by Bruce | May 21, 2013 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
We humans like to put things in categories. And while we can get it plain wrong, or mix up two categories benignly or malignly, there’s no question our propensity for categorization—from friend or foe and food to poison, to Linnaeus, to the periodic table, to...
by Bruce | May 3, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Finance
This is the first column written by our new colleague here at Adam Smith, Esq., Richard Rapp. Trust me, it won’t be the last–Bruce. I enjoyed reading the recent exchange here (“What’s Your Client Mix,” April 9, 2013) triggered by...
by Bruce | April 30, 2013 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
It is with great personal and professional pleasure that we announce Richard Rapp is joining Adam Smith, Esq. as Senior Advisor. Those of you who have learned even a little about the consulting side of Adam Smith, Esq. know that we have remained small by choice,...
by Bruce | April 22, 2013 | Articles, Finance
I thought this would prove to be a tempest in an academic teapot—”where the politics are so vicious and bitter because the stakes are so small”—but the mainstream media has proven me wrong. I refer of course to the bar brawl that has broken out challenging...
by Bruce | April 11, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
A few weeks ago I ran a column about “ReInvent Law,” an event in Silicon Valley in the first half of March, which presented some views about possible futures of BigLaw, most of which were, uh, challenging to those who think business as usual is a strategy....
by Bruce | April 9, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Finance
I wasn’t going to write about the DLA over-billing allegations that came to light about 10 days ago because I didn’t think there was much to say except that they reflect badly on all of us, and on second thought that they reflect badly on all of us. But as...
