DBS Law to run road safety campaign with Birmingham City Council

Birmingham firm DBS Law has teamed up with Birmingham City Council on a road safety campaign.Birmingham based solicitors DBS Law has joined forces with Birmingham City Council to roll out a road safety campaign across the city’s schools. The agreement will enable the lawyers to take their safety presentation, which features an animated film starring the firm’s… Read More »

All In It Together

A legal eco-system where different parties collaborate to deliver better practice solutions for clients is closer than ever, argues Robert Gogel After having enjoyed years of autonomy in managing outside relationships and ever-growing budgets, corporate general counsel are facing austerity and cost-cutting edicts, forcing them to rationalise their spending, bring costs down, and increase efficiency…. Read More »

Solicitors Regulation Authority offers new consumer advice

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is stepping up its game in relation to the advice it is giving consumers of legal services. Over the past year the regulator has taken a number of initiatives designed to help clients understand the legal minefield, following a survey carried out which revealed the public has little knowledge of their… Read More »

Outsourcing ‘Continues to Prove Popular’

Outsourcing services remains popular with companies, as legal firms have reported an increase in clients renegotiating contracts with third party providers. This is according to partner at KPMG Lee Ayling, who explained the 2012 Legal Pulse survey revealed the top 30 companies in this sector claim to be “busier than they have ever been”. The… Read More »

Q1 data indicates law firms could struggle in 2012

April 17 (Reuters) – Law firms’ billable hours grew modestly for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same time period last year, but rising expenses could complicate firms’ financial prospects as the year unfolds, according to data compiled by Peer Monitor. The Peer Monitor Index (PMI) measures the quarter-over-quarter change in the factors impacting… Read More »

ABA Ethics Committee Issues Opinion Detailing Lawyer Responsibilities When Outsourcing Legal Work Domestically or Internationally

U.S. lawyers are free to outsource legal work, including to lawyers or nonlawyers outside the country, if they adhere to ethics rules requiring competence, supervision, protection of confidential information, reasonable fees and not assisting unauthorized practice of law. Those are the conclusions of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, which… Read More »

Law firms cautiously optimistic for 2012

Lisa van der Pool Broadcast/Social Media Editor -Boston Business Journal Local law firm leaders say 2011 was an improvement over 2010, but the outlook for 2012 is murky given the political uncertainty in the U.S. and economic turmoil in Europe. Yet as the economy continues to improve, practice areas including corporate, litigation, intellectual property and real… Read More »

UK outsourcing is expected to grow rapidly in the second half of 2012

The Information Services Group’s (ISG) expect that UK outsourcing will increase in the second half of 2012 after the strongest results in decade in 2011. While the start of 2012 saw a reduction in outsourcing contacts from 2011 due to the unusually high figures of last year and from the delayed effects of the Eurozone… Read More »