October 2008

When are you meeting with your Landlord

By Gerry Riskin on October 28, 2008

Negotiating is a question of power. The Chicago tribune reported today that:

Layoffs at Chicago law firms have sent a shudder through the commercial real estate market.

The article, Cutbacks at firms worry landlords, quotes Bill Rogers, managing director of commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle:

"I do …

Banks force troubled law firms to rethink structures

By Gerry Riskin on October 20, 2008

Posted in Law Firm Economics

"[Law] Firms in financial ‘intensive care’ told to merge, divest or restructure as cash dwindles from accounts"

OK, this is a UK story but so what! What reason do we have to believe that law firms around the world will not encounter similar challenges (perhaps they already are but are keeping it between themselves and their bankers).

This is…