Seyfarth Shaw
Don’t Underestimate Lawyers’ Resistance to Change, Seyfarth Shaw Chairman Says
June 17, 2014
Seyfarth Shaw has learned a lot about lawyers and their resistance to change as the firm embraced Lean Six Sigma, a management approach emphasizing process improvement and efficiency in legal work. Seyfarth Shaw chairman J. Stephen Poor outlines the lessons learned in an article for the New York Times DealBook blog. “Never underestimate the resistance to change from lawyers,” he writes. “Even more likely, never underestimate the ability of lawyers to describe virtual status quo efforts as revolutionary...
June 17, 2014
Seyfarth Shaw has learned a lot about lawyers and their resistance to change as the firm embraced Lean Six Sigma, a management approach emphasizing process improvement and efficiency in legal work. Seyfarth Shaw chairman J. Stephen Poor outlines the lessons learned in an article for the New York Times DealBook blog. “Never underestimate the resistance to change from lawyers,” he writes. “Even more likely, never underestimate the ability of lawyers to describe virtual status quo efforts as revolutionary...
Neota Logic and SeyfarthLean Introduce Crowdfunding Software
March 26, 2014
Neota Logic Inc., the legal process application platform provider, has teamed up with SeyfarthLean Consulting, a subsidiary of Seyfarth Shaw, to launch Disclosure Dragon software for crowdfunding, according to a statement. The software has been developed on the Neota Logic Server to assist companies and crowdfunding portals with the legal and financial disclosure required for offerings under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012. In September, the JOBS Act changed a rule to allow private...
March 26, 2014
Neota Logic Inc., the legal process application platform provider, has teamed up with SeyfarthLean Consulting, a subsidiary of Seyfarth Shaw, to launch Disclosure Dragon software for crowdfunding, according to a statement. The software has been developed on the Neota Logic Server to assist companies and crowdfunding portals with the legal and financial disclosure required for offerings under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012. In September, the JOBS Act changed a rule to allow private...
Lisa Damon: The Evolution of Business Analytics at Seyfarth Shaw
May 26, 2013
Lisa J. Damon is a member of Seyfarth Shaw’s Executive Committee. LEAN. Lean is “a way to think” at Seyfarth. They use it for their high-end work and in their commodity work. They use it to increase efficiency and quality so they can charge less while delivering more. Data is Ridiculously Powerful! The challenge for lawyers and law firms is to understand the value and power of data. This will require moving beyond their natural discomfort with numbers and discomfort with messy data....
May 26, 2013
Lisa J. Damon is a member of Seyfarth Shaw’s Executive Committee. LEAN. Lean is “a way to think” at Seyfarth. They use it for their high-end work and in their commodity work. They use it to increase efficiency and quality so they can charge less while delivering more. Data is Ridiculously Powerful! The challenge for lawyers and law firms is to understand the value and power of data. This will require moving beyond their natural discomfort with numbers and discomfort with messy data....
