We are looking at alternatives and a complete rewrite of the way we employ lawyers in terms of hours and contracts.

The emphasis on 'billable hours' and achieving a potential figure is leading to a belief that the firm doesn't care. The casualties of billable hours are feedback, supervision and time to talk, and all the things that make professional life pleasurable.

This is a complete misrepresentation of what work is like. It is not true anymore, but is an old-fashioned, traditional view of what working in the law involves.

We are looking at all our alternatives right now. We have always been very vigorous in our defense of our patent portfolio.

In a way, we are hippies. We are looking for alternatives to the establishment. We're not going to go out and buy expensive condos. That's not for us.

Lawyers are very important people to me.