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Martindale-Hubbell the next General Motors?

By Kevin OKeefe

I've been asked that question twice in the last few days. Once on Twitter and then again in a call with a large law firm based in the Midwest. I'd hate to see a legacy legal directory like Martindale-Hubbell become a relic, but you have to wonder if the company's business model of heavy charges for lawyer directory listings can last in the days of Web 2.0 and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship generating upstarts like LinkedIn, AVVO, and LexBlog. And lawyers and law firms becoming entrepreneurs in growing their businesses via cost effective client development tools. I'll never forget the young lawyer I met in Wisconsin this fall who, while telling a group what he had done to get business clients, sheepishly apologized for not having even heard of Martindale-Hubbell until after having been out practicing law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).