Law Department Managementtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1102892010-03-11T13:25:45ZA lawyer who has been consulting solely to law departments for the past 20 years, Rees Morrison discusses topics related to managing in-house counsel. Topics are aimed at general counsel and chief legal officers, and concern all aspects of legal department management and costs, including convergence, external counsel management, legal software, matter management, case management, client satisfaction, legal benchmarks, structure, productivity and cost control. E-mail Rees: rees@reesmorrison.com or call him at 973 568-9110.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/typepad/TfzNhttp://feedburner.google.comTwo networks of law firms, Law Europe and Ius Laboristag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e201310f8d0bcf970c2010-03-11T08:25:45-05:002010-03-11T13:25:45Z2010-03-11T13:25:45ZRees MorrisonOutside CounselLawyers in-house who manage law firms may want to consider a network of firms in some circumstances. Here are two more of them. “Law Europe EEIG is a group of 25 law firms, principally located in Europe but with members...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/L1m8bUEM0nc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/two-networks-of-law-firms-law-europe-and-ius-laboris.htmlWhy do lawyers in companies believe they hold higher moral standards than other employees? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e201310f8d0744970c2010-03-11T08:22:16-05:002010-03-11T13:22:16Z2010-03-11T13:22:16ZRees MorrisonClients I am a lawyer but I do not claim that lawyers are more moral than non-lawyers. That view would likely irritate and offend many people. What says lawyers are any holier than thou? Yet general counsel, or some of them...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/BX3icOw9INM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/why-do-lawyers-in-companies-believe-they-hold-higher-moral-standards-than-other-employees.htmlMarketers and ‘net fans, hear this blogger discuss blogs and other Web 2.0 methodstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e201310f8d0644970c2010-03-11T08:21:37-05:002010-03-11T13:21:37Z2010-03-11T13:21:37ZRees MorrisonThis BlogIt is an honor for me to host a Legal Marketing Association webinar on May 11th. I will share my hard-won learnings from five years of blogging. Beyond that I will discuss how to propagate a successful blog such as...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/IaC1nAiBCUo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/marketers-and-net-fans-hear-this-blogger-discuss-blogs-and-other-web-20-methods.htmlTwenty techniques to bring together a dispersed legal team, and an article to boottag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e20120a92641af970b2010-03-11T08:20:46-05:002010-03-11T13:20:46Z2010-03-11T13:20:46ZRees MorrisonStructureIt is no easy matter to create in the minds of departmental lawyers a collective sense that they are pulling the oars together, especially when they are all over the world and come from many different legal backgrounds. Bits and...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/dVBqW5Fu3Fw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/twenty-techniques-to-bring-together-a-dispersed-legal-team-and-an-article-to-boot.htmlWhen a network for lawyers (Legal OnRamp) links up with servicers to law departments (CT Tymetrix)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e201310f8d03e4970c2010-03-11T08:18:54-05:002010-03-11T13:18:54Z2010-03-11T13:18:54ZRees MorrisonObservationsThey hyper-active Paul Lippe of Legal OnRamp continues to embrace new collaborations. Recently, GC Roundtable linked up with his online network and now a major vendor to legal departments has joined. I learned about this from Charles Christian’s American Legal...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/kfHCbU8tRKs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/when-a-network-for-lawyers-legal-onramp-links-up-with-servicers-to-law-departments-ct-tymetrix.htmlDocument disassembly (and then document assembly) with Baseline Solutionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e20120a9263f30970b2010-03-11T08:17:20-05:002010-03-11T13:17:20Z2010-03-11T13:17:20ZRees MorrisonTechnology An interesting tool for legal departments came to my attention on Charles Christian’s online American Legal Technology Insider, March 2010. “Baseline Solutions has launched a new legal document review tool called Baseline. Through a series of customizable ‘Playbooks,’ the system...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/Ul_cWYyIJs8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/document-disassembly-and-then-document-assembly-with-baseline-solutions.htmlMyth or reality? Smaller legal departments are harder pressed than larger onestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e20120a9263e48970b2010-03-11T08:16:12-05:002010-03-11T13:16:12Z2010-03-11T13:16:12ZRees MorrisonStructureWhy does the sentiment prevail that lawyers in small law departments face noticeably more burdensome workloads than do lawyers in larger departments? Small and stretched vs. large and lazy? To the contrary, size probably creates more legal problems; smaller but...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/Dwo0A1eJlbI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/myth-or-reality-smaller-legal-departments-are-harder-pressed-than-larger-ones.htmlThe right of a legal department to audit invoices of law firms it hirestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e201310f80474d970c2010-03-09T07:34:47-05:002010-03-09T12:34:47Z2010-03-09T12:34:47ZRees MorrisonOutside CounselOne of the provisions in the Council on Litigation Management’s Litigation Guidelines (Para. XIV) establishes the right of a legal department to go back over bills even after the department has paid them. “These audits may be conducted at your...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/dn_tTAEdp2E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/the-right-of-a-legal-department-to-audit-invoices-of-law-firms-it-hires.htmlSix ideas for rules that control fees billed for intra-firm meetingstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e20120a919b1f0970b2010-03-09T07:33:47-05:002010-03-09T12:33:47Z2010-03-09T12:33:47ZRees MorrisonOutside CounselInside lawyers squawk about internal conferences at law firms and how timekeepers bill for them. Partners squawk back, because they understand that it is valuable to consult with peers, delegate work, and share knowledge, the purposes, that is, of internal...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/TfzN/~4/8KkCiwZ252E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/03/six-ideas-for-rules-that-control-fees-billed-for-intra-firm-meetings.htmlRees Morrison’s Morsels #133 – posts longa, morsels brevatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834519fb069e20120a919b042970b2010-03-09T07:32:10-05:002010-03-09T12:32:10Z2010-03-09T12:32:10ZRees MorrisonObservationsRecovery of legal fees for successful defense of the Crown’s criminal action. Law departments in the UK have the right to recover the legal fees they pay in defense of criminal charges, if acquitted. For example, the engineering firm Balfour...<div class="feedflare">
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