Slaw » United KingdomA Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.Law firms as public corporations- August 21, 2008 We&8217;ve had a number of posts (for example, from Gavin and Jordan) lately on the future of the traditional law firm model. This week&8217;s issue of The Economist has a thought-provoking article on recent changes to U.K. law permitting law firms to become publicly traded corporations. Australia appears to have been the first jurisdiction ...http://www.slaw.ca/2008/08/21/law-firms-as-public-corporations/ Number 10 Goes Beta- August 20, 2008 Number 10 Downing Street recently launched a website, Number10.gov.uk,&8230; in self-proclaimed beta! That&8217;s a bit of a head scratcher: it&8217;s not as though creating a website is so complicated that you&8217;ve got to announce to the world that &8220;We may not get this right, folks, the first time around, so stand by for patches&8230;&8221; And ...http://www.slaw.ca/2008/08/20/number-10-goes-beta/ |