by Bruce | March 1, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
If you’ll be in Washington, DC this coming Tuesday, March 3rd, yours truly will be moderating a panel scheduled to run from 11:45 am — 1:30 pm on "The Media & The Legal Profession," at a conference sponsored by Georgetown Law’s...
by Bruce | February 28, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
Periodically, I feel it incumbent upon myself to report to you, Dear Reader, my indispensable audience, on what I know about the "Adam Smith, Esq." community. So, based on reader surveys and stats logs from my hosting company, and without further ado: 73% of...
by Bruce | February 27, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The Latham news is of course all over the place: The WSJ Law Blog, Above The Law, The AmLaw Daily, LegalWeek, and etc. The figures are, frankly, grim: 190 associates laid off, or about 12%; 250 paralegals and staff, or about 10%; but As of this writing, no...
by Bruce | February 23, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
America has been through many crises and challenges before, far worse than what we’re experiencing today. Need I mention (keeping it to economics and not including wars), the hardships and deprivations brought on by the Civil War, the long depression of...
by Bruce | February 20, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management
When non-lawyers ask what’s happening in the world of law these days (i.e., what ATL is covering), our first response is usually one word: layoffs. It’s been a dominant theme in our coverage since the fall. —Above The Law (today) While I might...
by Bruce | February 13, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Within the space of 15 minutes late this afternoon I got calls from both Bloomberg News and The American Lawyer asking me what was going on with all the layoff announcements hitting the wires today. So this was not your ordinary day, and even though "Adam Smith,...