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Ideas are important. They are the starting point for any
change initiative. That is why I have decided to make my own
change in this first issue of the Litigation Management
Report for 2004 and substitute the very popular Change
Management section with an Ideas section. Look
to this section for your opportunity to engage in some lateral
thinking and confront, as the section suggests, ideas. You
will find the first article on Clayton Christensen's theories
on innovation a great introduction to this series.
The Litigation Management Strategy and Bill Management
articles are also about ideas of a special kind called pre-conceived
notions. Many insurance defense lawyers in particular misconstrue
the all important element of transparency that must be the
foundation for litigation management relationships with disclosure
and open book management and balk at buying into the concept.
The Litigation Management Strategy article on Transparency
will clear up that misconception by explaining what it really
means in the context of litigation management. This month's
Bill Management article on Mindsets clears up
the misconception that many litigation managers have that
nice guys finish last. Not so! There is a role for a number
of different mindsets in litigation management. Check them
out and find out which one best suits your role at any given
point in time.
It is important to have ideas of what is happening on the
other side of the road. Take a look at the latest John
G. Kelly Report and get a quick read on one of America's
biggest unknown businesses: the plaintiff litigation business.
It is a great introduction into the tort reform movement and
I highly recommend ordering your free copy of the entire report.
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Transparency is at the root of profitable relationships.
This statement strikes fear into the hearts of many
insurance defense law firms. They misinterpret the term
as meaning that they will be required to provide open
book access to insurers, and react by building counterproductive
ethical and practice management barriers to information
exchanges... click here
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What kind of a mindset does one need to function at
a best practices level as a bill manager? Unfortunately,
too often the answer to that question by litigation
managers is "tough." Unfortunately, many insurance
defense lawyers would tend to agree based on their front
line interfacing with claims managers... click here
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"Trial lawyers Inc. earned around $40 billion
in revenues last year as settlements and claims reached
record proportions". That quote from a recently
released study by the Center for Legal Policy at the
Manhattan Institute demonstrates that plaintiffs' litigation
is big business.… click here
to learn more
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Executives often discount the value of management theory
because it is associated with the word theoretical,
which connotes impractical. But theory is consummately
practical. The Law of Gravity, for example, actually
is a theory - and it is useful. . … click here
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