Lawyers and accountants: Collaborators and competitors

Remaking News of the Week: Collision of legal and accounting services

The collision of legal and accounting services is this week’s Remaking News featuring Stephen McGarry’s new report. Stephen analyzes the imminent ‘collision’ of legal and accounting services and subtitles his report ‘Global Disruption and Opportunity’.

Consider the facts and prognostications and decide for yourself what tectonic shifts lie ahead for BigLaw firms.

Remaking News of the Week: BigLaw’s last mile problem

This week on Remaking News we feature Bill Henderson, Professor of Law at Indiana University and founder of Legal Evolution presenting The Legal Profession’s Last Mile Problem.

Law Firms are Inefficiency Factories, Automation is the Cure

Richard Tromans writes “There may be a more indirect way of saying this, but perhaps it is better to simply say it like it is: law firms are inefficiency factories and automation is the cure“. Styling himself as a legal industrialist, Richard is an agent provocateur in the best sense of the term – legal services need more Richards who are willing to speak out. Bravo!

Remaking news of the week: Shruti Ajitsaria

In today’s Remaking news of the week, Ed Andrews talks with the remarkable Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Fuse, the Allen & Overy incubator I featured on Dialogue in May.

Toward client industry alignment

In ‘Toward client industry alignment’ Heather Suttie suggests that BigLaw practice is shifting cautiously toward focusing on and organising around client sectors and industries. Read why…