Using Client Profiles for Future Case Management
November 30, 2005
After a rigorous search, which involved input from key firm personnel including our IT director, paralegals, attorneys, senior managing partners, and the Chief Operating Officer, we selected Client Profiles as our case management solution. Since the selection, we have been able to revolutionize the way our users access, share and update information related to all cases and matters; have seen firm-wide adoption of 100%, and are realizing numerous technology-related cost savings and productivity enhancements.
What In The World Is Going On With Lawyer Retirement Planning?
November 30, 2005
In Part One, the author provided an overview of what lawyers (and their firms) were doing about retirement planning, including a discussion on firms that do not use unfunded obligations ' The First Camp. Part Two examines firms that use unfunded retirement obligations, and the current trends in partner retirement planning.
Employee Blogging: What Employers Don't Know Could Hurt Them
November 30, 2005
Technology offers employers significant advantages, but it can be a double-edged sword. Technology has created issues that employers have never dealt with before ' and bases for liability employers have never confronted before.
Big Win For ERISA Plaintiffs
November 30, 2005
In an important win for plaintiffs in ERISA cases, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the "doctrine of ratification" cannot be used to justify retroactive application of a change to a pension plan if it would have the effect of reducing a worker's accrued benefits.
Open To Liability
November 29, 2005
Open-source software is a boon to computer programmers: by sharing the source code for freely released software, anyone (with the skill) can modify it for his or her, or that person's business', own needs. And, as attorneys and business people are aware, the no-longer nascent and quickly growing movement for open-source software has this business-boon tool finding its way into many companies' programming departments. <br>It's also finding its way into their lawyers' offices, because the licensing requirements of most open-source software are creating new concerns, and new work, for lawyers serving the tech industry.
Beastly Beauty Contest for Preferred Providers
November 29, 2005
In this compelling snapshot of a growing trend, Eriq Gardner describes the newly expensive vetting procedures now faced by outside firms choosing to pursue business with a highly demanding large client. Gardner also touches on law business practices (<i>eg</i>, long-term fixed-fee contracting for an entire class of a client firms' litigation needs) that may bode ill for the quality of justice produced by the overall legal system
Improving Associate Retention Through Confidential Interviewing
November 29, 2005
Partners in law firms of all sizes and specialties now realise it is one thing to attract high quality associates, but an even more difficult challenge to retain them. Competition for top quality associates continues to intensify, so effective associate retention is more important than ever.
Competitive Intelligence: A Must Have
November 14, 2005
In today's evolving technological legal market, it is not enough for a law firm to perform tactically, using best practices. Competitive marketing for same client market share necessitates strategic planning. And strategic planning, in turn, mandates Competitive Intelligence (CI) initiatives tag teamed with information analysis.
