According to an Altman and Weil survey released this week, Law Firm Mergers Surge in 2011, law firm mergers for the first 9 months of 2011 exceeded the number of mergers for the same period in 2010 by 78%.
There is no shortage of additional sources to support this trend. Keynote Speakers at the two
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Both Sides Now: Advice on Redesigning Law Firm and In-House Strategy from Jim Jones and the Corporate Executive Board
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Jim Jones’s (Hildebrandt Institute) PLL Summit presentation “State of the Legal Market 2011” outlined a series of factors which combined with the financial downturn created the “perfect storm” of disruption in the legal marketplace. The Corporate Executive Board issued a report to member General Counsel that was recently reported in the press giving the “In…
Re-Designing Library Strategy: Advice for Executive Librarians from Jones and Dyson
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Jim Jones, Thomson Reuters VP, law firm consultant, Leader of the Hildebrandt Institute, former Managing Partner at Arnold & Porter and General Counsel at APCO Worldwide, provided a data rich overview of law firm financial and practice trends at the PLL Summit. He concluded his review of legal industry trends with a list of challenges and opportunities for Executive
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