Posts under ‘law firms’

In business, as in life, we are constantly assessing and managing risks.  One of the most important risks to avoid is that of choosing your brand name without doing some very careful searches.  I know this from personal experience. When I started up my law firm I named it A1 Law, having done a brief [...]

Last week I suggested questions to ask your business lawyer.  But let’s accept it – legal isn’t as much fun as working in your business, or marketing it.  Legal stuff just isn’t sexy. So, if like millions of other entrepreneurs, you are tempted to ignore the legal stuff, or to write it off as a [...]

If you are starting up in business, getting the right legal help can be a key to success – especially if you are a creative business.  An effective Intellectual Property strategy to properly structure your IP rights from the beginning really does make a difference to the value of your business as it grows. I [...]

Social media for the legal profession This is part 2 of the blog post ‘Would the Zappos Social Media Policy be Right for you?’ which I began yesterday.  As mentioned there I want to briefly touch on some of the issues law firms may want to bear in mind when devising their social media policies. [...]

Nowadays, when high street businesses like Spec Savers offer a choice of designer frames for prescription glasses, it’s easy to forget what the opticians market looked like before it was deregulated.  In those days there was little choice, and opticians dispensed NHS prescription glasses. The legal Big Bang augured by Clementi’s  Legal Services Act 2007 [...]

In the most recent episode of the Facebook usernames-for-companies saga the organisation has reduced the eligibility requirements to 25 fans.  In our previous discussion of Facebook usernames we noted with interest the volatile minimum number of fans requirement, which initially stood at 1000, was reduced to 25, and later increased to 100.  The return to [...]

It can be a frustrating experience trying to find more information on a business contact by sifting through their emails only to find that none of their email signatures features anything at all about their business. At the other end of the spectrum, lawyers’ email signatures do have a tendency to drift into several paragraphs [...]

Firm Links had its inaugural meeting on 2nd June.  The meeting focused on PI insurance, and proved very useful.  As a result various separate initiatives have got under way.  Also we decided to schedule a second meeting for Friday 10th July at the slightly later time of 8.15am.  The meeting will finish at 9.30. Agenda [...]

Azrights has set up a networking group for small law firms (of fewer than 5 partners).  It is called Firm Links. Its purpose is to afford small law firms an opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest.  It will provide a perfect environment for generating new ideas, exchanging experiences, hearing other people’s views and therefore [...]

Following my earlier post about ‘legal hybrids’ I want to explain why it matters that I am as knowledgeable about the internet as any web designer. One good reason is that there are key areas on which businesses need independent advice before they launch their online business.  There are many pitfalls intellectual property lawyers could [...]