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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 +Sparky The Wonder Dog
With tremendous sadness I report that Janet and I learned yesterday that our 15-1/2 year old short-hair, black & tan, miniature dachshund, Sparky, has cancer. A "mass," as the vet diplomatically put it, about the size of a lemon on the X-ray, at...
“Modern” = “Dumbing Down?”
A trend emerging, I believe, from the competitive landscape is that the AmLaw 100 are "pulling away," competitively, from the AmLaw 101-200. So when a star among the "second 100," like Boies-Schiller, misses a calendar deadline that goes all...
Human Capital Management
The Holy Grail of assembling the most potent and effective team for a client matter is, simply put, to have the right people in the right place at the right time. Wal-Mart (and other companies like Toyota) have achieved this with inventory and supplies; what...
McKinsey on Knowledge Management
A theme of this blog is that the "default" approach to issues in law firm management should be that much can be learned from the enormous literature on corporate management. In other words, barring unusual circumstances unique to the profession (which...
Law Technology News Award Nominees (2004-2005)
Just four weeks left to nominate the best technology users in the legal profession for Law Technology News's Annual Awards, in these categories: IT Director Champion of Technology Most Innovative use of Technology by a Law Firm Most Innovative use of Technology by an...