The Re Tweek

The Re Tweek: A selection of last week’s notable tweets 

• Shared: Kill the Billable Hour? A British Response http://tinyurl.com/7sdqmg
  
• Twit Squatters Take Over Where Domain Squatters Left Off: Resolution Policy Needed?http://bit.ly/1R276n
  
• CC cash call raises 60 million pounds: http://bit.ly/mQZo
  
• Adam Smith, Esq on “The End of Lawyers” w/timely quote: lawyers “who embrace new technologies” will be successful: http://bit.ly/1Ijp71
  
• Web 2.0 in 2009: What’s Out, What’s In: http://bit.ly/l72n
  
• Transcending best practices http://tinyurl.com/8qgrap
  
• Legal aid societies need help to survive (CT)http://twurl.nl/fe287v
  
• CC lays off 80 assocs in LDN, makes $150K partner capital call; and they’re the world’s largest firm by revenue: http://bit.ly/MAwb
  
• A Short History of the Billable Hour and the Consequences of Its Tyranny –http://is.gd/eS4C
  
• What does Satyam mean for FDI into India? http://bit.ly/WgWj
  
• ACC Tips to GCs on Weathering Economic Storm: #1 “Don’t ask for a discounted rate or a freeze on fees”: http://bit.ly/Dn7AZ
  
• Do You Talk To Your Black Sheep? http://tinyurl.com/9nuf5u
  
• VP for new biz has top 10 mktg tips – smart stuff – http://tinyurl.com/8tf4ea
  
• More Twittering From the Courtroom http://twurl.nl/0qt65k
  
• Time to Kill the Billable Hour http://tinyurl.com/92yrho
  
• Evan Chesler “Kill the Billable Hour”: http://bit.ly/12squ
  
• Tweeting a child abuse trial: http://bit.ly/LaDX
  
• Law21 posts underscore key weaknesses of billable hours business modelhttp://bit.ly/v9Ta and http://bit.ly/zFBu
  
• Another Firm Increasing Rather Than Decreasing Marketing budgethttp://tinyurl.com/7mfjls      
  
• McKinsey Q’s top 10 2008 interviews – focus is on innovation: http://bit.ly/RNt
  
• Lawyers read this. You’ll thank Jay Shepherd: “A Coffee Parable”: http://bit.ly/OclX
  
• Senior lawyers question law firm business model: http://bit.ly/dUjc
  
• Legal Tweets blog covers trending legal topics on Twitter: http://bit.ly/BRa0
  
• 100+ Resources to Boost Your Social Media Savvy in 2009 – http://twurl.nl/awiq3g
  
• High Law Firm Leverage a ‘Combustible Combination,’ Expert Sayshttp://tinyurl.com/8ezx35
  
• Same survey finds two-thirds of law firm PARTNERS admit job fears (85% of Associates):http://bit.ly/IIvk
  
• Client Revolution http://is.gd/euO3
  
• The first 2009 issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is up: http://bit.ly/ILRW324