Monthly Archives: October 2009

Hands across the water

By Jordan Furlong | Published: October 30, 2009
I don’t normally focus on very large law firms and mergers thereof, but I’ll make an exception for this one. As you might have heard, US-based Hogan & Hartson and UK-based Lovells have apparently reached an agreement to merge their respective firms by May 2010. The combined entity (Hogan Lovells, provisionally) would crack the top [...]
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The rise of the responsible client

By Jordan Furlong | Published: October 26, 2009
At its recent annual meeting in Boston, the Association of Corporate Counsel dropped a minor bombshell by announcing it had created a law firm rating system. In-house lawyers can now rate their outside law firms on six criteria: understanding of objectives/expectations, legal expertise, efficiency/process management, responsiveness/communication, predictable cost/budgeting skills, and results delivered/execution. Even if these [...]
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The solution or the problem?

By Jordan Furlong | Published: October 15, 2009
Last week brought news of three innovations that, each in their own way, aim to increase access to justice. It’s noteworthy that none of them came from lawyers. First is a report that for the first time in Canada, a third-party litigation funding company, BridgePoint Financial Services Inc.,  persuaded an Alberta trial judge to allow it [...]
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Size and the legal media

By Jordan Furlong | Published: October 13, 2009
My newest column has been posted at Slaw, Canada’s best legal website. As always, you can read it there, or read it here.
Posted in Big Firms, Publishing, Solo & Small Firm | 2 Comments

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