by Bruce | February 12, 2026 | About the Site, Articles, Branding, Business Models, Generative AI, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The following is a guest post from our long-time friend and astute observer of Law Land, Alastair Morrison. –Bruce & Janet Alastair Morrison, Legal Consultant Alastair Morrison is a London-based legal consultant with extensive experience in law firm...
by Bruce | January 18, 2026 | Articles, Business Models, Generative AI, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
Law Land in general, and BigLaw in particular, has a firmly established and proud custom of not being the first. To almost anything. I say this based on personal experience, because the almost invariable response to a novel proposal is, “Who else is doing...
by Bruce | October 1, 2025 | Articles, Business Models, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
In the most recent of what’s beginning to feel like a parade of star litigators jumping ship from BigLaw, comes word that Karen Dunn has left Paul Weiss to join a startup litigation boutique; in the first few months of its existence it’s already past two...
by Bruce | February 26, 2025 | About the Site, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
With yours truly live on camera. Thanks to our “BLaw” friends for making this possible. Feel free to...
by Bruce | February 16, 2025 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Finance, Strategy
We’re in the thick of BigLaw’s year-end earnings season, where firms left and right are reporting their FY2024 financial results. The numbers of greatest interest from a macro-industry perspective–setting aside the perennial gossip-intensive zero...
by Bruce | December 9, 2024 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
‘We want to use this combination to forge a new global elite,’ Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) CEO Justin D’Agostino tells Legal Business as he discusses the firm’s ambitious merger plans with New York’s Kramer Levin. So opens LegalBusiness’ main article[1] late last...