by Bruce | September 2, 2004 | Articles, Finance
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...
by Bruce | September 1, 2004 | Articles, Finance
For those of us who’ve spent some time in MBA school, the investment-evaluation metrics called "IRR" (Internal Rate of Return) and "NPV" (Net Present Value) are extremely familiar. Your HP 12C calculates them faithfully. Leave it to...
by Bruce | August 30, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
Novelists questioned about how they write, and more specifically about how they come up with their plots, sometimes respond to the effect that, "The characters took on a life of their own; they told me what they were going to do next." I occasionally have...
by Bruce | August 29, 2004 | Articles, Finance
What’s the biggest challenge for a Washington, DC-based firm that wants to grow? The lack of any meaningful transactional practice in their own backyard. To be sure, regulatory, antitrust, and litigation work are strong, but a claim to national, much...
by Bruce | August 27, 2004 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Bar exam hypothetical: A two-lawyer, one-secretary firm is handling a malpractice case against a bankrupt hospital. In September a key deadline in the matter—when claims must be filed to be recognized as pre-bankruptcy and therefore entitled to...