by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
I want to show you another view of the AmLaw 100, this ranked by "Revenue/Lawyer," a trivially simple calculation to perform, but which reveals a wealth of insight. Some of the results are obvious—our friends at 52nd and Sixth have almost lapped...
by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
According to The Wall Street Journal, the popularity of economics as an undergrad major is rising: Up 40% in the US in the past 5 years, and the #1 major at Harvard, Columbia, and NYU. Even in Russia and Poland—or, when you think about it, especially...
by Bruce | July 1, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The UK’s The Lawyer has a weekly poll, which as typically befits such "reader candy" items is usually trivial or gossipy, but this one got my attention: "Last week we asked: The Lawyer revealed this week the resignation of White & Case’s...
by Bruce | June 29, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
I promised a more substantive gloss on the AmLaw 100 results, and, while I have not run this by any Ph.D.’s in statistics, I think it tells a fascinating and possibly powerful story—which, more importantly, might even accord with some of the hypotheses and...
by Bruce | June 28, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
As promised, here’s the AmLaw 100 for 2005. I’ll have some substantive commentary later today, but for now I’ll primarily limit my gloss to that provided by my friends at American Lawyer Media: "Five Am Law 200 firms posted gross revenue...
by Bruce | June 26, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, Strategy
My friends at American Lawyer Media will release an early “preview” copy of the 2005 AmLaw 100 to Adam Smith, Esq. readers this coming evening, Tuesday, June 28. Sign up for an email update, subscribe by RSS, or just come back here Tuesday evening. I for...