by Bruce | June 18, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership
For all the ink that’s been spilled on the evergreen topic of “leadership,” very little of it has issued from the academy: Almost all is the product of management gurus, self-appointed and otherwise. Recent work from Harvard Business School and...
by Bruce | June 9, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Journalistic wisdom, or maybe it’s just engaging newsroom lore passed down, has it that one anecdote is a story but three anecdotes constitute a trend. If so, Dear Reader, we have a trend: Mayer Brown has been in secret merger talks with Simmons & Simmons as...
by Bruce | June 2, 2010 | Articles, Practice Group Management
In conjunction with LexisNexis, Adam Smith, Esq. is launching a series of online “Virtual Panels” on The Business of Litigation. Each offers one hour of general or ethics CLE. Here’s the precis: You will hear industry leaders from...
by Bruce | May 27, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
So what’s on everyone’s mind here? Actually, the same things that are on everyone’s minds in the US, although the Brits express it in their own unmistakable and uniquely articulate ways. Here are the key topics: The Hogan/Lovells,...
by Bruce | May 18, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance
Whatever your views might be on the intrinsic validity or durability of the billable hour, timekeeping is still fundamental to most firms’ accounting and compensation systems, so it remains a topic of “evergreen” interest. Adam Smith, Esq. has posted...
by Bruce | May 16, 2010 | About the Site, Articles
This afternoon I’m off to Europe for two weeks on business: Barcelona, Madrid, and London. (OK, so it’s going to be 70/30 or 80/20 business; give a lad a break.) The netherworld gods of WiFi willing, online access should be seamless. I...