by Bruce | August 4, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is momentous. According to Davis-Polk, It represents the greatest legislative change to financial supervision since the 1930s (few would argue on that score) This legislation will affect every...
by Bruce | July 28, 2010 | Articles, Finance
For those of you in the New York area, or who might be here the first week of October, here’s a heads-up about a day long conference on the topic of alternative fees that Adam Smith, Esq. will be hosting and which we developed, and we warmly invite you to...
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...
