by Bruce | August 2, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Does this sound like you?: "While technical countermeasures do a passable job of blocking spam and phishing attacks from beyond the firewall, the sheer volume of E-mail from legitimate senders has companies looking for ways to communicate through the clutter....
by Bruce | July 31, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The AmLaw 200 (technically, the AmLaw 101—200) is now out and the most important generalization to be offered is that this group is not susceptible to generalizations. On a macro level, the news is good for these firms: Revenue was up year-over-year by 7%,...
by Bruce | July 29, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
Gosh, thanks, Gerry.
by Bruce | July 28, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Should law firms ever be in businesses other than practicing law? And does the answer to that turn on legal ethics, or on microeconomics, or both? The question is no longer academic. In "All in One Law Firms," the Financial Times reports...
by Bruce | July 28, 2005 | Articles, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Yesterday Gerry Riskin, of Edge International, invited me to lunch at The Cornell Club while he was passing through town. Suffice to say that if you have a chance to meet Gerry (I had not, previously), and if you’ve ever given a lick of thought to law firm...
by Bruce | July 28, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Among the AmLaw 200, mergers are in the air. Like it or not, this seems to be the reality we are facing: Consolidation. I’ve addressed the "fact" of this trend before (I think it’s safe to say at this point that it’s a...