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Data? Data? We don’t need no stinkin’ data (with apologies to John Huston)
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq.–Bruce A few years back, we were meeting with the Executive Committee of one of Canada’s Seven Sisters firms. As part of our staying current on trends in Law Land, we often meet with firms... read more +Fun With Rate Increases: How High is Too High?
A few days ago the intrepid and data-tropic Bloomberg Law reporter Roy Strom published Big law rates topping $2,000 leave value 'in the eye of the beholder.' Roy is a friend (disclosure!) but his story prompted some reflections hereabouts on "How high is too high?" ...
The Associate Attrition/Comp Wars: The Data is Just Plain Weird
Editor's Note: A modestly condensed version of this article was published a few weeks ago in Thomson Reuter's Forum magazine. It was the leading story for a week after it was published. We appreciate their courtesy in letting us republish a slightly longer version....
Happy Birthday, Adam Smith!
Well, OK, recordkeeping around births and deaths was approached a bit more casually 299 years ago, but June 5 is the consensus best guess. And here at Adam Smith, Esq., we are sticking to it!
Recession? Time for Scenario Planning!
This article was co-written with Janet Stanton, Partner. As you know, we have recently published our thoughts on the likelihood of a recession in the United States: Reasonably high, in a nutshell. We won’t rehearse our reasoning here in detail, but the root cause...
