by Bruce | October 8, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Partnership Structures, Question of the Month
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Let’s start at the source. Here is the most salient part of Rule 5.4 “Professional Independence of a Lawyer” regarding law firm ownership for most of the US (Washington, DC and Washington state are exceptions...
by Bruce | October 2, 2017 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Compensation, Finance, Law Schools, Leadership, Recruiting
Across the pond from New York our friend Alex Novarese, editor in chief of Legal Business, just published his commentary Associate pay smoke screen: it’s fooling no-one, which notes “the emergence over the last two years of suspiciously co-ordinated attempts by London...
by Bruce | September 19, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Most readers are familiar with our habit of writing a “letter from…” when we have spent some time in a particular market. We spent last week in Toronto among other things delivering the keynote and moderating breakout sessions at the annual meeting of Interlex, an...
by Bruce | September 13, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
At the outset of this series, I explicitly said that I am not implying that disputes in the world were declining, just that revenue to law firms from the litigation practice would decline. But it never hurts to ask. So again our good friends at Thomson Reuters said...
by Bruce | September 1, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Partnership Structures, Question of the Month
Our fourth question of the month. At this point, you know what to do. As always, please use the comments box to add thoughts, glosses, and, well, commentary. [poll id=”9″]
by Bruce | August 24, 2017 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
We haven’t talked yet about realization. Shall we? The first time I saw this chart, it hit me between the eyes; your reaction may be similar. In a nutshell: Even if litigation “demand” is more or less steady, what about revenue to law firms from that demand? In...