Growth is Dead series

You may have seen references to this series on the Adam Smith, Esq. blog. The series is about the business of BigLaw, and the way the business of law has changed since 2008. This is recommended reading.

Adam Smith, Esq. Blog
"Growth is Dead" series

• Growth is Dead: Part 1
• 9-9-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-i/
• Growth is Dead: Part 2
• 9-10-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-2/
• Growth is Dead: Part 3
• 9-16-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-3/
• Growth is Dead: Part 4
• 9-20-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-4/
• Growth is Dead: Part 5
• 10-2-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-5/
• Growth is Dead: Part 6
• 10-14-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-6/
• Growth is Dead: Part 7
• 10-21-2012
• http://www.adamsmithesq.com/2012/09/growth-is-dead-part-7/

Make the Connection: Mastering the Skills for Professional Networking

This online webinar will take place on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 11 AM (CST). Participants will learn rules and techniques maximizing business and social networking interactions. In addition, you will learn the following:

• Pre-planning techniques for networking events
• Best practices for professional interactions
• Networking pitfalls to avoid
• Effective follow-up etiquette

The speakers are Carol A. Waston, Library Director and Wendy Moore, Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law Library.

The cost is $30 for members, $60 for nonmembers and $150 for site registration. Register by June 14th.

9 Business Acronyms You Need to Know

A list of professional jargons you need to know in the business world.

Investopedia Video: What Is Inflation?

For more videos from Investopedia.com, please go to their YouTube Channel.

12 Most Useful Free iPhone Apps for Business

Doug Rice of 12most.com provided a list of 12 iPhone apps that can be useful business for people in a variety of industries.

Reuters News Pro App

Thomson Reuters has an app called Reuters News Pro for iPad. The app features access to breaking news from around the globe, provided detailed company profiles that includes business descriptions and director profiles, customize a list to monitor stocks and business, video coverage of news, easy to install application and more.

Duedil

For those who are conducting business research on international companies, Duedil (short for due diligence) is a database launched in April by Damian Kimmelman and funded by Passion Capital. The database contains a plethora of information such as financial records, litigation, director search, people search, company credit check, stock information and much more. Features include, website previews, keyword search, location search, and company name or address on businesses and companies in the United Kingdom. This is source can be use by analysts, research librarians, business development, marketing and competitive intelligence departments.

5 Top Law Apps

J. Benjamin Stevens of The Mac Lawyer provided 5 law apps that can be useful in the business and legal profession:

Fastcase

The free Fastcase app offers primary law access for federal law and every state. This includes statutes, cases, constitutions, court rules and regulations. Nothing is downloaded to the device, so the app reduces data usage, saving the user money.

Black’s Law Dictionary
Good for lawyers and law students alike, this app provides 45,000 legal terms, 7,000 of which come with audible pronunciation. It also bookmarks, allows for linking between definitions and uses West’s key numbering system. The Blacks Law app costs $54.99 but is invaluable.

iPleading
Created by a lawyer to reduce frustration, iPleading creates a formatted PDF document that is ready for filing in federal or state court. The details can be filled out on the fly and the document sent immediately as an email attachment. At the low cost of $3.99, this app is a must have.

Audiotorium Notes
Audiotorium Notes was not designed for lawyers but can still be very helpful. Aside from recording audio and taking notes, it syncs with Dropbox for easy cloud storage. All notes are sorted by subject and category, and the app will record even if other apps are being used. Audiotorium Notes costs $4.99.

Trial Pad
This $89.99 app is very pricey but delivers in a big way. It allows a lawyer to present trial exhibits in court through the use of a projector. One handy feature is the ability to make copies of a file in order to show different points of view. All files are organized in case folders for easy access, organization and annotation. Trial Pad is best for litigators but anyone in the legal

Culture trumps cash, but what about strategy?

Culture trumps cash, but what about strategy?

Another interesting guest post from 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, with Scott Preston discussing the importantance of culture in an organization.

Legal Current

Legal Current is a legal business blog by Thompson Reuters. You can subscribe to the blog via RSS and email. The blog also have a podcast available on iTunes.

Competitive Intelligence Resource Guide

An updated list by Sabrina Pacifici of LLRX.

Considerations for starting your own business

Nolo Press has a fifty item list of things to consider when starting your own business.

Hat tip: Oregon Legal Research blog

CI Resource Guide

I missed the update - the LLRX Competitive Intelligence Guide was updated March 12, 2011. Give it a browse to see what sources you could use, affirm ones you do use, and remember ones you used to use.

http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

iPad for business

Mashable.com is now collecting short reviews of apps aimed at iPad business users. See the first few stories at http://mashable.com/tag/ipad-for-business-series/.

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list came out today.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/1.html

Executive Pay

Chart from the New York Times with summaries of executive pay and company gains/losses.

The Pay at the Top

The compensation research firm Equilar compiled data reflecting pay for 200 chief executives at 198 public companies that filed their annual proxies by March 27 and had revenue of at least $6.3 billion. (Two companies, Motorola and Synnex, had co-C.E.O.’s.)

http://projects.nytimes.com/executive_compensation?ref=business

Financial Crisis Resources Update

I posted an earlier entry that had some websites for finding information about the financial crisis.

Yesterday I saw that Mark Cuban has a new blog called Bailout Sleuth. Included in the blog is an RSS feed.

http://bailoutsleuth.com/

Financial Crisis' Pathfinders

This was on the BusLib-Listserv last week and thought this might be helpful to everyone.

Resources for Financial Crisis:

1. Folger Library
http://library.umaine.edu/social/crisisreports.htm

2. San Diego Public Library has a "Hot Topics" segment on the crisis: http://www.sandiegolibrary.org/. Click on the "Hot Topics" button on the right side of the web page.

3. Colorado State U: http://libguides.colostate.edu/financialcrisis

4. BeSpacific: http://www.bespacific.com/. Use the search query box, enter the term: financial system

5. Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore: http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/businesscenter/index.aspx?id=24628

Dallas-SLA Meeting

Dallas/Ft. Worth Area SLA Meeting

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 27th
Time: 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Place: DFW Airport: airport business center
(Directions will be provided)

Speaker: Leila Butt, Senior Editor, Risk Services, Eastern Europe
Economist Intelligence Unit

Topic: Global Forecast: Merging Markets and How China is Affecting Global Growth

Price: No charge

Appetizers will be available.

Please RSVP to Cynthia Cooper at ccooper@dfwairport.com or Barbara Fullerton at bfullerton@10kwizard.com by end of Wednesday, Aug. 20th.

Corporate move

Just seen on AP:

AT&T to move headquarters to Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it is moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas from San Antonio for easier access to customers and operations around the world. (cont)