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Janet on Bloomberg Law re the Non-Equity Tier

Recently Janet was invited to participate in a Bloomberg Law podcast on the topic of Ropes & Gray remaining a single-tier partnership despite the industry’s overwhelming movement towards the two-tier (equity and non-equity) partnership model.  Her fellow... read more +

We Have a Scal(ability) Problem

by | Jul 6, 2021 | 0 Comments

We’ve written at fair length about our “maroons/grays” model for segmenting the law firm industry.  Essentially, the model rejects customary or traditional dimensions of “compare and contrast” including: Size (revenue or headcount) Type of firm (litigation boutique,...

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“We’re Insanely Busy!”

by | Jun 8, 2021 | 1 Comment

If we've heard that once over the last couple of months..... It's getting to the point where we wonder if those words threaten to become the lyrics of the Great Summer of 2021 Breakout Pop Hit Single.  Actually, we leave that to the Great Clive Davis and the demigods...

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The US is a Net (Im/Ex?)Porter of Law?

by | May 24, 2021 | 0 Comments

For the armchair economists in the crowd, the geopolitically curious, or faithful leaders of law firms wondering whether they should plant a, or more, flags abroad, how would you instinctively answer that question?  Does the US sell more legal services abroad than it...

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