by Bruce | February 2, 2012 | About the Site, Articles
Welcome to the new—and we believe improved—Adam Smith, Esq. The original Adam Smith, Esq. site launched nine years ago and it was past due for a facelift. Indeed, if internet years are dog years, the site was eligible for Social Security. You are looking at the...
by Bruce | February 2, 2012 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
The Americn Lawyer’s cover story this month is on lateral partner movement in 2011, with 2,454 partners leaving or joining AmLaw 200 firms, a 22% increase from 2010 and back to the average for the boom years of 2005 to 2009. We’re here not to emulate...
by Bruce | January 27, 2012 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Lots of ink has been spilled lately about how M&A activity in the legal sector has picked up. Let’s stipulate that’s true. I for one believe it to be the case, and have been involved in more conversations along those lines in the last several...
by Bruce | January 27, 2012 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Lots of ink has been spilled lately about how M&A activity in the legal sector has picked up. Let’s stipulate that’s true. I for one believe it to be the case, and have been involved in more conversations along those lines in the last several...
by Bruce | January 27, 2012 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Lots of ink has been spilled lately about how M&A activity in the legal sector has picked up. Let’s stipulate that’s true. I for one believe it to be the case, and have been involved in more conversations along those lines in the last several...
by Bruce | January 17, 2012 | Articles, Knowledge Management, Technology strategy
If you’ll be attending LegalTech here in New York at the end of this month, this is your chance to stop by and introduce yourself—and even to spend a couple of hours learning all about e-discovery. I’ll be moderating three hour-long panels: the...