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Book Review: Lloyd Blankfein’s Streetwise
Lloyd Blankfein’s Streetwise was just published and as of this writing is on Amazon’s “Top 20” bestsellers list. [Streetwise: Getting to and through Goldman Sachs, Penguin Press New York: 2026]. I just finished it. I cannot recommend it. Slow down! How dare I... read more +Calling All Blawgers
In "Do You Blog?," the cover story in this month's Washington Lawyer, reporter Sarah Kellogg provides a comprehensive recap and overview of how the legal blogosphere has evolved since its earliest days. Not incidentally, she concludes with a rousing...
What Makes You Think You’re Exceptional?
It's not your imagination: Mega-mergers in corporate-land are on the upswing. According to The Wall Street Journal, the last five months have seen more than a dozen deals valued at more than $10-billion. And the result is that "investors...
Recruiting Summer Associates: Model Your Campaign After “The Apprentice”?
What's your model for hiring summer associates? Are you satisfied with it? If not, how about trying this instead: Model a challenge for them on the hit reality TV show "The Apprentice;" Schedule call-backs on the spot; Send "very...
The Long-Running Soap Opera Must End
"From pace-setter to basket case in the United States?" Shall we all guess what firm got stuck with that donkey-tail over at law.com? Alas, of course, it was Clifford-Chance. The questions du jour are (1) what went wrong? (not so we can...
The JD/MBA: Worth It? To You? To Your Firm?
The Indiana Unversity School of Law—Bloomington is in the process of streamlining its JD/MBA program with the Kelley School of Business. The overall goal is to encourage more students—whether they "start" on the law-school side or the...