News & Events

Press Releases

The most recent announcements from Martindale-Hubbell® and archive of the company's press releases:

June 30, 2009
LexisNexis Launches Lend a Hand Program to Assist Unemployed Lawyers

June 29, 2009
Two-Thirds of U.S. In-House Law Departments under Pressure to Cut Spending Amid Economic Downturn, According to LexisNexis® Survey

June 23, 2009
Martindale-Hubbell Blog
Congratulations to Venable LLP!

June 11, 2009
European Company Lawyers Association Joins Alliance Partner Program for Martindale-Hubbell® Connected Global Network for Legal Professionals

Research Findings

Martindale-Hubbell® regularly undertakes research initiatives to identify, define and explore emerging issues within the legal profession - in particular, those areas of common ground between in-house counsel and law firms. Please find the resulting research below.

Moneyball Indeed!
Research by Kerma Partners and the Redwood Think Tank shows incorporating "Success Factors" into recruiting can positively impact profits.

Client Attrition Analytics: Firms Can Control Whether Clients Stay or Go
While the managers of professional services firms often view market pressures as the driving force that determines whether clients remain loyal or choose to shop elsewhere for added services, a study by the Redwood Think Tank indicates that firms have tremendous sway over which clients become long-term business partners.

Cracking the Acorn Theory: Do Small Clients Grow to be Big Clients
If your firm's growth strategy depends at all on growing small clients into larger, more profitable clients, think hard about the likelihood that this will happen. Competitive intelligence can help identify which clients have the best chance of becoming major clients, as well as improve the likelihood that such clients will be retained in the crucial, early years of the client relationship.