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The trans-Pacific economy: A reason for Californians to dream again

Those who’ve lived in Southern California, and perhaps many who’ve visited - may remember when the Santa Ana Winds come.  There’s cold in the air – but the warmth in the wind evokes emotions of what is...

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Chinese companies are in rapid overseas expansion, need expert guidance

“Despite the prevailing global uncertainty, Chinese corporates are hungry to expand overseas”, as the Irish Times reported last month.  And as the Times noted: “about four out of every five...

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4 key markets for generating US corporate law revenue in 2013

The announcement today that the European Union and the United States will begin negotiations on a new free trade agreement – is a reminder of how important specific key markets are to generating new...

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Law firm layoffs are a short-term fix to a long-term problem

To read yesterday’s news about how California law firms are dealing with profitability challenges is another exercise in what appears to be a gaping knowledge gap among law firm leadership, industry...

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Why Mongolian law firms need to get competitive – fast

“Mongolia enters 2013 as one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with forecasters predicting GDP growth of 18-20 percent. Driven by a boom in mining revenues” as The Diplomat reported last month....

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British law firms accompany UK Prime Minister to India: Here’s what they need...

Tony Angel, global co-chair of DLA Piper and Amarjit Singh, head of India group at Dutton Gregory are among a group of business delegates accompanying UK Prime Minister David Cameron as he visits India...

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Lawyers: Become a “trusted advisor” to generate more business

Mike O’Horo,  Co-Founder of RainmakerVT, a business development consultancy to lawyers, began a discussion in the International Legal Business Development LinkedIn Group this week around a blogpost he...

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Experts: Law firms must now adopt “survival tactics”– But who’s listening?

Lawyers and law firms must grasp the changes to the legal profession and adjust to them with specific actions to ensure survival, according to Ed Poll, legal business development consultant at LawBiz —...

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How DC law firms can stave off further layoffs

A week never goes by now without news of more law firm layoffs somewhere in the world.  This last week news came from Washington, DC that venerated local law firm Patton Boggs LLP would be laying off...

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Bangkok’s increasing importance to law firms seeking growth

from Bangkok Thailand recorded its fastest growth (18.9%) in the fourth quarter of 2012 – since the country began compiling economic data in 1993.  “Suddenly, Thailand is a country on the move after...

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Why law firm growth is not dead

In a recent interview with Lee Pachia of Bloomberg Law, Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq outlined the essence of his new book entitled: Growth is Dead, Now What? – his belief that the data indicates...

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Have UK law firms given up on growth?

Reuters reported yesterday that: “Top law firms in the UK have lowered their annual income forecasts.. for the 2013 fiscal year to 3.3 percent from 5.7 percent.” Jeremy Black, a partner at Deloitte’s...

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Why Japan needs an energy law blog

Last week Shoichi Itoh, Senior Analyst at the Institute of Energy Economics in Japan outlined in an article published by the Brookings Institution the urgent need Japan has for energy resources...

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How Hong Kong law firms can win in the China energy game

China has now become the world’s largest net importer of oil – having recently overtaken the United States in the role – according to Anthony Fensom, writing in The Diplomat this week.  Indeed, China’s...

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How a diversified services law firm can bolster US manufacturing

I frequently write about how law firms can increase top-line revenue as a result of focusing on the commercial interests of clients.  In fact, I was recently interviewed by Lee Pacchia of Bloomberg Law...

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Why the billable hour is not the issue: How law firms can become their...

Many in the legal profession and the business community will be aware of a widely reported dispute between law firm DLA Piper and a former client.  The suit claims the firms lawyers ovebilled the...

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Inter-Pacific Bar Association to gather in Seoul, April 17-20

The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), an international association of business and commercial lawyers who live in, or otherwise have a strong interest in, the Asia-Pacific Region, will gather in...

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How lawyers can think like entrepreneurs to win new business

A blogpost of some four years ago really caught my eye and I wanted to share it.  The post was by Scott Ed Walker, Founder of Walker Corporate Law Group, a boutique corporate law firm specializing in...

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Legal social media entrepreneurs gaining ground in Hong Kong

The Sheung Wan section of Hong Kong is an eclectic mix of the traditional and the modern – about a mile from the city’s gleaming office towers.  It’s here that I met Stephen Lai, Managing Director of...

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More law firms adopting non-legal consulting practices

International law firm Withers LLP has set up a non-legal consulting practice, the Withers Consulting Group (WCG), which the International Advisor reported launched this month.  Diversification of...

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