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  1. Dialogue

    New decade. Focused direction. Decisions. 

    By George Beaton

    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…

  2. Dialogue

    The Future of Dialogue

    By George Beaton

    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…

  3. Dialogue

    Law in the age of the customer

    By Mark Cohen

    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…

  4. Dialogue

    Remaking News of the Week: Richard Susskind’s Online Courts

    By George Beaton

    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…

  5. Dialogue

    Commoditizing legal services

    By Heather Suttie

    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…

  6. Dialogue

    Talking with Daniel van Binsbergen, CEO and Co-founder of Lexoo

    By George Beaton

    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…

  7. Dialogue

    Do BigLaw managing partners see their worlds differently?

    By George Beaton

    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…

  8. Dialogue

    Remaking News of the Week: Case study in analytics

    By George Beaton

    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…

  9. Dialogue

    Remaking News of the Week: Majority of US GCs expect a recession

    By George Beaton

    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…

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    Remaking News of the Week: Traditional law firms must adapt or die

    By George Beaton

    Legal Futures recently headlined Traditional law firms must adapt or die, tech GCs warn.  The interview reported the use of what some might call melodramatic language, like ‘inertia’, ‘still stacking meetings…