The Introduction to “Tomorrowland”
Many readers will know that this past spring I published my third book, Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon. With the author’s permission, I reproduce here the Introduction to...
View ArticleLetter from London
Observant readers will have noted that I was in London all last week and so, as is our custom, a few observations about my time and conversations there and the state of the market. This has taken me...
View ArticleReflections of a GC
In the spirit of generosity, which I hope is an active presence in your life but which is conspicuously abroad at this time of year, a regular reader granted me permission to share some of his...
View ArticleOne Generation Firms
Janet Stanton co-authored this article. Corporate endurance should not be an end in itself. That said, in a very real sense, survival is the ultimate performance measure. –Ian Davis, Managing...
View ArticleThe 2018 Thomson Reuters/Georgetown Report on Law Land
Our friends at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute asked us if we might share some thoughts with them on this year’s always enlightening and probing Report on the State of the Legal Market and...
View ArticleQuestion of Month: Succession Planning: Why is it Radioactive?
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Dear Readers, Succession planning has been much on our minds lately, in part because it is so rarely on the minds of most law firms or...
View ArticleFebruary 2018 Question of the Month: Origination Is ____?
You know what to do! Please use the comments box at the bottom for any additional thoughts or observations.
View ArticleMergers & Alliances: Proceed with Caution
The following column is by Antonio Leal Holguin, Director, Adam Smith, Esq. Antonio is based in Santiago, Chile, and spearheads our Latin America practice. Mergers & Alliances: Proceed with...
View ArticleMy Podcast with ABA’s “Legal Rebels”
This was recorded somewhat earlier this year. It’s always nerve-wracking to wonder how one is going to sound, but my opinion is not the one that matters. Yours is.
View ArticleThe Introduction to “Tomorrowland”
Many readers will know that this past spring I published my third book, Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon. With the author’s permission, I reproduce here the Introduction to...
View ArticleLetter from London
Observant readers will have noted that I was in London all last week and so, as is our custom, a few observations about my time and conversations there and the state of the market. This has taken me...
View ArticleReflections of a GC
In the spirit of generosity, which I hope is an active presence in your life but which is conspicuously abroad at this time of year, a regular reader granted me permission to share some of his...
View ArticleOne Generation Firms
Janet Stanton co-authored this article. Corporate endurance should not be an end in itself. That said, in a very real sense, survival is the ultimate performance measure. –Ian Davis, Managing...
View ArticleThe 2018 Thomson Reuters/Georgetown Report on Law Land
Our friends at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute asked us if we might share some thoughts with them on this year’s always enlightening and probing Report on the State of the Legal Market and...
View ArticleQuestion of Month: Succession Planning: Why is it Radioactive?
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Dear Readers, Succession planning has been much on our minds lately, in part because it is so rarely on the minds of most law firms or...
View ArticleFebruary 2018 Question of the Month: Origination Is ____?
You know what to do! Please use the comments box at the bottom for any additional thoughts or observations.
View ArticleMergers & Alliances: Proceed with Caution
The following column is by Antonio Leal Holguin, Director, Adam Smith, Esq. Antonio is based in Santiago, Chile, and spearheads our Latin America practice. Mergers & Alliances: Proceed with...
View ArticleThe Law That Will Bite You Every Time
My favorite law in the whole world is the Law of Unintended Consequences. I suspect I’m so fond of it because it’s intrinsically perverse, it smotes the smartest people (maybe especially the smartest...
View ArticleThe Death of Lockstep?
Last week Jim Stewart of The New York Times published $11 Million a Year for a Law Partner? Bidding War Grows at Top-Tier Firms which was pegged to the news that Sandra Goldstein had left Cravath for...
View Article