http://www.contractalchemy.com/big-law/alternative-rocking-lawyers-they-might-be-giants/ Brought to You By WhichDraft.com Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:37:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.contractalchemy.com/big-law/alternative-rocking-lawyers-they-might-be-giants/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 WhichDraft.com » Blog Archive » Alternative Fee Agreements Presentation at IACCM Americas Conference Touted by Supply Excellence Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:24:42 +0000 http://www.whichdraft.com/wp/?p=37#comment-2224 [...] Supply Excellence’s Justin Fogarty was kind enough to cover my recent presentation at the IACCM Americas conference entitled “Alternative Fees Meet Web 2.0: How to Cut Law Firm Cost and Make Clients Happy.”  The presentation uses strategic sourcing principles for procuring legal services, but really explains how to rein in costs for any services that you might need.  Check out the presentation slides here (which use the amazing Prezi.com presentation software). Also, read our previous post on alternative fees here. [...] [...] Supply Excellence’s Justin Fogarty was kind enough to cover my recent presentation at the IACCM Americas conference entitled “Alternative Fees Meet Web 2.0: How to Cut Law Firm Cost and Make Clients Happy.”  The presentation uses strategic sourcing principles for procuring legal services, but really explains how to rein in costs for any services that you might need.  Check out the presentation slides here (which use the amazing Prezi.com presentation software). Also, read our previous post on alternative fees here. [...]

]]> http://www.contractalchemy.com/big-law/alternative-rocking-lawyers-they-might-be-giants/comment-page-1/#comment-2222 WhichDraft.com » Blog Archive » Top NFL Draft Pick Player Contracts: Too Much Money? Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:41:03 +0000 http://www.whichdraft.com/wp/?p=37#comment-2222 [...] But let’s change the hypothetical!  What if the signing bonus money, instead of being just $25,000, was substantially more?  How about $100,000?  $250,000?  $400,000?  At some point, the amount would be so great that firms would be forced to cut salaries for everyone else just to afford to pay these huge bonuses.  Suddenly, staring at a lower salary, I might be quite open to helping the firms out and signing a deal to cut law clerk bonuses down to size (see how to strategically source and cut vendor service fees here). [...] [...] But let’s change the hypothetical!  What if the signing bonus money, instead of being just $25,000, was substantially more?  How about $100,000?  $250,000?  $400,000?  At some point, the amount would be so great that firms would be forced to cut salaries for everyone else just to afford to pay these huge bonuses.  Suddenly, staring at a lower salary, I might be quite open to helping the firms out and signing a deal to cut law clerk bonuses down to size (see how to strategically source and cut vendor service fees here). [...]

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