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No Dumping: Data should be shaped for lawyers, not shoveled at them
Data, for managers of lawyers, is only as good as someone can grasp it and learn from it. A graphic plot is not the only choice. When you present data to lawyers, you can choose among five primary modes: text, lists, tables, charts or infographics. The message of this article is not at all that...
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Should Law Departments Rely on Survey Findings? GCs should consider whether differences are statistically meaningful
Surveys often make much of comparisons, such as the average number of lawyers for every billion dollars of revenue between various industries, but when are those differences meaningful? If the average for retail is 3 lawyers per billion and the average for consumer products is 3.5, is it...
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Wowed by Wizardry? Clients want practical tools for typical problems
MCC: What was the basis for establishing UBIC’s review center in Washington, D.C.? Guttman: There were two major considerations. The first relates to our reading of the D.C. market. Given the high volume of cases that are regulatory in nature, it’s important to have a local presence...
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