We’ve all probably heard some variation of the following two business quotes:
Prepare your staff so they can leave and go anywhere… treat them well enough so they don’t want to leave.
Q: What if I train them, and they leave?
A: What if you don’t train them and they stay?
I thought about both
We take a break from Casey’s BS series and point you to a historical review of the “cutthroat” legal research industry as it moved from print, hardbound reporter sets, to the online legal research systems which we know today. Whenever an industry is disrupted by a new technology, the players within the industry can play
My friend John Grant made a mistake.
Many moons ago he was consulting on process improvement for a large law department. He surveyed in-house counsel on their biggest complaints about outside counsel. The response was that outside counsel:
It’s that time of year: time for top 10 lists for 2017.
What is your favorite top 10 list for 2017? Top movies? Top books? Top cars?
Well, here’s one more: our top ten 3 Geeks blog posts for 2017 in true Letterman style.
No. 10
Legal News Publishers: Stop Using the Term “Non-Lawyer”
No.
So, it was snowing in Houston today. My sister texted a photo full of snow at 6:30 am–a neighborhood once covered in Harvey now covered in snowflakes.
Just finished my analytics reports. Not sure how many of you use Google Analytics. It has changed a lot since I first started using it back in
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In 1995, a law firm was approached by one of its major clients to open an office in the city where the client’s headquarters was located. The law firm really didn’t want to expand into a new region of the country, where it had no other significant clients, so
(via Bill Henderson)A law firm recently did something I like.
This occurs more frequently than might be expected from the guy who calls bullshit (see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 of my bullshit series). I’m the first to admit, however, it isn’t bullshit all the way down. Efforts to
Happy holidays, everyone!
No post today–my time is devoted to preparing for the upcoming holidays.
But I will leave a list of great gift ideas for the lawyer in your life! And, no, these are not affiliate links–just gift ideas to make your shopping easier.
A quick post: I’m not feeling very well–Houston allergies.
Fun fact: if you move to Houston, you will develop allergies within 2 years of moving here. Because it is abnormally warm, allergy cycles are accelerating. Tomorrow it is going to be 84 degrees Fahrenheit with