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- January 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Background Note
Note on Employees' Legal Rights
Heckscher, Charles C. "Note on Employees' Legal Rights." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-077, January 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
The push to legalize crowdfunding
Legislation in Congress could make it easier for everyday people to become investors in small companies. Harvard Business School’s Karim Lakhani and entrepreneur Slava Menn tell Kara why... View Details
- December 2003 (Revised February 2008)
- Background Note
Law and Legal Reasoning: An Introduction
By: Henry B. Reiling
Gives prominence to Mr. Justice Holmes' Prediction Theory of the law as a practical--and by analogy to forecasting in finance and other functional areas of business--comfortable, and familiar way for businesspeople to think about the law. Law is defined as a forecast...
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Reiling, Henry B. "Law and Legal Reasoning: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 204-080, December 2003. (Revised February 2008.)
- 1985
- Working Paper
Shelf Underwritings: Legal Prescription vs. Competitive Reality
By: S. L. Hayes III and Joseph Auerbach
- June 2014
- Case
Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Professional Services;
Disruptive Innovation;
Law Firms;
Client Service;
Culture;
Recruiting;
Management;
Professional Services Firms;
Business Model;
Legal Services Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Gardner, Heidi K., and Silvia Hodges Silverstein. "Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market." Harvard Business School Case 414-079, June 2014.
- August 2011
- Module Note
Assessing the Legal Climate for Entrepreneurship
By: Lena G. Goldberg
This module note briefly reviews several approaches to assessing the link between law and specific rules and regulations and a favorable climate for entrepreneurship and economic growth.
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- July 1984 (Revised June 1985)
- Background Note
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Marketing
Shapiro, Benson P. "Legal and Ethical Aspects of Marketing." Harvard Business School Background Note 585-007, July 1984. (Revised June 1985.)
- July 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Annelena Lobb
By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative organizational culture, which featured a transparent, data-driven compensation system, practice-group...
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Keywords:
Professional Service Firm;
Collaboration;
Performance Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competition;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Performance;
Cooperation;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Volatility;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Legal Services Industry;
United States
Gardner, Heidi K., and Annelena Lobb. "Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector." Harvard Business School Case 414-022, July 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- March 2018
- Case
Legal Aspects of Religion in the Workplace
By: Lena G. Goldberg
Goldberg, Lena G. "Legal Aspects of Religion in the Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 318-128, March 2018.
- March 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally
By: Tarun Khanna and Anjali Raina
This case focuses on the growth dilemmas facing Manish Sabharwal, co-founder, TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd. TeamLease is a human resource outsourcing and temp staffing company located in India, which has grown rapidly from 2002 to 2009. Set in the context of the highly...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Lawfulness;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Power and Influence;
Employment Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally." Harvard Business School Case 710-402, March 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- 26 Aug 2012
- News
Apple-Samsung Case Shows Smartphone as Legal Magnet
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
The Looming Legal Showdown on Climate Justice
- Article
Lawyers Abroad: The Internationalization of Legal Practice
By: Debora L. Spar
Spar, Debora L. "Lawyers Abroad: The Internationalization of Legal Practice." California Management Review 39, no. 3 (Spring 1997): 8–28.
- October 1983 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Manac Systems: Selling Legal Software Systems (A)
Bonoma, Thomas V. "Manac Systems: Selling Legal Software Systems (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-037, October 1983. (Revised December 1984.)
- Web
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- August 2019
- Supplement
Legal Time - Confidential Information for the Prosecution (AUSA Prescott)
By: Christine L. Exley, Katherine B. Coffman and Joshua Schwartzstein
Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a client who has been accused of spear-heading a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This conflict-resolution scenario gives...
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Keywords:
Conflict Resolution;
Time Stress;
Negotiation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Fairness;
Learning
Exley, Christine L., Katherine B. Coffman, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Legal Time - Confidential Information for the Prosecution (AUSA Prescott)." Harvard Business School Supplement 920-012, August 2019.
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Why 2 Startups Are Betting Big on Legalized Gambling
- February 1984
- Background Note
Framework for Focusing on Legal Aspects of Marketing
Cady, John F. "Framework for Focusing on Legal Aspects of Marketing." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-083, February 1984.
- May 1978 (Revised February 1987)
- Background Note
Note on Legal Issues and the Pricing Process
Cady, John F. "Note on Legal Issues and the Pricing Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 578-205, May 1978. (Revised February 1987.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Legal Origin vs. the Politics of Creditor Rights: Bond Markets in Brazil, 1850-2002
By: Aldo Musacchio
This paper explores the question: Do institutions persist over time and determine current economic outcomes? Specifically, does the adoption or inheritance of a legal tradition in the past determine the subsequent course of institutional and financial development? This...
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