Now that the holidays are behind us, let’s get down to some serious business – and some prognosticating about what law firms’ business and financial lives might be like this year. The bottom line is that the CFO respondents (600 of them from corporate America) are concerned and have low confidence […]
Get inspired: How working together makes World AIDS Day a true celebration
Most of us know someone who knows someone who loved someone who died of AIDS. Someone's father, brother, son or husband. Today is World AIDS Day, and, after nearly three decades of death and sadness, I think today is a day worth celebrating. World AIDS Day was first conceived by the World […]
Have you heard about “Twitterology?” It’s the latest hot new science.
Ben Zimmer is a self-described all-around word nut. He is the former On Language columnist for The New York Times Magazine, the executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com (an entirely useful tool when you're looking to add color to your prose) and vocabulary.com. In a recent New York Times Sunday Review column […]
Steve Jobs tribute – “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
I can’t imagine any world leader today who will have at his or her death more news coverage or outpouring of grief by the masses in the world as Steve Jobs. The ubiquitous, yet iconic nature of Apple products has infiltrated the world of more men, women and children than anyone in […]
Martindale’s Counsel to Counsel Forum – Managing Investigations, Compliance and Audits in Today’s Tough Markets
I have facilitated Martindale Counsel to Counsel forums all over the world since 2000. These discussions are “best practice” exchanges by corporate counsel and law firm lawyers about a particular topic. Consistently, they are the best received CLE programs by buyers of legal services and senior law firm partners of […]
It’s not easy being green: Green initiatives in AmLaw 100 Law Firms
I just read about a recent Harris Poll of nearly 2,400 adults in which the results showed that Americans are less likely than they were in the summer of 2009 to be “green” and engage in various environmentally-friendly activities. A comparison between the 2010 and 2009 surveys reveals that fewer Americans […]