by Bruce | September 26, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing
The Times (UK) reports, probably for its juiciness quotient, that data from an internal Clifford Chance CRM system at the Paris office inadvertently came to light, and included—quelle surprise!—insights into some key executives at major clients including...
by Bruce | September 25, 2005 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
Our text this morning is the two-part cover story of this weekend’s Barron’s, on the creation, rise, and dominance of Lexus in the luxury auto market. And I select it not because Lexus ownership surely over-indexes among readers of "Adam Smith,...
by Bruce | September 22, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A radical repudiation of a time-tested model or a long overdue dose of sanity? One imagines those are the reactions to Allen & Overy’s revealing that it’s considering a third career path for associates, neither "up" nor "out," but...
by Bruce | September 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The Lawyer (UK) is one of those publications you ignore to your impoverishment: Somewhat like the role the Financial Times has vis-a-vis The Wall Street Journal, or The Economist vis-a-vis Business Week, The Lawyer provides a refreshing, candid, often cheeky,...
by Bruce | September 13, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
With all the attention we pay to strategy, globalization, M&A and consolidation, practice group and knowledge management, and other issues in firm management on the more or less empyrean plane, it’s time for a word about associates. For starters, associates...
by Bruce | September 12, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
David Boies, the Adelphia bankruptcy, and "Amici LLC," Chapter 2: The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Max Shulman, a senior partner at Cravath, representing Deloitte & Touche LLP, has written to the judge presiding over the Adelphia...