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Ask Not for Whom GenAI Tolls

Law Land in general, and BigLaw in particular, has a firmly established and proud custom of not being the first.  To almost anything.  I say this based on personal experience, because the almost invariable response to a novel proposal is, “Who else is doing... read more +

Our Brave New Lateral World

by | Jun 20, 2023 | 2 Comments

Something that feels structurally different seems to have developed in the lateral market. The ambition of this essay is to describe what we think it is, why it has developed, and what it portends for the future of BigLaw.  Plus, with any luck, some ideas or at least...

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Is Litigation in Long-Run Secular Decline?

by | May 23, 2023 | 3 Comments

The first truly evil character to appear in Scripture is of course the Snake in the Garden of Good and Evil. Not a nice guy, not someone you'd want to emulate, not a role model:  The Snake of all Snakes at the coulda-been Eternal Garden Party, harbinger of bad news...

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Everybody Back in the Pool Office?

by | Apr 25, 2023 | 3 Comments

Ever since "RTO" became a real possibility, I have been firmly and decisively on the fence about the best policy for firms to follow.  A free-for-all come and go (or don't come) as you wish?  Sure, why not?  We're all adults here, right? Now my view has changed....

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Jamie Dimon’s Advice

by | Apr 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders, which comes out as part of the JP Morgan Chase annual report, was published about two weeks ago. At 42 pages, it takes more than a passing skim-over to digest, but. It is almost universally read among business leaders, and...

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