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Shout Out to Kirkland
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. We generally eschew commenting on daily comings-and-goings in Law Land. We make an exception here, because this is actually huge news. I’m speaking about Kirkland’s decision to stop disclosing financial info... read more +Orrick Herrington & ….Coudert?
That didn't take long. Orrick has snagged a total of 40 Coudert lawyers in China, including one partner in Shanghai, two in Beijing, and six in Hong Kong. Despite the earlier unpleasantness over Orrick's he-said/she-said poaching of Coudert's London and...
“Productivity” In the UK Elite
The Lawyer's UK 100 listing will be out right after Labor Day, but we have an advance peek at the top 10 today. Linklaters is #1 at £410-million in revenue (US$738-million), up over 8% on strong corporate-department performance. Clifford Chance took...
Coudert, RIP (3)
After the weekend's hiatus, this morning we have a round-up of Coudert post-mortems. Astonishingly, and unforgivably, The New York Times has yet to take note. Unless they're saving up their ammo for a behind-the-scenes feature, the reaction can only...
260,000 Documents? Take Them One at aTime
It sounds counterintuitive, but is it possible that "knowledge workers" (that would be us) need more supervision than they're getting, not less? So proposes Thomas Davenport, professor of IT and management at Babson College (in Wellesley, Mass.) and...
Coudert, RIP (2)
Update 2: Here's the Bloomberg News story, in which yours truly is quoted. Update 3: The Wall Street Journal. Update 4: The New York Law Journal. This article implies that one reason a firm-saving merger couldn't be pulled off at the end was...