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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics Goes To…..
The Nobel in Econ (a/k/a The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) for 2024 was awarded a few days ago to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and to James Robinson of the University of Chicago. Here at Adam Smith, Esq., we try to... read more +2020: The Year of Law Land Segmentation
This article is co-authored by Bruce MacEwen, President, Janet Stanton, Partner and Antonio Leal Holguin, Director – Adam Smith, Esq. Lots of folks have their "Year of...." custom, often retrospectively, but here at Adam Smith, Esq., we're more about "what's next?" ...
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Not to name names, but does it strike you as it does me that we're in the midst of a global surfeit of senior leaders behaving badly? Almost every domain of human endeavor seems tarnished, or worse, by malfeasance, broken trust, power abused, or even quasi-psychotic...
Who’s Your Chief Innovation Officer?
Ten years ago (five?) the role of "Chief Innovation Officer" was almost unheard-of. Now hardly a week goes by without a firm announcing the appointment of so-and-so to that role and title. But what exactly Is a "CINO" and where do (where should) they come from?...
Question of the Month: The Big Four
You know the drill. Have at it! Comments box below for, uuhhh, comments: [poll id="19"]
Question of the Month Report: Why Don’t Lawyers Play Nice with Others?
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Maybe lawyers didn’t go on play dates when they were little. (Maybe they didn’t want to.) And, once they get through law school, any shred of esprit de corps has been beaten out of them. This may...