Improving the practice of law to deliver on its promise
Toronto, Canada
Joined February 2009
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We really want you to do this - in the most painful way possible.
It seems that the post "Use My Invoice As a Project Update" struck a chord with some people. Therefore, I must tell you about its even more troubling sibling. It st…lnkd.in/gV-m3VY lnkd.in/g5k849i
Why don't I tell you what I did by sending you an invoice?
Strange, right? Yet totally accepted and common practice in law. Here are three reasons this is dumb.
1) Receiving an invoice from a lawyer isn’t something anyone is loo…lnkd.in/eDzG9Pu lnkd.in/es8EUPV
If I had a dime for every time a partner told me that they had to cancel their participation in an internal meeting at their law firm because of a client conflict, I … well, I would probably have enough money to buy us a budget bo…lnkd.in/etqEdE2 lnkd.in/eubNAsU
UK is proof nonlawyer ownership threatens legal profession
This headline in Law360 caught my eye over the weekend. Was there new research? I decided to find out. lnkd.in/gzuAcpY
Has the practice of law changed since the last Groundhog Day? Will there be more change before 2/2/22?
Potential seems abundant as we gauge the tailwinds of the pandemic-imposed alterations to the way law is practiced. But is it m…lnkd.in/gW26rzj lnkd.in/eyMvrdu
So many lawyers who are leaders in their firms run from conference panel to conference panel claiming that their firm has changed profoundly in the last 10 years. That's nonsense.
Read more: un-firm.org/blog/un-learning…
It‘s Groundhog Day again! And this year is also the 25th anniversary of the Bill Murray comedy with the same title. In it, Bill finds himself trapped in a time warp and is doomed to relive the same day over and over again.
If you’re a partner in a law…lnkd.in/e8p65gr
Here we go again: The insanity of law firm economics begins anew - and you get into this voluntarily? When will you un-firm? xitter.cf/badlegalllp/status/947…
Love the news about Atrium LLP and Atrium LTS founded by Justin Kan and @augierakow. My favorite: …lnkd.in/ei9crHN
Dentons is "carnival coalition"! Kudos @thelawyercatrin for bold stance. IMHO they are the MCI WorldCom of Legal. thelawyer.com/myths-magical-…
Friedrich Blase retweeted
Wikileaks posted 9 gigabytes of Macron's campaign data, which is said to include both real and fake documents.
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Friedrich Blase retweeted
"I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time." — Munger #BRK2017
I must be too dumb to make sense of this interview about Dentons: bol.bna.com/dentons-chair-on…
Just found @synergist_io - Automation to create, negotiate & sign contracts in the ☁️ Join me? #TheRobotsAreComing get.synergist.io/?kid=ES13Z
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I tried doing this in the U.S. 12 years ago, but the market wasn't ready. Congrats to Yuzu and Pinsent Masons! xitter.cf/YuzuLegal/status/84669…
Watch this: lnkd.in/gGARTWJ - very insightful discussion of Akerman's Data Law Center, Jeffrey Sharer's brain child, using…
"Law firms are steakhouses. Clients are looking for restaurants." Read @jordan_law21 on firms' need to @un_firm...: law21.ca/2016/11/youre-not-s…
Tuesday in Toronto: LMA Lunch with @Chris_Bentley, @pcarayiannis, @befrieds and me on evolving market in legal: legalmarketing.org/p/ca/vi/s…
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When should a law firm develop its own software? @tcorcoran j.mp/2fbzOSr
"Never"
At min, huge negative presumption