Articles

On The Edge: Forever Starts Here
02.01.02
Forever starts here. I’m the Blue Dog and I can go anywhere. For George Rodrigue, Blue Dog was his ticket to firmly root his Cajun heritage, yet also transcend it. He’s revered and collected as an American artist – not simply a regional Acadian painter whose subject happens to be a soulful, yellow-eyed pup with a fixed gaze. What is she staring at?!

BLUR: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy—A Book Review
02.01.02
When the rules are blurred, it means we have an opportunity to redefine our businesses and our lives. The point is not trying to eliminate the blur (because it’s impossible) – rather, move through it – harness and leverage it "so you can enter the world of BLUR, move to its cadence and once again see the world clearly."

Take a Look—Client Relationships: Get Practical / Get Profitable
01.01.02
Look outside the legal industry for tomes that discuss client loyalty. HBR OnPoint is a series of booklets packaged by topic by Harvard Business Review. They cover most management, sales and marketing maxims about which we’d care.

Martindale-Hubbell`s Counsel to Counsel—Changing Role of Legal Counsel When Launching New Technologies
01.01.02
Corporate law departments assume responsibility for a wide range of matters to protect their company, but perhaps none of the aspects of the job is as demanding as overseeing the launch of new technologies.

The Marketing of Recruiting (LMA White Paper)
01.01.02
Law firms couldn’t recruit new lawyers during the 1990s the way they did the decade before. The more bodies, the better was the mantra in the mid-eighties. The last decade of the millennium was beleagured with a bust that resulted in lay-offs of many of those bodies, and blessed with a boom that was so feverish that the competition for talent was white hot.

Your (Best) Clients Rule!
01.01.02
Countless elements of a client relationship are “critical.” Most are so obvious to lawyers by now, they don’t need repeating. Agreeing that the elements that first come to mind are worth your focus and time, here are others that might be less apparent than “return client phone calls fast.”

Bird`s Eye View—The Common Denominator at Successful Firms is Leadership
12.14.01
The past few decades have seen dramatic changes in the legal profession, including the rise of the megafirm, the demise of firms of all sizes, influx of Big 5 firms as legal practitioners and the reinvention of the practice to include nonlegal services. Amid this turmoil, a number of firms have distinguished themselves by thriving in this chaos.

Staying Alive—Release the Music Inside You
07.15.98
Life inside a law firm can be hazardous to one’s health. So can life outside the law firm. So, what makes sense for you?

On the Edge: Markets That Won`t Stand Still
03.01.98
How did Intel Corporation generate an average annual return to investors of 44% between the years 1987 and 1997? How did Intel’s impressive earnings in one year equal those of the top ten personal computer companies combined?