by Bruce | April 17, 2005 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
Last Friday I participated in a day-long conference at Fordham Law School on "Professional Challenges in Large Firm Practices" and was invited by Professor Bruce Green, creator of the conference, to be a speaker on one of four panels, on "The Billable...
by Bruce | March 18, 2005 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Cut me a break on this one, folks. Opening Day is scant weeks away, but all the baseball headlines are about lately are steroids, Congressional inquiries, allegations and denials, asterisk’ed records, and taking-the-Fifth’s. But sometimes, from a...
by Bruce | March 13, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy
Cardinal Richelieu’s words came to mind when Alan Abelson, the wry and engaging author of Barron’s weekly "Up and Down Wall Street" column, considered the fate of Boeing’s CEO, Harry Stonecipher, who as we all know tendered his resignation...
by Bruce | February 20, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Just Plain Interesting
So this has nothing to do with the economics of law firms, but it has a lot to do with professional behavior under incentive regimes. Two economists at the University of Chicago have published a paper analyzing whether realtors (representing the seller of a...
by Bruce | February 18, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management
A fellow new to me, one Bruce Marcus (a self-described former Upper West Sider, I hasten to add, as well as someone with an enviable first name), alerted me to a post of his about the impact of legal blogs: "Aside from political blogs, few areas have produced...
by Bruce | February 12, 2005 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting
The big event in New York today is the unveiling (actually, "unfurling" is more like it) of Christo’s project, "The Gates," in Central Park. Janet and I were in the Park with the dog by 7:00 am to watch the process begin. All I...