To CIO’s Seeking “Buy-In:” Snap Out of It

The universal, chronic, and incurable complaint of CIO's?  That they can't get management "buy-in" for their IT initiatives.  The syndrome is as follows:   The CIO/CTO has a great idea for a new way to support a business function, they do...

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Clifford Chance Returning to its Lockstep Roots

Cue the applause, please:  Albeit somewhat cryptic, this strongly suggests Clifford Chance is making a concerted effort to return to something much closer to its traditional lockstep partner compensation model.   Called "actively managed"...

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Getting Dressed for the Prom

While I've never been to a psychic or a tarot reader, or consulted my horoscope except when presented with the most utterly content-free tabloid, I'm about to make a prediction:  Coudert Brothers is grooming itself for a merger by shedding its less desirable...

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Who You Know or What You Know: How About Both?

"It's not what you know, it's who you know?"  Agree or disagree, but there's no doubt a key capability of a law firm's KM initiative—assuming you actually want your attorneys to use it—is some capability for finding the apposite expert who...

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Non-Lawyer Partners Post-Clementi

The first post-Clementi shoe is about to drop in the UK, and it's a fascinating one indeed.  [For those of you who haven't been paying attention, the "Clementi Commission" proposed fundamental reforms of the way UK law firms are governed, essentially...

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