Sentences with phrase «expect more law firms»

Not exact matches

The founders of the Manhattan law firm that paid then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver more than $ 3 million for referring cancer patients to the firm for potential lawsuits said Wednesday they never expected Silver to use his legislative job to secure the referrals.

«Sources with knowledge of the move say the decision was Klein's, noting that a law firm's culture and structure can require more adjustment than someone arriving from corporate America may expect,» the report said.

Law firm leaders expect more tie - ups despite only 43 % of those from merged firms thinking most recent unions have been successful

«We're finding there's more expected of law firms and corporations to be more strategic about how they build an IP stratedy and manage a portfolio,» Preston said.

As yours truly blogged last week, law firms may want to follow the lead of other marketers and more fully embrace email newsletters and alerts as a low cost, targeted and measurable method for reinforcing expertise with existing clients (who expect to continue hearing from their lawyers about breaking legal trends relevant to their businesses).

With law firms increasing both their hourly rates and the number of billable hours they expect their associates to work, it is no surprise that the clients holding the outsized bills and expecting to pay for all this growth are pushing back with tools like billing guidelines, outside and internal auditors, and more competitive hiring practices.

And incidentally the Big 4 accountant BDO recently found that more than one third of top 100 law firms expect to merge in the next three years.

Conversely, if it is expected to start picking up some of the training burden, then it will indeed need to change, he suggests — and it will have to figure out ways to do it more quickly to avoid a talent gap as law firms accelerate their transition into new working models.

Over the next few days, expect more commentary on Denise's post and topics like law firm work balance policies and gaining satisfaction in the practice of law.

More «Law Firm — Key Client» Web Collaborations: In 2011, I expect to see a handful of smarter firms drawing their best client relationships closer by partnering with them on co-sponsored web publishing — initiatives such as industry blogs, web portals, think tanks, foundations or charitable entities.

As law firms move towards accommodating work - life balance, can we expect more claims along the lines of «I was discriminated against for working too much»?

Older, much antiquated methods like regular mailings are no longer being accepted by the client who expects more from their Law Firm.

In the survey, 37 percent of legal departments reported that they paid law firms more than they expected.

«We expected to see more distress from law firms,» said Altman Weil principal James D. Cotterman.

However, the report also noted that the focus of law firms» internal audit functions was on financial and compliance risk, a more restricted approach than would typically be expected in corporate businesses.

Expect more from a law firm.

79 % of law firms surveyed in Exterro's 2016 Law Firm Benchmarking Report stated that client expectations have elevated (i.e. clients expect more services for lower feelaw firms surveyed in Exterro's 2016 Law Firm Benchmarking Report stated that client expectations have elevated (i.e. clients expect more services for lower feeLaw Firm Benchmarking Report stated that client expectations have elevated (i.e. clients expect more services for lower fees).

I expect this discussion to become more frequent and more vocal in 2018, with clients continuing to exercise choice and move increasingly to the growing number of new law firms and legal start - ups.

We do expect to work more with law firms to identify and act on these opportunities together as that is what I think clients (and us) would really prefer, and law firms are starting to realise through tenders like Auckland Council's that there is demand for it, and if they don't do it, someone else will.

You can expect to hear more of this from law firms in future.

As industries and clients become more diverse, they expect greater diversity in their law firms» workforce.

As a preview, Goldberg said attendees can expect to hear examples of how modern law firms are using document automation to meet client expectations for more innovative practices and greater efficiency; all with the end goals to provide higher - quality service at a lower cost and in a fraction of the time.

So I expect, for example, to be a little bit more adverse to law firms and lawyers, things like a little bit more legal practice work and that type of thing that a larger firm was frankly a little hesitant to do.

According to an article in ABA Journal, the number of law firm mergers this year has already broken a new record and more mergers are expected before the end of the year.

To be candid, if the real and potential benefits of providing legal advice include speed of service and reduced cost respectively, to achieve a positive outcome, which has ultimately come about via the use of sophisticated IT / AI at some point during the legal service / problem continuum, and as a legal buyer my main concern is the right result, quality, value for money and / or price (which remains the issue in many instances), and I know lawyers and law firms can now do the work quicker, smarter and more accurately using AI and cognitive computing technology, can I therefore expect my legal fees to be reduced?

Expect to see much more discussion in the near future in law firm bulletins on the topic of this new legislation which will (also) start to apply to most private sector businesses in Ontario on January 1, 2012.

Examples of this «zero sum game» include hourly rates being either two high for the client's budget or too low for the firm's profitability, law firms billing more hours than necessary while clients expect fewer hours than is feasible and the belief by the firm that a client's legal misfortune is the firm's opportunity.

Although 48 % of those polled expect a slight recession in the UK, 54 % of law firms predict their profits will rise by more than 5 % in the next year, with 26 % predicting profits to rise between 5 % — 10 %.

He frames this question in terms of what lawyers and law firms think they sell and what their clients expect when they seek... [more]

With so much change already, can law firms expect even more by 2020?