Lumen Legal Blog

Stop Hitting the Snooze Button: The Realization Rate Keeps Dropping

Dave Galbenski

What do you do in a recovering economy after you’ve had to make adjustments to remain or become profitable? You don’t lapse into a … Continue reading

GC: General Counsel or General Contractor?

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The traditional definition for the initials “GC” is General Counsel.  Everyone in the legal services industry knows that.  However, I would suggest that maybe … Continue reading

We are not new, just new to you

Bonnie Burk

Lumen Legal: we are not new to this business, just new to you.  I find myself repeating this statement to so many of the … Continue reading

Innovators, Laggards and the Rest of Us

John O'connor

Many who have a Marketing or Organizational Behavior background know about the Everett Rodgers Diffusion of Innovations Theory.  Simply put, it describes the process … Continue reading

LegalTech 2012 – Big Conference. Big Changes.

Ron Lippitt

I really enjoyed my time at LegalTech 2012, but not for the reasons you might expect. True, it’s the biggest conference of its kind, … Continue reading

Extend Trust for Innovation and Efficiencies

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There’s a dialog that’s been going on in the legal services industry for a long time.  There are so many articles, discussions and even … Continue reading

Have We Hit the Technology Plateau?

Ron Lippit

Be careful of statistics. They so often suggest trends which, in reality, are flawed or incomplete. Case in point – Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) … Continue reading

Golden Performance

John O'connor

During the 1990′s, FedEx ran a brilliant commercial about “the Golden Package”. The golden package was described as a package that was shipped somewhere … Continue reading

The Lumen Legal Contract Attorney

Courtney Labadie

Innovation is a popular word these days.  It is a term that applies to every segment of our lives, from our homes to our … Continue reading

It’s Not Cheaper to Go Offshore Anymore

Courtney Labadie

Fronterion, a leading legal consulting firm, just published their “Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2012”. The #1 trend was “Profitability Squeeze for … Continue reading