by Bruce | July 19, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Outsourcing is here to stay. Whatever you call it, and whatever you think of its quality, clients have tasted of the fruit of the forbidden tree and they’re not going back. If document review can be conducted by Ivy League law school grads trained at white-shoe...
by Bruce | July 7, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
[Linklaters Managing Partner Simon] Davies said the firm was focused on overall profitability rather than its revenue, which has suffered due to the deflated M&A market with about 40 per cent of income generated by the corporate department. “Our...
by Bruce | June 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
Last month we made an online survey available on the topic of timekeeping practices sponsored by Adam Smith, Esq., and Smart WebParts. The survey was also publicized through other venues, and ran for three weeks from mid-May through early June. 155 of 211...
by Bruce | June 9, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Journalistic wisdom, or maybe it’s just engaging newsroom lore passed down, has it that one anecdote is a story but three anecdotes constitute a trend. If so, Dear Reader, we have a trend: Mayer Brown has been in secret merger talks with Simmons & Simmons as...
by Bruce | May 27, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
So what’s on everyone’s mind here? Actually, the same things that are on everyone’s minds in the US, although the Brits express it in their own unmistakable and uniquely articulate ways. Here are the key topics: The Hogan/Lovells,...
by Bruce | May 18, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance
Whatever your views might be on the intrinsic validity or durability of the billable hour, timekeeping is still fundamental to most firms’ accounting and compensation systems, so it remains a topic of “evergreen” interest. Adam Smith, Esq. has posted...
