offs.

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