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Is the American Legal Profession a Guild?

This is one in our occasional series of excerpts from my yet-to-be-published new book, treating, among other things, the historic roots of our profession tracing back to medieval guilds. I hope you enjoy, and, more importantly, that you provide any feedback,... read more +

Half Lockstep?

by | Dec 1, 2004 | 0 Comments

I've said it before, but it appears to be a source of chronic pain, so I will re-state my firm belief that, like pregnancy, you cannot be "half" lockstep and half not.  The logical universe of choices is: Pure Lockstep:  Fabulous if you can pull it...

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Announcing the Launch of the Savvy Blawgers Panel

by | Nov 30, 2004 | 1 Comment

Announcing the launch of the "Adam Smith, Esq." official "Savvy Blawgers Panel," a brain trust I will rely upon to sound off and chime in on (hopefully) interesting ideas I will query them about every so often—not so often as to wear out Adam...

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The Ineffability of “Best Practices”?

by | Nov 29, 2004 | 0 Comments

Rees Morrison, a longstanding observer of all matters law and business, opines that vis-a-vis in-house law departments, at least, there is no such thing as management by following "best practices," because they simply do not exist. To buttress his thesis, he...

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IT No-No’s

by | Nov 26, 2004 | 0 Comments

InfoWorld's cover story is "The Top 20 IT Mistakes," and it's a rogues' gallery indeed.  Amusingly, many are the converse of another:  For example, "botching your outsourcing strategy" vs. "offshoring with blinders on." ...

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Be Careful What You Wish For

by | Nov 23, 2004 | 0 Comments

What enterprise software market is growing 15%/year and is expected, if anything, to accelerate in the next few years?  If you answered, "Sarbox compliance app's," guess again:  They grew far more than 15% in the last couple of years but must, by...

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