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The Maroons & the Grays: An Update
Back in 2019 we published a three-part series introducing and fleshing out our model of the competitive market segmentation of law firms. We posited that the two primary segments of BigLaw are the “maroons,” go-to firms for bet-the-company matters garnering... read more +Effective or Virtuous: Pick One
Just when the drum-beat of KenLayBernieEbbersDennisKozlowskiMarthaStewart began to seem as unstoppable as, well, a tsunami, the always-refreshing Michael Schrage tees off at "the pea-brained 'ethics-ification' of business decision-making:" "Be...
The “Cloaked” Associates, Chapter 2
It hasn't taken the legal blogosphere long—just barely over the weekend—but help is on the way In Re: Decloaking Associates. David Giacolone may or may not have been the first to suggest it, but as of this morning Kevin Heller at TechLawAdvisor...
“Never Write a Letter and Never Destroy One”
Cardinal Richelieu's words came to mind when Alan Abelson, the wry and engaging author of Barron's weekly "Up and Down Wall Street" column, considered the fate of Boeing's CEO, Harry Stonecipher, who as we all know tendered his resignation to the Board last...
Blogging the CIO/CTO Conference in April
I'm delighted to report that I'm slated to be blogger-in-residence at American Lawyer Media's upcoming CIO/CTO conference the first week of April here in little old New York. Look for a report immediately thereafter. And thanks to my pals at ALM for making this...
There’s a Reason the Conventional Wisdom is Conventional
If you believe Legal Week, the waters are already choppy and will become downright stormy for tech-centric California-based firms, particularly the two remaining powerhouses of Silicon Valley, Wilson-Sonsini and Cooley-Godward. [As to other late, great...