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A.I.: Friend or foe? Webinar–You’re Invited!

Thursday May 2nd:  11:00 a.m. – 12 noon  Eastern Time (US and Canada) How is A.I. impacting BigLaw?  Bruce, Janet and the esteemed Toby Brown of DV8 Legal Strategies  will discuss the ways Gen A.I. is impacting law firm business models and what the implications are... read more +

Supply Chains Aren’t Just for Manufacturers

by | Jul 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

Yes, I'm looking at you, law firm leaders.  You, too, have a supply chain.  It's time to start thinking of it that way. May we take a step back for a moment?  From the redoubtable St. Louis Fed comes a study Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflation During COVID-19 that...

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“Everything Must Go!” (Your Office Edition)

by | Jun 23, 2022 | 0 Comments

Two plus years after the simultaneous worldwide Office Exodus ("Everybody out of the building!") at the onset of this pandemic, we are at last beginning to emerge from the by-guess-and-by-golly finger-in-the-air period of figuring out what WFH (thank you, Zoom, Webex,...

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Fun With Rate Increases: How High is Too High?

by | Jun 15, 2022 | 1 Comment

A few days ago the intrepid and data-tropic Bloomberg Law reporter Roy Strom published Big law rates topping $2,000 leave value 'in the eye of the beholder.'  Roy is a friend (disclosure!)  but his story prompted some reflections hereabouts on "How high is too high?" ...

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