The Wired GC
"Law from the inside out."
Author: John Wallbillich is a former general counsel in the Midwest and founder of Lexvista Partners, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based legal advisory and development firm.
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Recent Posts from The Wired GC
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I assumed $750/hr was incentive enough
From the WSJ’s article earlier this week with the Hollywood-esque headline, “The Billable Hour Under Attack”: Saul Ewing in Philadelphia recently investigated a client’s potential corporate acquisition under a six-week flat-fee engagement. The matter was…
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There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere
In the spirit of optimistic discovery, I noticed a few reports about law firms and the economy cross the wires. The starting point is a notice from Thomson’s Hildebrandt unit that details their latest reading…
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Lawyer Defections–a Sign of Deflation?
Is it conflicts or cost?http://www.wiredgc.com/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=591 Cynthia Cotts of Bloomberg goes deeper into the trend of large law firm departures here, profiling a notable defection from DLA Piper (Ron Schiller leaving for Hangley Aronchick Segal &…
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GM - The Real Transformer?
The New GM emerged this morning, 40 days after a Chapter 11 filing, feeling clean and fluffy after a “quick rinse” of $128 billion in debt. The joke around Detroit is that GM went through…
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Law Firm Clients Going Generic?
We have seen many stories of large-firm clients moving some work to smaller, lower-cost firms. It turns out that this goes beyond corporate law and extends to cornflakes. The Economist ($$) drills into this issue…