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A.I.: Friend or foe? Webinar–You’re Invited!
Thursday May 2nd: 11:00 a.m. – 12 noon Eastern Time (US and Canada) How is A.I. impacting BigLaw? Bruce, Janet and the esteemed Toby Brown of DV8 Legal Strategies will discuss the ways Gen A.I. is impacting law firm business models and what the implications are... read more +I’ll Drink to That. On Second Thought,…
Which profession is most likely to suffer from stress, depression, and alcohol or substance abuse? That's right—here's lookin' at you, kid. According to the FT, alcohol-related deaths in the UK among lawyers are double the rate of the general...
Whither IT?
Is the US the "spiritual home" of legal technology? So Legal IT would have it. What, then, are current and future trends? (And I promise this is as close as I'll come to the "tennis without a net" custom of New Year...
I Hope You’re Reading This in English
OK, so this has nothing to do with law firms per se; it's still fascinating (and we're allowed to have recess even while school is in session). The FT has an analytic/speculative piece comparing the economic performance in the post-WWII period of (a) the US, the...
“Worldly” Philosophers? Yes.
The world has just learned that Robert Heilbroner, author of the justly famous and best-selling The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, first published in 1953 and still in print, died here in Manhattan last week at age...
Get Big or Else?
If you believe Hildebrandt, there were 47 law firm mergers of significance last year. (The editorial insertion "of significance" is my own, because while Hildebrandt says they limit their sample to law firms of five or more attorneys, the private...