Dear contributors, subscribers and other readers of Dialogue on Remaking Law Firms
Over the holiday break, I have decided that it’s time to make a number of changes in the direction and balance of my work.
These decisions will enable
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The Future of Dialogue
Greeting to my loyal subscribers and contributors at the dawn of the third decade of the 21st Century.
Dialogue on Remaking Law Firms has completed four years of service since we started in December 2015.
It’s time to take stock, so I
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Law in the age of the customer
Mark Cohen opens Law in the age of the customer with the statement: This is the age of the customer.
The asymmetrical advantage that sellers long held over buyers is gone. Consumers have access to market information and choice
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Remaking News of the Week: Richard Susskind’s Online Courts
Remaking News of the Week: Richard Susskind’s Online Courts features extracts from an early summary of Richard’s new jewel in the legal ecosystem. These are some of the central themes, fist carried in Legal Week. Early next year, I will
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Commoditizing legal services
In introducing Commoditizing Legal Services, Heather writes “When many law firms are as fungible as peanut butter, savvy productization and exemplary service are differentiators”.
One of the most significant trends brought to the legal market by alternative law companies is
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Talking with Daniel van Binsbergen, CEO and Co-founder of Lexoo
The six years since I published NewLaw New Rules – A conversation about the future of the legal services industry have been an exhilarating ride, no more so because of the inspiring people I have met as a result. Daniel
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Do BigLaw managing partners see their worlds differently?
Do BigLaw managing partners see their world differently? invites Dialogue readers to share their experiences and views on the extent to which BigLaw leaders align with and differ from C-suite executives in corporations.
The Conference Board recently published The Future-Ready
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Remaking News of the Week: Case study in analytics
Today in Remaking News of the Week, I am sharing a case study in analytics featuring the work of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) first reported in the Legal Executive Institute Forum magazine.
For many years BCLP has leveraged
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Talking with Lachlan McKnight, founder of LegalVision
Lachlan McKnight is the CEO of LegalVision, an award-winning NewLaw firm. I had the pleasure of talking with him recently.
1. Lachlan, the last decade has seen the proliferation of NewLaw business model providers of B2B and B2C legal services.
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Remaking News of the Week: Majority of US GCs expect a recession
In Remaking News of the Week: Majority of US GCs expect a recession this week we report the just-published findings of the 2019 Altman Weil report titled, Law Departments Show Caution on Hiring and Spending in 2019.
“Seventy-six per cent
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