Whilst in the USA in April I spent some time with my good friend and Verasage colleague, Jay Shepherd, in Boston. Jay is a recovering lawyer and now an extremely talented author and speaker. A few days before I arrived Jay was one of a handful of speakers chosen to present (yet again) at Matt &hell …
Disruption is real, and it’s a contributing factor to change and upheaval in the legal market; but not every change or upheaval is an example of “disruption.” – Jordan Furlong Lawyerist blog founder and industry commentator, Sam Glover, writes against rumours the legal industry is on …
Just to let you know that from this Thursday 11th April until 30th April I am going to be in the USA. What am I going to be doing in the States? Unfortunately I won’t be lucky enough to be joining my bro-in-law this week in Augusta at the US Masters-however I will be seeing …
The following article by Leanne Mezrani was originally published in Lawyers Weekly. Click here to view the original article. Time Billing has DLA counting the cost The financial incentives of racking up billable hours are behind what has been described as “perverse behaviours” by DLA Piper la …
This article was originally published by Lawyers Weekly on 26 Feb 2013. Click here to view the original article. The economic outlook is grim and many Victorian firms are struggling, but the Garden State is proving that tough market conditions can’t keep an innovative lawyer down. Leanne Mezra …
This article was first published in the December 2012 edition of The Australian Corporate Lawyer, the quarterly publication of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA) and is reproduced with kind permission from ACLA. With the days of time billing inevitably drawing to a close John Chis …
The ACLA Corporate Counsel Day™ Victoria 2013 continues with the strong tradition of providing corporate counsel with everything you need to be an effective in-house lawyer. The theme for the conference is Recipe for Success. We will be opening up the pantry to give you the ingredients for up …
The following post was originally published in the Australian Legal Practice Management Association Blog as part of the series “A survival guide for legal practice managers”. Click here to view original post. “The greatest enemy of communication is the illusion of it.” Pier …
A recent website poll conducted by Lawyers Weekly asked, “is it time to phase out billable hours?”. 47% of respondents apparently believed billable hours are harmful to the profession and 30% said “maybe” they should be phased out, suggesting that perhaps they should only be …
This article by Chris Merritt was originally published in The Australian – Legal Affairs on 2nd November, 2012. -Click here to view the original. Charging the difference between time and value For Matt McCormick, there is a world of difference between law firms that offer fixed fees, and law …
This article by Chris Meritt was published by the Australian on 19th October 2012. (Click here to view the original) Corporates rail against time-charging A MAJOR survey of in-house legal departments has revealed that billable hours are on the nose with the people who count: corporate consumers o …
The following article by Chris Meritt was published in The Australian on 19/10/12. (click here to access the original) Fixed fees give AdventBalance the inside track by: Chris Merritt ONE organisation that was not surprised by the corporate antipathy towards time- charging is the newly merged fixe …
Verasage Senior Fellow, Michelle Golden, nicely wraps up solutions to the discounting cycle many firms have experienced in recent times. The following blog post appears on her blog at goldenpracticesinc.com Selling Profitable Work When the Fee-Squeeze is On The chatter everywhere in the accounting …
Article by Michael Bradley, Managing Partner of Marque Lawyers, featured in the Australian Financial Review (28th September, 2012 - click here for PDF).
