by Bruce | May 11, 2020 | About the Site, Articles, Business Models, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
This column is by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton What do we know now that we did not know in January? Obviously, we know we’re in the grip of a global pandemic, which has precipitated a worldwide macroeconomic seizure comparable to the Great Depression, and that...
by Bruce | May 10, 2020 | About the Site, Articles, Practice Group Management
Janet and Bruce will be two of the panelists presenting a webinar on litigation in recessions, along with Prof. Eli Wald of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and two experts in the e-discovery industry: Wed 20 May 2020 1:00 PM Eastern Duration: 1 hour...
by Bruce | May 3, 2020 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
Quick reminder with less than two weeks to go: We’re happy to report we’ll be part of a panel on: Webinar – Law Land 1st Q Performance: What happened? Wednesday, 13 May 2020 12 noon (US Eastern) Be one of the first to see how early responses to mitigate the...
by Bruce | April 30, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
In the second part of this two-part series, Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute published the following article we wrote at their request. We republish it here by their kind courtesy. In the first installment of this two-part series, we talked about the...
by Bruce | April 27, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better
What we do not know about the surreal period we’re in—“Coronatide” is our King of the Hill name for it—would fill the proverbial book, or actually several. (My sources for what I say, for the record, range from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial...
by Bruce | April 24, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Client Relationships, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
The following column was published on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute site on April 20, 2020. We reprint it here by their courtesy. This 2-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen & Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. Over the past couple of weeks...
by Bruce | April 21, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…” – Rudyard Kipling Ever wondered why clergy seem almost preternaturally calm? I certainly have. Were they born that way and, therefore,...
by Bruce | April 16, 2020 | Articles
We’re happy to report we’ll be part of a panel on: Webinar – Law Land 1st Q Performance: What happened? Wednesday, 13 May 2020 12 noon (US Eastern) Be one of the first to see how early responses to mitigate the Coronavirus have impacted law firms. Under...
by Bruce | April 14, 2020 | Articles
A few days ago the hyper-connected and truly thoughtful Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times included, verbatim, a letter I summarize below in his daily e-news. On the strong suspicion that there are some corporate lawyers in the audience with an interest in...
by Bruce | April 1, 2020 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Say what you will about the “social distancing” clampdown put in place all over the world, but you will never find stronger consensus among economists about anything than this: They are desperately needed if we are to get back on our feet again. Some of you may know...