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Data? Data? We don’t need no stinkin’ data (with apologies to John Huston)
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq.–Bruce A few years back, we were meeting with the Executive Committee of one of Canada’s Seven Sisters firms. As part of our staying current on trends in Law Land, we often meet with firms... read more +
Everybody Back in the Pool Office?
Ever since "RTO" became a real possibility, I have been firmly and decisively on the fence about the best policy for firms to follow. A free-for-all come and go (or don't come) as you wish? Sure, why not? We're all adults here, right? Now my view has changed....
Jamie Dimon’s Advice
Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders, which comes out as part of the JP Morgan Chase annual report, was published about two weeks ago. At 42 pages, it takes more than a passing skim-over to digest, but. It is almost universally read among business leaders, and...
No, The Business Cycle Has Not Been Repealed
Capitalism without failure is like religion without hell. --Charlie Munger of Berkshire Hathaway and to our readership famously of Munger Tolles as well (noted in The Wall Street Journal.) By the time you read this, all of these visuals will be...
The WFH/RTO Impasse: What are we Supposed To Do?
Covid-19 may be behind us as a daily personal preoccupation, but one major repercussion of its shockingly extended and global impact is still with us: Do we or do we not go back to the office? May we review the bidding? Totally remote/zero days-week in the office is...
Why Would Anyone want to be Managing Partner?
The following column is by Dario Ramon Buschor, PhD and incorporates original research of his. He describes himself thus: "I prefer to work with lawyers instead of working as a lawyer. That’s why I, a Swiss lawyer by training became a researcher, lecturer...
