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$1600 an Hour for the Right Brand: A New All-Time High
Top hourly rates are up for law firms of every size, says Michael B. Rynowecer at BTI Consulting Group When Michael B. Rynowecer, president of BTI Consulting Group, talks about the importance of your...
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Why It May Be Better to Get Rid of Extra Space Than to Fill It
Ed Wesemann, author and law firm consultant with the Edge Group Like the thousands of readers around the world who subscribe to his monthly newsletter Legal Trends, I am always impressed with the...
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Change and the Law: Take Control of Your Own Future
In the most recent issue of Edge International Communique, I explored the issue of change in the legal profession, advising readers to take control of where their practices are going in a world where...
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So, you make the best saddle on the market….
When I am working with law firms that seem to be falling behind the times, and I want to remind those firms of the disruptive effect of new technologies on the legal landscape, I like to introduce the...
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Can you reach “inbox zero” every day? Kevin Kruse thinks you can
To research his new book, 15 Secrets Successful People Know about Time Management, Kevin Kruse interviewed hundreds of people he describes as “ultra-productive” on dozens of topics that relate to how...
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“Focus on Forever” and Other Rainmaking Skills
A survey conducted by BTI Consulting Group, as reported recently on its Mad Clientist blog, shows that rainmakers book five times more business than the average law firm partner. In answer to the...
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December, 2015 issue of Edge International Communiqué now available online
Edge International Communiqué, December, 2015 I am pleased to draw the attention of readers of this blog to the most recent issue of Edge International Communiqué (EIC). The issue features articles by...
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Making Difficult Decisions
An article by Peter Bregman in the Harvard Business Review will interest anyone faced with making a decision from among a range of equally appealing (or unappealing) options – which, of course,...
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Will greed spell doom for the world’s largest law firms?
Most of the largest and wealthiest law firms are run by senior lawyers with no real incentive to change how they do business. Legal-issues writer Elizabeth Olson tackled the subject of the legal...
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A Virtual Legal Assistant for GCs from Riverview Law
Screen capture from Riverview Law’s KIM website The battle to outfit lawyers with useful virtual assistants is heating up. A few weeks ago we reported on the evolution of IBM Einstein for use in legal...
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Deloitte Purchases Conduit Law
Peter Caryainnis, President and Founder of Conduit Law (From CBA/ABC National) The Canadian law community woke up this week to the news that Conduit Law – a company that Canadian Lawyer describes as a...
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Addressing the Generational Divide
Statistics show that vast majority of managing partners in law firms in America are older (and usually male) members of the baby boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1955. Many lawyers from this...
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Is the billable hour turning off talented young lawyers?
In an article published in the Globe and Mail earlier this month, Allison Speigel, a commercial litigator with Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, argues convincingly that the billable hour may be at the root of...
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You Will Have It in the Morning
This article won the BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award. The editors of BiglawWorld, a free weekly email newsletter for those who work in midsize and large law firms, give this award to one article...
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Time Is Money: Except When You Fail to Bill It
When I saw an article in the ABA Journal entitled “Lawyers are only billing a fraction of their time; how can they be more efficient?”, I thought the contents would be a reminder about the lack of...
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The Successful Lawyer – Now Available on your Computer, Tablet or Smartphone
The Second Edition of The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice is now available in both paperback and Kindle versions. Among the kudos the first edition of this book...
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Exciting Breaking News – Transatlantic Merger Creates Global Top 40 Giant:...
On Friday, two major firms I have deeply respected for many years – Eversheds, the global powerhouse based in London, and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, the exemplary American firm based in Atlanta...
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My Recommendation for Your 2017 Resolution List: Know What Is Coming
RESOLVE TO KNOW WHAT IS COMING Resolve not to be caught unaware of evolving technology and process innovations applicable to your legal practice. To that end, have a small internal team conduct ongoing...
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Shift from “Case” to “Task” Approach Will Impact Law-Firm Management
A recent article in Corporate Counsel draws our attention to a paper published by Morris Ratner, associate professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, on the impacts...
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Law Firm Success Depends on Success of Firm’s Lawyers
I was pleased to be invited by The Law Office Management Association (TLOMA) of Ontario to create an article based on my book, The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice,...
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