Now this is a MOST interesting article from Legal Marketing Technology: "Wikis. Topping the 'heard about them, not sure what they are' list are wikis — Web sites to which anyone can add content or revise what already is there. 'It’s like Word on the Web,' said Steve Rubel, senior vice president of CooperKatz & Co., a public relations firm in New York, speaking at the Beyond Blogs...
Good question asked by The New York Times: "HUNDREDS of feet above Manhattan, the reception area of Proskauer Rose's headquarters boasts all of the muscular, streamlined ornamentation that symbolizes authority and power in a big city law firm — modern art, contemporary furniture, white marble floors, high ceilings and stunning views. The background music floating about this particular...
Uh, oh.... Not good news reported by LawCrossing: "LawCrossing, the website with the largest collection of legal jobs in the world, released its monthly statistical report on changes in the demand for attorneys and legal staff across the U.S. The newly released figures, which reflect changes in the number of created jobs from February 15, 2006, to March 15, 2006, point to a significant...
Hmm, more “paraprofessional” openings in SF? Read “we’re opening a new office” news from The Recorder: “After spending nearly a century tucked contentedly away on the East Coast, Boston's Goodwin Procter is following some of its rivals out to the Wild West. “The full-service firm has confirmed plans to open an office in San Francisco as early as this summer as part of its ongoing...
As reported by the Texas Lawyer; see more details here: "In a perfect world, firms could employ private investigators who are as skilled as pseudo-bumbling television police detective Columbo, Dallas lawyer William Brewer III says. "That's rarely the case when Brewer contracts with private investigation companies to help with litigation at 35-lawyer Bickel & Brewer, so the firm...
Well, it's a mixture of good news & cautionary tales, according to a survey by the Law Firm Group at The Citigroup Private Bank: "For law firms, 2005 is proving to be a Jekyll-and-Hyde kind of year. After a robust 2004, firms posted lukewarm results for the first half of 2005.... However, business has picked up significantly in the second half. The net effect is a year that will...