by Bruce | October 14, 2009 | About the Site, Articles, Law Schools
I’m at USC Law School speaking in a course entitled The Evolution of Large Law Firms: Effects of the Storm, taught by Adjunct Professor Bry Danner, former partner at Latham & Watkins and General Counsel at Edison International. I’ve known Bry for a few...
by Bruce | October 9, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Hogan & Hartson/Lovells? As amply reported (Legal Week, The National Law Journal, The Lawyer), the firms are in merger talks and, since no one is remotely denying the reports, we can only assume it’s all quite for real. We’ll get to what we think it...
by Bruce | October 1, 2009 | Articles, Knowledge Management, Technology strategy
I’ve written previously about Legal OnRamp, but some new developments call for an update. What’s new? Â Primarily, the ability of individual law firms to feature their own selected areas of expertise. Â First up is Latham & Watkins, with its...
by Bruce | September 29, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Regular readers know that among the many demigods in my polytheistic pantheon is the subaltern who stands guard to keep the faculties of Critical Thinking from being waylaid by cant or derailed by sensationalism. This brings us to our two seemingly far afield and...
by Bruce | September 26, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
I’m at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law this weekend in the Cherry Creek district of the city: The occasion is the annual meeting of the College of Law Practice Management, which describes itself as follows: The College of Law Practice...
by Bruce | September 21, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
Did you know that the US has a “national intelligence official for warning?” Me neither. His name is Kenneth Knight and he oversees a staff of a half-dozen analysts whose job is essentially to monitor the rest of the intelligence community, challenging...
