Legal Marketing

The World’s Highest-Grossing Law Firms in 2010 - The Global 100 Survey

In October 2010, The American Lawyer ranked 100 international law firms by gross revenue. Now, the electronic Global 100 Survey provides you with an in-depth look at the world’s 100 highest-grossing law firms.

Sort and search the world's largest international law firms by:
- Gross revenue
- Rank based on gross revenue
- Number of lawyers
- Rank based on number of lawyers
- Average revenue per lawyer
- Profit per equity partner
- Rank based on profit per equity partner
- Number of countries in which the firm has offices
- Percentage of lawyers outside firm's the home country
- Key marketing contact information

For more information or to purchase the 2010 Global 100 Survey. ($360) see:

http://www.lawcatalog.com/product_detail.cfm?affil=2512687&productID=15155

 

Research Off the Shelf - OCTOBER, 2010: Vol. 25, No. 10 - Selections

COMPANY NEWS:  We are being asked to research and compile list of companies, organizations and/or consumers for marketing and prospecting. Is this a sign that the economy is improving?

WHAT’S NEW:   From Neal-Schuman: Finding the Answers to Legal Questions: A How-To-Do-It Manual (1 vol., $75) www.neal-schuman.com/

From Scarecrow Press:  Historical dictionary of science fiction cinema (1 vol., $80.00) www.neal-schuman.com/

SUBJECT SEARCHING: Worldwide Yellow Pages: Superpages.com is a guide to online Yellow Pages of most countries. Choose the region you want to focus on and browse the country of your choice. This website is a good resource to get direct access to business directories around the world with a few clicks. http://www.superpages.com/global/ Note: this is really cool! I found my former French boyfriend!

Need tax forms from other countries? International Tax Institute has the corporate tax forms of 34 countries, in English, in electronic format and in one place.  They are in PDF Format. A subscription includes a CD-ROM containing the forms PLUS emailed updates for a one-year period. Annual Fee $650.00 USD. http://www.itinet.org/

Fulbright's 7th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report

• AmLawDaily: "Fulbright's 2010 report is based on survey responses from 275 U.S. and 128 U.K. in-house lawyers, the majority of whom were general counsel at companies with revenues north of $100 million in the last fiscal year. Ninety-three percent of U.S. respondents and 97 percent of U.K. respondents expected litigation involving their companies to increase or remain steady in the coming year. Eighty-seven percent of U.S. respondents faced new litigation in the past year, compared with 83 percent in Fulbright's previous survey."
• http://www.fulbright.com/images/publications/7thLitigationTrendsReport.pdf

AALL2010: Trade show follow up comments

CONFERENCE NEWS:  Here are some comments, tidbits and feedback from the vendors in the exhibit hall at AALL 2010 in Denver.  Vendors, if you would like to contribute comments, feedback or links, feel free to contact us at [email protected]

  “...the leads we obtained have proven to be genuinely interested in our publication...”

“I was amazed at the amount of traffic that the show generated...” 

“AALL was surprisingly well attended. Most conferences have been down 15-30%.”

“The best source for up to date information on Westlaw and WestlawNext is to subscribe to the Westlaw Insider blog, http://www.westlawinsider.com/”

"The AALL meeting in Denver was very good for our firm.  We had the opportunity to meet with a number of our regular customers..."

Off the Shelf - OCTOBER, 2010: Vol. 25, No. 10 - Selections

COMPANY NEWS:   We are being asked to research and compile list of companies, organizations and/or consumers for marketing and prospecting. Is this a sign that the economy is improving?

WHAT’S NEW:    From Oxford University Press: Employment Law (1 vol., £22.99); International Monetary and Financial Law (1 vol., £135); Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees: defences to payment (1 vol., £125); Copyright’s paradox (1 vol., £12.99); Contract Law: text, cases and materials (1 vol., £34.99); Casebook on contract law (1 vol., £28.99); Software licensing: principles and practical strategies; MLRC 50-state survey: media privacy and related law 2010-11; The handbook of the international law of military operations (1 vol., £95.00); The law and practice of international banking (1 vol., £195.00); Anson’s law of contract (1 vol., £35.99) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/

From Edward Elgar: Patents and Industry Standards (1 vol., $115); Competition Law, Technology Transfer and the TRIPS Agreement - Implications for Developing Countries (1 vol., $145); Beyond intellectual property (1 vol., $115); Copyright, contracts, creators (1 vol., $129.95); Justice in genetics (1 vol., $99.95); Antitrust law and economics (1 vol., $180) http://www.e-elgar.com/

From Knowles:  Social security (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $249); Elder law essentials (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $249); Simple dispute resolution (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $249); Protecting your assets (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $295); Tax manual for choosing the best business entity (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $295); The complete guide to nonprofit corporations (1 vol., looseleaf  with CD-ROM, $249).

CD/CALR:   Worldwide Taxes: Taxanalysts is an American nonprofit publisher that provides tax information worldwide. Although there is a fee to see most of the content, the website provides many “sample” editions that offer up-to-date reports. Taxanalysts provides several kinds of tools and databases such as Withholding Tax and Tax Directories worldwide and a database of more than 5,600 tax treaties. Taxanalysts also offers International Tax News bringing you updates on statutes, regulations, new rulings, and court decisions from around the world. The website also has training and technical support for tax issues. taxanalysts.com  (courtesy of http://www.fita.org/)