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Pay Wars & MSO’s: Huh?

by Bruce | September 15, 2026 | Articles, Business Models, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Generative AI, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy

David Morley, former head of Allen & Overy and, happy disclosure, a long-time friend, just published an article over at law.com that starts like this: The call usually comes on a Friday afternoon. A star partner has an offer from a rival: an eight-figure...

Sure You’re Smart, But Do You Think? (There is a difference)

by Bruce | September 3, 2026 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Law Schools, Recruiting

The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. LLC. Our industry is awash with really smart people.  You kinda have to be to get into and through a top law school.  Then, why is there such a paucity of creative thinking in Law Land?  After...

Whither Agentic AI and Law Firms?: My Interview with Sidebar

by Bruce | August 25, 2026 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Generative AI, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy

A little while ago I was interviewed by Niraj Chhabra of Sidebar Advisors.  He publishes a podcast and here’s a link to my conversation with him.   He also shared alternative platforms where you can find our conversation in case you are more comfortable with one of...

And Now a Word From Your Editor: Blather

by Bruce | July 9, 2026 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership

You should not be surprised to learn that in my travels across the legal, business, and strategic commentariat, I form opinions–some probably too quickly or too definitively–about the quality of what I’m reading. As an exercise that began as casual...

Milton Friedman: “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon”

by Bruce | May 27, 2026 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy

This is another installment in our series of profiles of leading economists from Capitalism and its Critics. Milton Friedman was born in Brooklyn in 1912 and died in San Francisco in 2006 at age 94. He  is known as the primary apostle of monetarism, which is the...

The Luddites: Crying “Stop” in the Face of Progress

by Bruce | April 30, 2026 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy

This is another installment in our series of profiles of leading economists from Capitalism and its Critics.  It’s our first profiling not a champion of capitalist progress but a stout opponent. Cassidy opens this, Chapter 3 of his work (“The Logic of the Luddites”)...
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