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Pay Wars & MSO’s: Huh?
David Morley, former head of Allen & Overy and, happy disclosure, a long-time friend, just published an article over at law.com that starts like this: The call usually comes on a Friday afternoon. A star partner has an offer from a rival: an eight-figure... read more +Give The Client What They Want? Not So Fast
Jim McGee, labeled by Buzz Bruggeman as "the smartest guy in America about Knowledge Management," not to mention a fellow Princetonian who I hope to see at Reunions at the end of this week, has a pithy new article up at the ESJ site reminding us that what...
Bruce Profiled on “LawCrossing”
The LawCrossing site just went live with a profile of me, written by the engaging reporter Regan Morris. Here's a nice sound-bite: "'I started out in stealth mode because there's always the dangerous possibility that you might not have anything to...
“Client at the Core:” A Serialized Book, Right Here
Yesterday I met Bruce Marcus, at a Starbucks outside Columbia University's main gates, a very convenient walk from home for me. Venus even came along. Bruce Marcus was most recently co-author of "Client at the Core," described on the leaf as...
Shearman & Sterling’s IPO
Across the pond, we're about to see an actual experiment that heretofore could only have been a thought experiment: Thanks to the "Clementi Commission," non-lawyer third parties will now be able to invest in law firms—most dramatically, law firms...
“Courage,” or Why Profits Really Do Matter More Than Anything
Rarely, if ever, do I link to The Wall Street Journal, on the premise that the overwhelming majority of you have already seen it, so why point to what's been in front of your face? But rules are made to be broken, so this morning I give you two WSJ links....