How Blogging Changed the Practice of Corporate Law—Francis Pileggi [Video] by LXBN on 5/22/2012 So often at LexBlog we talk about how blogging can enhance a lawyer’s practice, or even completely change the way that individual attorney operates. But we don’t talk about, but still sense, is that blogging has an impact on...more
Avoiding Law Firm Implosions by Mandating Firms to Undergo Annual Stress Tests by Jerome Kowalski on 5/13/2012 Good Lord! Please make it stop. We can’t take witnessing any more carnage or scandal from the Dewy & LeBoeuf front! The worst part, in some respects, is that clients, laterals and law firm lenders are now looking past...more
Solving the Mystery of What a TPA does by The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 5/10/2012 When people ask my wife what I do for a living, she says she doesn’t know. Half the time I think she’s joking and half the time I think she is serious that she doesn’t know what an ERISA attorney does. The same thing goes...more
A Case Study at the Cutting Edge: Legal Project Management in Australia by Pamela Woldow on 4/12/2012 Few law firms can claim that they are shaping the future of legal services. King & Wood Mallesons, however, is at the forefront of law firms bringing innovative ways to serve client needs in the New Normal. This article...more
Dewey Need to Take a Pledge? by Jerome Kowalski on 4/12/2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf continues to be daily battered in the media. Too many of the slings and arrows now being shot Dewey’s way are self inflicted. Those with the most to lose seem to be trying to get this ship of state back on...more
US Law Firms enter Australia by stephen moss on 3/4/2012 Most law firm Managing Partners would agree that the pace of change in the legal services sector is accelerating. Changes in the past 18 – 24 months have outstripped the two previous decades. I predict that 2012 will...more
What is the Fair Market Value of a Full Service Commercial Law Firm? by Jerome Kowalski on 2/28/2012 Ever wonder what your law firm is worth? Here’s a shocker: Nothing, zero, zilch, nada. While law firms around the world are scrambling for cash and the folks across the pond are counting money they will never receive...more
Atlantic Electronics -v- HM Revenue & Customs Fairness in Justice – Fighting one taxpayer by using the others taxes!. by Monty Jivraj on 2/20/2012 The Chamber President, The Hon Mr. Justice Warren in the cases of HMRC –v- Atlantic Electronics held AN APPEAL BY HMRC TO disapply Rule 10 of the 2009 Rules is DISMISSED! “The right to opt out from Costs is a recognition of...more
Citibank’s Third Quarter 2011 Report on Law Firm Profitability: The Good News is That Cash Collections Were Up for the Quarter;... by Jerome Kowalski on 11/18/2011 Citibank’s third quarter report on law firm profitability for 2011 was just issued and while artfully couched in cautious euphemistic terms, there is much in Citi’s reports which should give law firm leaders much to be...more
Australian Firms and the international challenge by stephen moss on 11/11/2011 One thing is for certain: the legal services sector is in the early stages of a seismic shift. Law firms that do nothing in the face of this changing landscape, do so at their peril. Let me describe the context of the...more
Citibank’s Third Quarter 2011 Report on Law Firm Profitability: The Good News is That cash Collections Were Up for the Quarter;... by Jerome Kowalski on 10/18/2011 Citibank’s third quarter report on law firm profitability for 2011 was just issued and while artfully couched in cautious euphemistic terms, there is much in Citi’s reports which should give law firm leaders much to be...more
Companies Must Retain Counsel to Answer Certain Georgia Garnishments by Jeffery Saxby on 10/12/2011 The Georgia Supreme Court issued a recent order regarding the unauthorized practice of law in Georgia Courts. While companies were once permitted to answer Georgia garnishments through any authorized agent, the law now...more
An Open Letter to Rockland County NY Attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank by Lawrence McElroen on 9/30/2011 This is an open letter to Rockland County, NY attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank....more
Citibank’s 2011 Mid-Year Survey of Law Firms: Instead of Giving Its Customers New Toasters, Citi is Telling Many of its Law Firm... by Jerome Kowalski on 9/26/2011 The classical definition of a consultant is somebody who takes off your watch and tells you what time it is. Citibank’s annual midyear report gives true meaning to that metaphor. The top notch folks at Citibank, the...more
Asset Acquisition Checklist by Practical Law Company on 8/5/2011 If your client is contemplating an asset acquisition, there are many complex factors to consider. In an asset acquisition, the buyer only acquires the assets and liabilities it identifies and agrees to acquire and assume,...more