Rees W Morrison

November 15, 2004 | National Law Journal

Law departments can use philosophy, economics, and other disciplines to re-examine their best practices.

By Rees W. Morrison

10 minute read

June 08, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

A composite understanding of bills, from different analyses, is greater than the sum of the parts.

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

March 10, 2010 | Legaltech News

With technology, a legal department can speak with a single voice, think with a single mind, and act like a partnership even with lawyers dispersed around the world. Consultant Rees W. Morrison discusses 20 techniques that increase coherence and effectiveness in a spread-out department.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read

September 22, 2004 | Law.com

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

October 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

As companies do business around the globe, some of the in-house counsel who make that possible are located in foreign offices. When legal departments have many international offices, a number of management issues arise that don't trouble general counsel with only domestic offices. Consultant Rees W. Morrison considers some metrics of law department globalization and addresses seven issues that international legal offices face and what general counsel can do about them.

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

February 11, 2009 | The Recorder

Mega-sized law firms may have their advantages. But they can also pose problems for GCs looking for cost savings and other efficiencies.

By Rees W. Morrison

7 minute read

November 29, 2006 | Law.com

Invoices from outside counsel are more than just bills � they also can provide valuable management insights.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read

December 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The Future: Value billing is on the horizon according to almost nine out of ten lawyers surveyed.

By Rees W. Morrison and Aric Press

27 minute read

July 05, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

If a legal department decides to competitively bid work to several firms, it should consider early in the process hosting a proposers' teleconference call. For example, once the department sends a request for proposal to 10 law firms, it should encourage them all to call in two weeks later for a 60- to 90-minute session and to ask questions. Partners and marketing professionals can then hear the questions and the answers the same as everyone else.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read

April 05, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

A legal department that speaks with a single voice, thinks with a single mind and acts like a partnership will outperform one that is fragmented with uneven or inconsistent practices and policies, says Rees W. Morrison. General counsel of dispersed legal departments, those with lawyers based in several locations around the world, have a particular problem of striving to nurture a sense that members work in a single, unified department.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read