by Bruce | February 20, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management
When non-lawyers ask what’s happening in the world of law these days (i.e., what ATL is covering), our first response is usually one word: layoffs. It’s been a dominant theme in our coverage since the fall. —Above The Law (today) While I might...
by Bruce | February 3, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
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by Bruce | January 31, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Practice Group Management
When The New York Times features it on the front page, it must be real, right? I’m referring to Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms, which features Evan Chesler flatly arguing that “This is the time to get rid of the billable hour."...
by Bruce | December 30, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Perspective. It’s time for some. A friend of mine who’s the lead financial reporter for one of the original three networks prompts these thoughts. Not that he/she subscribes to the view that it’s time for some "perspective"–au...
by Bruce | December 21, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." —Mark Twain, in a cable from London to US publishers, who had mistakenly printed his obituary. And so, for the entirety of my career, has it been the case with predictions of the demise of the...
by Bruce | December 8, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Leadership, Strategy
An unspoken, and certainly uncelebrated, aspect of the law firm associate personnel model is built-in attrition. "Built-in" can have two traditional meanings, and one new one: Traditional A: They wash out of their own accord, because of a variety of factors:...