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Litigation cost management is a two-way street

Article Abstract:

Many conventional strategies for cutting litigation costs are not only futile but counterproductive, increasing costs and blocking innovation. The most successful ways to reduce expenses are suiting the task to the lawyer or firm chosen, building a cooperative culture between lawyers and client,and retaining the flexibility to reward productive change. Many efforts now focus on billing and other events that follow the work, rather than on better staffing and task management, where true value lies.

Economic aspects, Finance, Trial practice, Litigation support

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Non-affirmative actions; for pragmatic reasons, black companies turn to white firms

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African-American companies give most of their legal business to white men at majority law firms, as shown by a National Law Journal survey, which indicated that 11 of the top 25 black-owned companies sent all of most of their legal work to white attorneys at some of the biggest US firms. History and institutional pressure may be explanations for this state of affairs, and many small black firms lose out because of not being big enough to provide full service.

United States, Management, Minority attorneys, Minority lawyers, Minority business enterprises

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Face the facts: law is business

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Lawyers should consider the practice of law as a business more than a profession, for this would lead to public acceptance of lawyers. Declaring law a business would open it up to competition by ending a monopoly of lawyer practitioners. This would also enable government regulation of the field, the way other businesses are normally regulated.

Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Attorneys, Industry regulations, Government regulation of business, Trade regulation

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