by Bruce | August 23, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Strategy
The always intrepid Lee Pacchia of Bloomberg Law interviewed me about the industry’s results year to date in the wake of the publication of the Citi Private Bank, Wells Fargo Law Firm Group, and ThomsonReuters PeerMonitor data in the past couple of weeks. Take a...
by Bruce | July 8, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals
Herewith the next installment in our series of articles on the always charged issue of compensation, from Richard Rapp. Enjoy! Bruce Like the heads of most law firms, I had no training in management when I became president of a professional service partnership...
by Bruce | June 27, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Leadership, Strategy
Bloomberg Law asked to interview me about what the potential broader implications of the Weil layoffs might be. Take a look.
by Bruce | June 25, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Adam Smith, Esq. isn’t in the business of covering—or typically even commenting on—late-breaking news, but there’s news and then there’s news. And the Weil layoffs were reported above the fold on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal...
by Bruce | June 7, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
Herewith our next in the series by Richard Rapp on partner compensation. As always, your thoughts, observations, and comments are most welcome. If you want to email Richard directly, please do so—Bruce Economists are interested in “externalities”...
by Bruce | May 28, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Leadership, Practice Group Management
Following is the next in Richard Rapp’s series of articles on compensation. – Bruce Economists and evolutionary biologists share an interest in a model of incentives known as “the prisoner’s dilemma.” It is a game for two...
