Happy Birthday, Adam Smith!

Although “birth certificates” were far in the future in 1723, today is by consensus deemed to be Adam Smith’s birthday, in 1723, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.  Today he would be 303.     read more +

Happy Birthday, Adam Smith!

Although "birth certificates" were far in the future in 1723, today is by consensus deemed to be Adam Smith's birthday, in 1723, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.  Today he would be 303.    

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And Now a Word From Your Editor: Blather

You should not be surprised to learn that in my travels across the legal, business, and strategic commentariat, I form opinions--some probably too quickly or too definitively--about the quality of what I'm reading. As an exercise that began as casual amusement I began...

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Happy 250th, United States

The Constitution of the United States Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States Article II, Section 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Article III,...

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Scale Matters

In the past we have written that for law firms scale—number of partners and total lawyers, number of offices, total revenue, &c.—doesn’t really matter.  The distinctions that clients care about center around specific domain/practice area expertise, track record, a...

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