by Bruce | July 20, 2010 | Articles, Leadership, Profiles of Individuals
The phrase “an American original” may strike you as overused, and I might agree, but I’d have to limit it to the narrow sense in which it may be applied to more people than deserve it. In other words, there aren’t enough of them. But today, we...
by Bruce | July 19, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Outsourcing is here to stay. Whatever you call it, and whatever you think of its quality, clients have tasted of the fruit of the forbidden tree and they’re not going back. If document review can be conducted by Ivy League law school grads trained at white-shoe...
by Bruce | July 7, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
[Linklaters Managing Partner Simon] Davies said the firm was focused on overall profitability rather than its revenue, which has suffered due to the deflated M&A market with about 40 per cent of income generated by the corporate department. “Our...
by Bruce | July 4, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization
Among the things we are definitively not into here at Adam Smith, Esq., is the question of ethnic or cultural identity, relative ethnic or cultural advantage or disadvantage, and historical prejudice for or against same. Frankly, we don’t give a ____....
by Bruce | June 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
Last month we made an online survey available on the topic of timekeeping practices sponsored by Adam Smith, Esq., and Smart WebParts. The survey was also publicized through other venues, and ran for three weeks from mid-May through early June. 155 of 211...
by Bruce | June 27, 2010 | Articles, Law Schools, Leadership
We’re not actually on a leadership jag here at Adam Smith, Esq., but we understand if you might feel that way. Deborah Rhode, who’s taught at Columbia and Stanford Law Schools, published a piece in the June American Lawyer (paid subscription required for...