by Bruce | October 16, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
What do the stories "Qualcomm Meets a Stern Judge" and "Banking Giant Pioneers Adviser League Table" have in common? The first is about Southern District of California U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Major coming out swinging against lawyers involved...
by Bruce | October 15, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
If you have a candidate for something that’s harder to achieve than large-scale organizational change—transformative change, not reforms or trim-tab adjustments—let me know. And yet, if your firm is to remain relevant in changing marketplaces,...
by Bruce | October 10, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures
From the TimesOnline (UK): "Peter Bloxham, the former head of restructuring at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has lost his landmark £4.5 million age discrimination claim against the elite City law firm." This was a long-awaited and closely watched...
by Bruce | October 5, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy
On Monday of this week Proskauer Rose published something brand-new online. I use "brand new" advisedly. I would be the first to confess I may have missed something like it beforehand (and if you’re aware of any analogs, please let me...
by Bruce | October 1, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
My firm does/does not have a mandatory retirement policy. I do/do not believe we should have one. Discuss. This comes up because of the near-even split in the industry between firms that have such policies and those that don ‘t—57% of all firms...
by Bruce | September 28, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The "Global 100" is out, a joint production of The American Lawyer and LegalWeek, which of course are now conjoined under the umbrella of IncisiveMedia. It ranks the largest firms through three filters: Highest gross revenue for the most recently...