by Bruce | April 4, 2007 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
When both I and my friend Larry Ribstein are quoted in the same Wall Street Journal article, it’s too rich to resist. So, hoping this constitutes "fair use," herewith the piece from today’s paper, pg. B2: Losing the ‘LLP’? With the...
by Bruce | April 3, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Eagle-eyed readers of my article reporting on my conversation with Ralph Baxter may have spotted where Ralph’s essay that I referred to was published: On Legal OnRamp. For the rest of you, if you haven’t heard of Legal OnRamp, I intend to...
by Bruce | April 2, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Heard of "Web 2.0?" Good; I thought so. Care to define it? Right; I also thought so. It can be a slippery concept, unusually prone to the "eye of the beholder" syndrome, but the uber -article about Web 2.0 was written by Tim...
by Bruce | March 29, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
"A freezing rain was falling one March afternoon in Tarrytown, New York, and I was thinking about frogs." Does that sound like the proper introduction for an AmLaw 30 Firm Chair to use for an article with the theme, as he says farther on, that "I expect...
by Bruce | March 23, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The 19th Century was Britain’s, the 20th Century was the United States’, and the 21st Century is____? China’s, of course! (Said he to resounding acclamation, being congratulated on stating the obvious.) So, is it? Truth be told, the most...
by Bruce | March 15, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Earlier, I wrote about the 12th annual "Law Firm Leaders Forum" held in San Francisco last week, which I was able to attend as a guest of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, whose Chairman & CEO, Ralph Baxter, has been a sponsor of the event from the...