by Bruce | May 18, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Rarely, if ever, do I link to The Wall Street Journal, on the premise that the overwhelming majority of you have already seen it, so why point to what’s been in front of your face? But rules are made to be broken, so this morning I give you two WSJ...
by Bruce | May 17, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
"Savvy Blawger" Query #3 is now out for the assembled to mull over with, of course, their cogent responses reported back to you a few weeks hence. The question for this go-round is: “What will the industry structure of the (US-based) legal...
by Bruce | May 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Are lawyers suffering "arrested development," as the cheeky title of a dead-serious article has it at Legal Week? Professional development is one of the pantheon of gods whose worship is most often honored in the breach, or else by procrustean...
by Bruce | May 14, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
The New York Law Journal is reporting that, under the auspices of the New York County Lawyers Association, "more than 60" law firms have agreed to a written pact to report to their corporate clients the makeup of legal teams by "race, gender, ethnicity,...
by Bruce | May 12, 2005 | Articles, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
If "three anecdotes constitute a trend," as journalists say, then I’m here to report an optimistic development. First, as my friend Denise Howell reports, her firm, Reed Smith, announced yesterday the formal launch of...
by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Business Week asks "Has the job of CEO for a megacompany become too complex to handle?" We might well ask, "Has the job of Chairman of an AmLaw 50 firm become too complex? Is it asking too much to expect one person to occupy a position of...