by Bruce | June 27, 2014 | Articles, Finance
Today, a column from Janet Stanton, inviting us (with her) to take a fresh view of Law Land with a brain uncorrupted by having lived her entire life in Our World: A challenge to our readers: Just how profitable are law firms? Having spent most of my professional...
by Bruce | June 24, 2014 | Articles, Finance, M&A, Strategy
Law firm merger talk seems more in the air than ever, with deals and rumors of deals abounding and redoubtable resources such as Altman Weil’s MergerLine reporting record levels of activity. We would like to believe we’re relatively impervious to being...
by Bruce | June 13, 2014 | Articles, Branding, Client Relationships, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
I call it the Hollow Middle, but Knowledge@Wharton prefers “Disappearing Middle.” Here’s what, writing in their pages, the CEO of the Cambridge Group, identified as “a growth strategy consulting firm that is part of Nielsen,” has to say...
by Bruce | June 9, 2014 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
For those of you who may have missed it, we refer you forthwith to Brian Dalton’s latest column on Above The Law, “Is There a Business Case for More Female BigLaw Partners?” Anyone with a scintilla of conscience can only look at the information...
by Bruce | June 5, 2014 | Articles
He would be 291 years old today. And what a surpassing dinner companion he would doubtless be.
by Bruce | June 3, 2014 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Brief thoughts prompted by the release a few days ago of the AmLaw Second Hundred. These are firms ##101—200 in the AmLaw ranking, and by and large they’re regional shops based in secondary metropolitan areas, or small shops in primary cities, or specialists....