http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T00:45:29-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bvideo_lexblog_founder_firms_with_blogs_have_seen_increased_revenue/ Kevin O'Keefe, founder of the social media company LexBlog, says that his company's annual State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere report is showing that AmLaw 200 firms with blogs are reporting more revenue growth. "But is it… ABA Journal, Business of Law (Video), Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms, Large Firm, Legal Writing Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:00:51 -0500 44499.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/lawyers_offering_unbundled_legal_services_must_consider_the_ethics_issues/ ABA Journal Production, Weekly Newsletter Stories, Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Ethics, Ethics Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:20:10 -0500 44246.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_in-person_networking_summer_reading/ Late last week, Philadelphia law partners Jordan Rushie and Leo Mulvihill at Philly Law Blog and Lawyerist, respectively, wrote about "the hustle" that goes along finding clients for their small law practice. Rushie wrote about his unpaid professional / networking activities, which includes heavy… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Careers, Work/Life Balance, Law Firms, Solos/Small Firms Fri, 24 May 2013 08:29:12 -0500 44344.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_linkedin_endorsements_violate_legal_ethics/ Legal blogger Robert Ambrogi received an email alert this morning notifying him that an Internet acquaintance he’s never met or spoken to had endorsed his litigation skills on LinkedIn. Ambrogi says that is not uncommon for connections with no firsthand knowledge of his skills to endorse him on LinkedIn, a… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Careers, Legal Ethics Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:59 -0500 44295.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_avvo_linkedin/ Last month, Arizona criminal defense attorney Matt Brown noted at Tempe Criminal Defense that he was taking a break from blogging to go on a 700-plus-mile hike. But he checked into the office periodically. "At some point after climbing onto the Colorado Plateau, however, the volume… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Immigration Law, Trials & Litigation, 6th Circuit Court Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:46 -0500 44228.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/borrow_a_brolly_campaign_by_linklaters_reaches_soccer_players_wife_and_dail/ Linklaters got some free publicity when the wife of soccer player Wayne Rooney sported an umbrella with the logo of the British-based law firm at a Manchester United home match. The Daily Mirror ran photos of Coleen Rooney to show her “baby bump” at the match in… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms Fri, 17 May 2013 06:15:49 -0500 44223.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bvideo_telepathy_and_prescience_are_what_gcs_look_for_from_firms/ Trevor Faure, Global Leader of Legal Services for Ernst & Young, tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that general counsels at large corporations are looking for four things from the law firms which represent them: professional telepathy, professional prescience, exceptional client service and cost efficiency.… ABA Journal, Business of Law (Video), Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting Thu, 16 May 2013 12:20:56 -0500 44218.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw_rolls_out_apps_for_clients_effort_sends_message_this_isnt_your_grand/ A small but growing number of law firms are launching apps that help and possibly impress their clients. Latham & Watkins released its latest app last week, one that helps clients learn more about overseas anti-bribery laws, the Recorder reports. Previous apps by the firm Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology Fri, 10 May 2013 06:04:46 -0500 44109.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida_lawyer_backs_tebow_in_radio_ads/ Orlando lawyer John Morgan has paid for radio spots urging the Jacksonville Jaguars to sign Tim Tebow. Morgan’s ad began airing on Tuesday in Jacksonville, report Pro Football Talk and the Orlando Sentinel. Morgan tells listeners that Tebow played on two championship teams… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Personal Lives Wed, 08 May 2013 08:13:33 -0500 44084.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/podcast_monthly_episode_38/ Podcast transcript: Stephanie Ward: Associates, are you swamped doing thankless tasks on a big piece of work, and think you have zero opportunities for business development? Clinton Gary: Don’t forget about you’re in the trenches with people who probably be GCs of that organization in the next several years. Stephanie… ABA Journal, ABA Journal Podcast, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Careers, Law Firms, Associates Mon, 06 May 2013 08:30:08 -0500 44034.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_dawn_of_big_data/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Careers, Law Firms, Features Wed, 01 May 2013 05:20:06 -0500 43760.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/tech_geeks_gather_to_reinvent_the_law/ ABA Journal, Law Scribbler, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Business of Law Wed, 01 May 2013 02:40:06 -0500 43753.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_may_solicit_clients_by_text_messages_if_rules_are_followed_ohio_eth/ Text messages may be “a novel approach to client solicitation,” but they aren’t barred under traditional ethics rules, according to the Ohio Supreme Court's ethics board. In an April 5 opinion (PDF), the board said lawyers may solicit clients by text messages as long as they follow telemarketing… Advertising Law, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Legal Ethics Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:55:20 -0500 43936.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/this_law_firm_really_wants_you_to_like_it/ Drost, Gilbert, Andrew & Apicella is a new law firm in suburban Chicago, but it already has 700 "likes" on its Facebook page. The firm’s founders are trying to raise its visibility with a social media campaign that includes “thank you Thursdays” offering prizes for "likes," the Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:49:12 -0500 43861.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/senators_query_prompts_law_firm_to_quit_political_intelligence_work/ Greenberg Traurig has said it will stop working with so-called political intelligence firms after a U.S. senator questioned whether one of the law firm's lobbyists obtained and shared confidential information on Medicare. In a statement provided to Bloomberg, Greenberg Traurig said it "concluded that providing government relations services… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Health Law, Law Firms, Large Firm Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:25:01 -0500 43845.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotusblog_med_express_iron_tech_lawyer_competition_better_call_saul/ Last month, SCOTUSblog won a Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media–the first blog to ever do so. On Thursday, it announced that it had at long last, the Senate Press Gallery has granted its reporter Lyle Denniston a press credential. "The Supreme Court’s… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Careers, Women in the Law, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Law Schools, Law Students, Media & Communications Law Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:29:59 -0500 43733.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_brick-and-mortar_paternity_leave_translate/ At LexThink.1 at ABA Techshow last week, one memorable quip came from MyCase co-founder Matt Spiegel: "The office is dead," he said. “If we can only advise clients by forcing them to come into our offices, we are destined to fail." And in the last week, both… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Careers, Work/Life Balance, Trials & Litigation, Evidence Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:16 -0500 43697.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/started_as_a_marketing_ploy_scotusblog_wins_peabody_do_journalists_see_a_th/ SCOTUSblog has come a long way since its beginnings in 2002. In an interview with New York Magazine, lawyer Tom Goldstein explains why he started the blog. “I had decided that I was going to be a Supreme Court litigator, and yet I had no experience… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law in Popular Culture, U.S. Supreme Court Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:34:50 -0500 43700.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bvideo_strong_consensus_law_firms_need_to_change_but_can_they_video/ A survey of the readers of the Adam Smith, Esq. law firm management blog has found that there is widespread agreement that law firms have to change their fundamental business models, consultant Bruce MacEwen tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia. But… ABA Journal, Business of Law (Video), Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms, Large Firm Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:35:23 -0500 43688.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ethics_opinion_gives_go-ahead_to_vanity_plate_with_law_firm_name/ A lawyer who wants to promote her firm with a novelty license plate is exempt from a lawyer regulation requiring ads to include an office address, according to a North Carolina ethics opinion. The lawyer wanted to place the license plate, which was not issued by the state, on the… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Ethics Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:40:17 -0500 43650.abajournal.com