The Business of Law Strong Support for the Practice of Law ILTA White Paper March 2010 ILLUSTRATION BY THOMAS BOUCHER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Why are firms moving to the cloud Eliminate a pile of hardware Slash IT operating expenses Reduce financial risk for the firm Provide a global reach ...

THE BUSINESS OF LAW In This Issue 6 CONTROLLING COSTS WITH LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT by Steven B Levy Lexician Legal project management LPM helps attorneys succeed with their projects in ways that go directly to the firm s bottom line or the department s P L controlling costs meeting sched...

STEVEN B LEVY LEXICIAN Controlling Costs with Legal Project Management and clients fear potential reefs and shoals lurking just below the surface Business-side clients with increasing demands steer the ship one way while shrinking legal budgets pull it the other How do legal T 6 The Bus...

LIZA MADDEN AND MIKE SAFAR AUTONOMY iMANAGE Better Due Diligence Through Better Search Technologies Meaningful Conflict of Interest Processing intake and lateral hire processes At their best these systems have helped to reduce the toil of compiling reports and maintaining key data used in sear...

YURI FRAYMAN THE FRAYMAN GROUP Putting the Business Back in the New Business Intake Process and public relations agencies launching rebranding campaigns and dynamic websites as well as lawyers leveraging social media tools such as LinkedIn and Twitter to connect directly with prospects On ...

LANN WASSON HUSCH BLACKWELL SANDERS LLP Lean Six Sigma Mastering the Art of Service Delivery A 24 lthough surveys of corporate counsel have noted the need to control costs for a while that need now tops their list of priorities for the first time in three years Large numbers of corporate couns...

GANESH VEDNERE Good Records Management Equals Good Business I 36 n today s highly litigious world the question of whether to have an internal records management group is a no-brainer The bigger question for firms is whether the records management group is an effective organization that has a sa...

JOHN GILBERT NQUEUE BILLBACK Are Alternative Fees the Death Knell for Cost Recovery true Corporate law departments may be requesting fixed fees but they are providing little insight into how these arrangements should be priced So while it may seem that cost recovery and fixed fees are W 38 T...

AYELETTE ROBINSON LITTLER MENDELSON P C Successful Businesses Are Built on Good Decisions products prioritizing the right projects and so on Each of these decisions from the most mundane to the most complex has some effect on the future of your organization Understanding how to make good R ...

CARLOS RODRIGUEZ NEXSEN PRUET LLC Online Collaboration Enhances Business Operations at Nexsen Pruet T 50 he practice of law is collaborative Often attorneys engage peers within their own practice groups PGs other PGs or even outside counsel who are usually located in different geographical a...