by Bruce | January 10, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Strategy
Courtesy of The New Yorker: This is not to either recommend or condemn discounts for valued clients—that’s a topic for another day!
by Bruce | January 10, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The New Jersey Law Journal, with permission, re-published a recent post about Allen & Overy’s new "managing associate" and "of counsel" tracks. Many thanks to Ron Fleury, their nifty editor.
by Bruce | January 8, 2006 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
"Adam Smith, Esq." is honored and delighted to host Blawg Review #39; I consider myself in excellent company given the distinguished and talented people who have hosted Blawg Review in the past. This week we celebrate: Epiphany: n. ...
by Bruce | January 7, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Legal Times is asking, "What Five Questions Will Law Firms Face in 2006?" I’d like to suggest there’s really only one question, and these "five" are each just facets of the same phenomenon. Their five: More merger mania? Soaring...
by Bruce | January 6, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Your firm is dedicated to client service as one of its pre-eminent goals, if not the absolutely highest priority, right? Not so fast. Do you have a lawyer serving full-time as "Client Services Advisor," serving as an ombudsman on behalf of the...
by Bruce | January 4, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Strategy
In case you haven’t seen the home-page of Law.com today, they are launching their "Career Center": And this is the article that I’m up there, as it were, alluding to.