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A.I.: Friend or foe? Webinar–You’re Invited!

Thursday May 2nd:  11:00 a.m. – 12 noon  Eastern Time (US and Canada) How is A.I. impacting BigLaw?  Bruce, Janet and the esteemed Toby Brown of DV8 Legal Strategies  will discuss the ways Gen A.I. is impacting law firm business models and what the implications are... read more +

2004 in Review and a Wild Card for 2005

by | Mar 1, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hildebrandt and The Law Firm Group of the Citigroup Private Bank, with help from Baker-Robbins, are out with their 2004 year-in-review together with some prognostications for 2005.  The New York Times, in its wisdom, headlined the story, "Partnerships More...

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How Profitable Is Our Group? Who Cares!

by | Feb 25, 2005 | 0 Comments

Now that we all have religion about organizing firms by practice groups (well, most of us, anyway), the next logical question is, to paraphrase Ed Koch, "How are we doin'?"  In other words, which practice groups are the strong economic engines driving...

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Christo’s “The Gates:” Take Two

by | Feb 25, 2005 | 1 Comment

I put an on-line "photo album" up about "The Gates" installation in Central Park.  Check it out. You still have today, Saturday, and Sunday to experience them in person: preposterous, insane, magical, joyous—brings out the child in every...

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Laterals as “Mini-Mergers”

by | Feb 24, 2005 | 0 Comments

If you asked us to name one seminal development that "changed everything" in terms of law firm economics between the stasis model of the 1950's and the dynamic model of the 1990's, we'd say it was the creation of a market for lateral partner mobility. ...

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“Savvy Blawgers” Query #2: Now on Deck

by | Feb 22, 2005 | 0 Comments

Coming soon:  The results of the "Savvy Blawgers Query #2!" You will recall the results of "Savvy Blawgers Query #1," which had to do with changes in law firm management over the next five to ten years.  [That link also has a handy-dandy...

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