by Bruce | July 14, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
I’ve been increasingly mystified, now bordering on troubled, by a new case of "the dog that didn’t bark." Here’s my question: Given that we’ve been slogging through this subprime/Alt-A/Bear Stearns/Freddie & Fannie...
by Bruce | July 14, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Here’s an addendum to the coverage I gave to Eversheds’ Report on The Law Firm of the 21st Century, as well as to the story I published last month on the conference held here in New York sponsored by Eversheds. This email came in over the weekend...
by Bruce | July 10, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Richard Turnor, a partner in the Private Client Group at Allen & Overy, has penned for Managing Partner Magazine one of the more thoughtful pieces on the implications of the Legal Services Act in the UK. In particular, he asks the same question...
by Bruce | July 5, 2008 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
At long last, Adam Smith has been honored in his native Edinburgh, with a prominent statue outside St. Giles’ Cathedral on the Royal Mile. As reported by the FT, the unveiling was yesterday: Vernon Smith, the George Mason law and economics professor and winner...
by Bruce | July 4, 2008 | About the Site, Articles
Watching Fireworks on the Fourth: Coney Island, 1962 [Courtesy of Magnum]
by Bruce | July 3, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
This is a column about wringing our hands. Our first text, from the Old Testament conventional debate, stems from today’s WSJ story on "Axiom Legal," headlined Newcomer Law Firms Are Creating Niches with Blue-Chip Clients, discussing the business model...