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Shout Out to Kirkland
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. We generally eschew commenting on daily comings-and-goings in Law Land. We make an exception here, because this is actually huge news. I’m speaking about Kirkland’s decision to stop disclosing financial info... read more +The Coming 21st Century Bi-Modal Market Structure
I've reviewed the merits of the Pillsbury-Winthrop/Shaw Pittman merger before, but now I want to ask a different question: What if anything does this portend for the merger/consolidation trend in general? If you believe Hildebrandt's annual merger-activity data,...
Christo’s “The Gates”
The big event in New York today is the unveiling (actually, "unfurling" is more like it) of Christo's project, "The Gates," in Central Park. Janet and I were in the Park with the dog by 7:00 am to watch the process begin. All I can say...
The US/UK Divide Narrows
From the wires, and I quote: "Altman Weil is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with London-based Jomati Limited. Like Altman Weil, Jomati is an independently owned global management consultancy advising law firms and corporate law departments. It is led by...
Who Will Be Your Successor?
Succession planning is part of the Management 101 toolkit that law firms ignore at their peril. Too many firm leaders are reluctant to attend to it, either intentionally ("it will all work out") or simply through preferring not to take up a potentially...
Sidley-Austin, the EEOC, and Unintended Consequences
Even the reader acquainted only at the most cursory level with my perspective on the increasingly professionalized management of law firms would know I endorse that trend wholeheartedly. The question du jour is whether I endorse it without reservation. Prompting...