“Here are preliminary, partial 2008 financial results for The Am Law 100, the highest-grossing firms in the United States. Gross revenue numbers are for legal work only and exclude disbursements. They are rounded to the nearest $500,000. Head counts are full-time equivalents, as of August 31, 2008. To be eligible for The Am Law 100,… Continue Reading
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New on LLRX.com – E-Discovery Update: Revisiting ESI Agreements and Court Orders
E-Discovery Update: Revisiting ESI Agreements and Court Orders – Conrad J. Jacoby focuses on the new requirement that litigants must meet early in a dispute to discuss the scope of discovery work to reach agreement on how best to proceed with the discovery of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI). What happens, though, when fundamental… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Six Questions and a Strategy for Campus-wide Information Competence
Six Questions and a Strategy for Campus-wide Information Competence. At Cornell University Library (CUL) a committee was established in 2005 to address the issue of information literacy at the university. The committee did extensive research on this topic and developed an approach for seeking solutions. Stuart Basefsky presents three exhibits to accomplish this objective. Continue Reading
Hildebrandt and Citi Private Bank 2009 Client Advisory on Trends in Legal Market
“Hildebrandt and Citi Private Bank…present this 2009 Client Advisory highlighting the trends that we perceived in the legal market in 2008, as well as the trends that we believe will impact the market in 2009.” “…firms have turned to fairly aggressive measures to reduce their costs, improve their cash positions, and shore up their capital… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: In 2009, Your Lawyers Are Your Best Knowledge Management Resource
Ahead of the Curve: In 2009, Your Lawyers Are Your Best Knowledge Management Resource – Gretta Rusanow outlines her recommendations on why this year presents an excellent opportunity to work on those long-desired collections of models, best practice documents, sample clauses and know how files. Continue Reading
New on LLRX: The Upside of the Downturn Time to Work on Your Know How
The Upside of the Downturn Time to Work on Your Know How: Knowhow expert Gretta Rusanow highlights content as the focus for law firm knowledge management plans this year. Continue Reading
New on LLRX – E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions
E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions – Conrad J. Jacoby addresses how critical technology issues related to document authenticity and document-associated metadata have left fewer lawyers willing to accept e-mail messages and other electronic documents in print format. He argues that litigants choosing to produce electronically stored information in hardcopy format should be… Continue Reading
2008 Litigation Trends Survey
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP 2008 Litigation Trends Survey, 253 pages, PDF, prepared by Greenwood Surveys, July 2008. [Note: there were 358 participants in this study: 251 in the U.S. and 100 in the UK] “Following two straight years of reporting declines in the number of new lawsuits and regulatory proceedings including a drop in… Continue Reading
Studies on Usability of Presidential Candidate Sites
Catalyst Group – Beyond Red and Blue: Insights into the Design of Presidential Candidate Websites, August 6, 2008 – “The results of our research indicated that aesthetics play an important role in users evaluation of a candidates site, but that ease-of-use may ultimately carry the day as the quality that people value most.” See also… Continue Reading
AmLaw: Law Firms Lag Behind the Rest of Corporate America on the Web
AmLaw Daily: “In the last two years or so, though, Web development and marketing professionals say law firms have gotten increasingly serious about the Web. Slowly, the gap in quality between Am Law 200 Web sites and those of Fortune 500 companies has narrowed, as more and more firms put in the investment and manpower… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing
Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing: This article by Ron Friedmann reviews the history of and logic behind legal outsourcing. It then outlines some of the current legal outsourcing options. A detailed discussion of each option is not possible in one article. Instead, the final section takes a close look at one, outsourcing secretarial… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Survey: Podcast Downloading 2008
Pew Internet and American Life Project – Podcast Downloading 2008, 8/28/2008, Mary Madden Sydney Jones “As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later. This most recent percentage is up… Continue Reading
