Author: VQ

“The two primary objectives of all pricing decisions by law firms should be to maximise profitability while at the same time ensuring that the pricing structure leaves the client feeling that they have had fair value for money. And yet[…]

Jordan Furlong, Law21, has authored a new report in collaboration with Lawyers On Demand, “The New World of Legal Work: The Changing Rules of The 21st Century”. The report explores the new world of legal work with a transition to more automation[…]

Yesterday VQ attended a lecture with Harvard Law School Professor David B. Wilkins arranged by the Research Panel for the Globalization of Law on the topic “When Things Fall Apart: Learning from Law Firm Failures”. In the lecture, Professor Wilkins, drew on lessons learned from[…]

The beginning of a new year is a good time for reflections and analysis of what news that lay ahead and what trends to expect for the legal market during the coming year. What should be the top priorities for[…]

As the year 2013 is coming to an end we would like to take this opportunity to share some of the highlights from an inspiring year – our fourth – with VQ, and to thank everyone that made it all[…]

Thursday VQ attended Legal Futures conference “2020 Vision”, that focused on showcasing innovation and debating what the future of legal services will look like. The conference started out with a presentation from Patricia Greer, Chief of Corporate Affairs at the[…]

Financial Time has now for the eighth time released their FT Innovative Lawyer Report and awards.  They can see a greater awareness of innovation and the conclusion is that they can see a structural change in the legal sector.  Law firms[…]

D. Casey Flaherty, corporate counsel for Kia Motors, has caused some stir in the legal world with his ‘tech audits’. We have previously described his iniative in the post “Promoting change in the legal sector in practice”, and now recently Sue[…]

At Tuesday’s Awards Dinner at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)’s Annual Education Conference ILTA’s Distinguished Peers Awards Recipients recieved their statuettes and well deserved praise. Here is the complete list of winners. During the conference, the Innovative Law Firm of the Year[…]

At the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)’s Annual Education Conference there are different focus areas for the educational sessions. VQ has particularly followed the Knowledge Management focus area, with sessions addressing topics such as “Bolstering KM Through User Experience Design”, “Storytelling To[…]

The second key note of International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)’s Annual Education Conference in Las Vegas was held by global futurist and strategy advisor Rohit Talwar on the topic “Emerging Business and Technology Opportunities”. (For a summary of the first key note, please see “ILTA[…]

International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)’s Annual Education Conferencehas gathered over 3,000 attendees for a four-day mega event in Las Vegas. VQ is attending as the only Swedish representative and we aim at making continuous reports during the conference, to share[…]

The fifth annual Altman Weil Law Firms in Transition Survey published a few weeks ago, summarizes the opinions of managing partners and chairs from 238 US law firms, including more than a third of the AmLaw 200. Since the first survey in[…]

In the annual ABA Law Practice Magazine “Law Firm Profitability Issue” there is an interesting article on Alternative Fee Arrangements by Colin Cameron, management consultant and founder of Profits for Partners. In the article “Win-Win Alternative Fee Arrangements” Colin Cameron provides some great tips on how law[…]

Casey Flaherty, corporate counsel at Kia Motors America, does not just talk about changes in the legal sector. He is also acting to promote this change. With a background from BigLaw, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation and[…]

Janet Day, the Director of IT for Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (BLP), is well known for challenging the status quo within Legal IT, and her work over the recent years has been particularly revolutionary. Within BLP, she has changed the way[…]