by Bruce | June 1, 2006 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Finance, Just Plain Interesting
From the Journal of Economic Education (hat tip to "Truth on the Market") comes the first study I’m familiar with examining whether the choice of undergraduate major has any effect on a lawyer’s career earnings. And guess what? If you...
by Bruce | May 8, 2006 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management
"The dismal science?" You won’t be surprised to hear that that’s about the last way I’d describe the art and discipline of economics, and a new book, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, reviewed by Paul Krugman in yesterday’s...
by Bruce | May 5, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
As loyal readers know, I had a nasty brush with copyright law and the ALM Media inhouse law department this past Monday. In a nutshell, after spending part of the weekend generating four pieces on the 2006 AmLaw 100 (released last Friday)—here, here, here,...
by Bruce | March 27, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Practice Group Management
David Maister, who knows his way across the management/leadership landscape so much better than almost anyone else that he seems to have been GPS-enabled while the rest of us were relying on 15thC. parchment maps, has taken off from my post of a few days ago about...
by Bruce | February 21, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
Every once in awhile, it pays to stand back and reflect for a moment on the "Adam Smith, Esq." community—yes, dear reader, that means you. The more involved I’ve become with "Adam Smith, Esq.," and the more readers I’ve heard from...
by Bruce | February 13, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
File this under "Truly Useful." Charles Glasser, Jr., Media Counsel at Bloomberg News, has just published the "International Libel & Privacy Handbook," subtitled "A Global Reference for Journalists, Publishers, Webmasters, and...