Metrics That Might Matter #3: PPL

by | August 17, 2016 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy

Last year The American Lawyer introduced a new metric into its annual reports, “Profit per lawyer,” or PPL.  Briefly, here’s what they said about it back in April, the second year they calculated it: Introduced last year, this metric is an alternate way of looking at...

Financial Centers Can Shift

by | June 17, 2016 | Articles, Finance, Globalization

Some time ago In my online travels, I came across “Delancey Place,” a marvelous site that gives new meaning to the word “eclectic.” Delancey Place describes its mission as follows: Delanceyplace.com is a brief daily email with an excerpt or...

New York to $190K!

by | June 7, 2016 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Recruiting, Strategy

Well, not quite. “New York To $190!” was, of course, the long-running headline Above The Law printed frequently in more innocent and/or palmier days, with (we suppose) a combination of hope and bemusement. Well, Cravath’s pre-emptive strike of going...
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