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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 +Arthur Andersen: A Cautionary Tale
No matter how diligent and scrupulous your "disaster recovery" plans may be from the perspective of IT business-continuity and "hot" off-site locations, have you ever considered another type of disaster and the recovery that is required? That...
And, From Across the Pond,…
The British publication The Lawyer has published the UK equivalent of the AmLaw 100 called, inventively, the UK 100. While many of the firms will be unfamiliar to a US audience, there are several interesting lessons to be drawn, particularly since The Lawyer has been...
Happy (Labor Day) New Year
To me, Labor Day Weekend is the symbolic New Year: The start of the academic year, the return of everybody from the beach and the Hamptons (a deeply uninteresting scene to me, FYI), the new fashion/TV/car/serious-movie/serious-book season, and the time when...
Elect Your Managing Partner? Not so Fast.
One of the themes I recur to here is the indispensable role of leadership, and the ineffability of what makes a great leader. Occasionally a leader will simply "emerge" as the breathtakingly obvious choice, a sort of leader by acclamation (although...
“The A-List?” Sez Who?
I wasn't going to post at all about The American Lawyer's second annual 20-firm long "A List," but I've had a change of heart, if only because it does create a bit of a stir. My resistance to giving it even a smidgin more publicity stems directly from my...