by Bruce | October 29, 2011 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
This morning brought the release of Hildebrandt’s quarterly “Peer Monitor” index for 3Q2011, showing a drop of 6 points to 56 (anything below 65 is deemed a negative operating environment). In a nutshell, the problem was that demand...
by Bruce | October 17, 2011 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Adam Smith, Esq. and David Freeman Consulting Group are teaming up to conduct a unique survey of the legal profession’s business practices that you might find extremely valuable. If you’re reading Adam Smith, Esq., we don’t need to tell you that law...
by Bruce | October 11, 2011 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Law Schools, Leadership, Recruiting, Strategy
Here are two things we know: First, the rise of the Legal Process Outsourcers–and other nontraditional ways of accomplishing legal work–has not only arrived for keeps, but is accelerating. Consider that all of the conceivable possibilities for...
by Bruce | October 10, 2011 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting
The annual award of the Nobel Prize in Economics (technically, since it’s not one of the original Nobel’s, the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”) is always an occasion for a toast here at Adam Smith, Esq.,...
by Bruce | October 7, 2011 | Articles, Globalization
Results from our “Future of the Eurozone” poll are in: Limited to one answer, here’s how you responded to “What is the future of the Eurozone?”: Muddle through: 41% The entire thing will fly apart: 32% Greece will exit: 14% All the...
by Bruce | September 30, 2011 | Articles, Finance, Globalization
Enough with the bad news. Let’s turn to the US. (No, this is not the introduction to a stand-up comedy routine.) US Trust publishes a regular Investment Advisory Overview, and in the current issue (August 2011), after the obligatory macroeconomic analysis, they...