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I wanted to address and hopefully clarify some confusion and misinformation floating around the blogosphere this week regarding fees/options for the display of the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating in 2010.
Starting in January of 2010, the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating will not be displayed on the profiles of lawyers at business to business law firms that [...]
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Experience has taught me that wisdom comes from listening to feedback. That feedback, whether positive or negative, can serve as a powerful agent of change and growth.
Today we released findings of our 2009 Online Ratings Survey. The survey was conducted earlier this year by Lightspeed Research, an independent research firm. The survey included 361 legal [...]
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The legendary UCLA coach John Wooden said “past success does not equate future success. We can only learn from the past, apply it to the present and plan for the future.” Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ have long been the gold standard in the industry and with good reason – the ratings methodology is objective and [...]
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I’m pleased to share the news that Venable LLP’s national Privacy and Data Security practice has won the 2009 Chambers USA Award for Excellence. Congratulations to the firm and the Privacy and Data team in particular!
More information on the award is available at the Venable LLP Web site here.
Chambers rankings are one of the most [...]
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As you search martindale.com today, you may notice a Chambers & Partners icon next to the profiles of certain lawyers and law firms you come across (see Greenberg Traurig as an example). What does this icon mean?
Many of you are familiar with Chambers & Partners, a highly respected, independent, London-based research and publishing company that provides [...]
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Consumers have a long history of consulting various ratings sources to obtain an objective evaluation of a product before making a purchase. The Internet has facilitated access to these evaluation tools and helped popularize their use in guiding purchase decisions for everything from consumer products to professional services.
The emergence of these new tools is facilitating [...]
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In the words of Mark Twain, the reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated. Despite suggestions floated in various e-mails and blogs, Peer Review Ratings are not dead and they are not going away.
First and foremost, it is important to know that LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is fully committed to providing the [...]
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Winston Churchill said that “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” With respect to the legal profession, many organizations spend time and energy educating and advancing the profession through programs such as introducing young people to the prospect of a legal career.
The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell [...]
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Like many of you, I tuned into the recent 2008 Beijing Olympics and was awed by some of the spectacular displays of human endurance and team effort. I will long remember the athletes’ pride, the world-class effort put forth by China, and the careful planning that went into this spectacular and successful event. Indeed, we [...]
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A few days ago I read a small piece on Thomas Edison . It is interesting how many inventions he was responsible for — the light bulb, obviously, the phonograph and the motion picture camera, just to name a few. With all of the great inventions, there were also many failures; [...]
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