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January 29, 2009
Hesse's main point.
Ah, but it is hard to find this track of the divine in the midst of this life we lead...
Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf (1927)
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Jim Hassett on alternative fees--Part 4.
Now we know it really won't go away. At his Legal Business Development, Jim Hassett just published Part 4 of his series on alternative fees, where he's done a fine job of summarizing the players, views and "literature" in The Movement. See this week's installment "Why Every Lawyer Needs To Consider Alternative Fees Now".
Posted by JD Hull at 11:39 PM | Comments (0)
Bolivia: The new deal or a race war?
Here's one we missed in The Economist earlier this week: "A Question of Rights". Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, is an Amerindian and socialist who is now in his fourth year. Last week voters passed a referendum he pushed for a new Bolivian constitution that give the majority indigenous population special land, mineral and petroleum rights. The new constitution has further polarized Bolivians along class and racial lines.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 06:19 PM | Comments (0)
So, tell me again, what do we do now?
Service Firms, and The Way-Down Global Economy. Some advice, with great related links, from people who think about this stuff all the time (so you don't have to). They were thinking about it all along. You can hire them, too.
Ed Poll: "Three Lenses for Law Firm Recession Survival" (9/16/08)
Jim Hassett: "The First Thing Lawyers Should Do In A Recession" (1/30/08)
Dennis Kennedy: "Planning for Legal Technology in a Recession" (1/22/08)
Tom Kane: "Time to Get Closer to Clients" (9/25/08)
Bruce MacEwen: "Costs & Revenues: Health Check Time" (9/5/08)
The prescient Larry Bodine: "Get Ready for the Coming Recession" (8/26/07)
Jennifer E. King: "Marketing Your Firm’s Legal Services During an Economic Decline" (2008 LexisNexis white paper)
And finally, Chicago trial-lawyer, thinker and value architect Patrick J. Lamb: Read Anything Pat writes these days.
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