Pay Wars & MSO’s: Huh?

David Morley, former head of Allen & Overy and, happy disclosure, a long-time friend, just published an article over at law.com that starts like this: The call usually comes on a Friday afternoon. A star partner has an offer from a rival: an eight-figure... read more +

Pay Wars & MSO’s: Huh?

David Morley, former head of Allen & Overy and, happy disclosure, a long-time friend, just published an article over at law.com that starts like this: The call usually comes on a Friday afternoon. A star partner has an offer from a rival: an eight-figure...

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Whither Agentic AI and Law Firms?: My Interview with Sidebar

A little while ago I was interviewed by Niraj Chhabra of Sidebar Advisors.  He publishes a podcast and here’s a link to my conversation with him.   He also shared alternative platforms where you can find our conversation in case you are more comfortable with one of...

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The Maroons & the Grays: An Update

Back in 2019 we published a three-part series introducing and fleshing out our model of the competitive market segmentation of law firms.   We posited that the two primary segments of BigLaw are the “maroons,” go-to firms for bet-the-company matters garnering...

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Are You Smarter (at AI) Than Your Clients?

About a month ago, Steven Croley, Chief Policy Officer and GC at Ford Motor--who, full disclosure, I do not know--published a column on Bloomberg Law opening with the commonplace observation that AI is disrupting the legal services market for large public companies...

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