Bruce MacEwen
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Is Bingham Experiencing The Urge To Merge?
Which firms might end up tying the knot with Bingham? -
Ask the Experts, Job Searches, Law Students, Technology
From Across the Desk: An Apprenticeship to Practice -- That Works
Bruce MacEwen discusses one apprenticeship that seems to be working for law school graduates. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Has Patton Boggs Found A Savior?
Can this law firm be saved?
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Conferences / Symposia, Technology
'We Already Have The Good Corn': Notes From The Forum On Legal Evolution
A new organization seeks to accelerate innovation in the legal industry. -
Accounting / Accountants, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Partner Issues, Privacy, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 02.06.14
* A guy who tried to get on the bench more than once was just busted in a prostitution sting. Oops. He also spells his name weird. [The Press Democrat] * Tomorrow, Gibson Dunn partner Miguel Estrada will argue before the Second Circuit that private parties can’t get injunctions under RICO. For those keeping score, Gibson Dunn partner Randy Mastro hangs his whole case in Chevron v. Donziger on a request for an injunction under RICO. Time to play the Distinguish Polka. [Courthouse News] * Wait until the RIAA realizes there are royalties to be made at CIA black sites in Uzbekistan. Because the only thing more torturous than being forced to listen to this music is the tenacity of the RIAA. [Slate] * More on the legislative fight over accrual accounting versus cash-basis accounting for Biglaw firms. To the barricades! Swear your allegiance to Generalissimo MacEwen! [Adam Smith, Esq.] * Is there a right to online anonymity? All the people out there trying to hire contract killers over the Internet certainly think so. [InsidePrivacy] * Jay Edelson and Chandler Givens of Edelson PC examine the flawed law firm recruitment model. [Legal Solutions Blog / Thomson Reuters] * Slip and falls at the IRS office. [Lowering the Bar] -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Partner Issues
From Across The Desk: See Talent. Liberate It.
Bruce MacEwen of AdamSmithEsq. examines the lessons that Biglaw firms can learn from Netflix's HR policies. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Partner Issues
From Across the Desk: See Talent. Feed It.
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. discusses how to communicate with high performers and retain top talent. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Partner Issues
From Across the Desk: See Talent. Kill It.
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. explores three habits of highly effective demotivators -- recognize anyone you know? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Ask the Experts, Law Schools, Wall Street Journal
From Across the Desk: Students Outsmart Professors?
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. examines the changing legal marketplace and the business models needed for law schools going forward. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Layoffs, Old People, Partner Issues
From Across the Desk: Hard Conversations 101
One of the thorniest issues any leader has to deal with is telling senior-level underperformers that they’d be better off elsewhere. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw
From Across The Desk: 'Entrepreneurial?' Really?
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. discusses law firm culture and the meaning of the word “entrepreneurial.” -
Advertising, Biglaw, Canada, Events, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Join Above The Law In Toronto On September 10th!
Join Above the Law on Tuesday, September 10th in Toronto for a panel about the future of Biglaw. -
Accounting / Accountants, Barack Obama, Biglaw, California, Guns / Firearms, Joe Biden, Marijuana, Mergers and Acquisitions, Michael Jackson, Non-Sequiturs, Pornography
Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.13
* President Obama says he’s not changing his mind on the legality of marijuana “at this time.” I guess we need Biden to go on Face the Nation this time around to get some movement on the drug war. [Volokh Conspiracy] * California lawmakers are looking to retool its “revenge porn” — the act of posting embarrassing sex pics/videos of a significant other who screwed you over — bill. Now California won’t be able to post all those amateur vids of the organizers behind Prop 13. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * New York just boasted the largest seizure of illegal guns in NYC history because a rapper used Instagram to show the world a whole mess of illegal guns. Sometimes you have to avoid that “pics or it didn’t happen” tweet. [ABA Journal] * Michael Jackson’s estate is battling the IRS. The article coyly suggests that the estate has told the IRS to “Beat It.” What they don’t understand is the IRS, as a general rule “Don’t Stop ‘Til [They] Get Enough.” [TaxProf Blog] * Inspired by our recent post on the 15 Reasons to Date a Lawyer, Going Concern has found eHarmony’s “15 Reasons to Date an Accountant” and given it a similar beatdown. [Going Concern] * Congratulations to the M&A Advisor’s “40 Under 40″ award winners. Your families would be so proud if they remembered what you looked like. [The M&A Advisor] * I was quoted in this week’s episode of This American Life. Host Ira Glass interviewed Sharon Snyder, the court clerk fired for helping free an innocent man. [This American Life] * Bruce MacEwen explains the mid-year results for Biglaw as reported by Wells Fargo and Citi respectively. Video after the jump…
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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Advertising, Biglaw, Canada, Events, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Join ATL in Toronto on September 10th!
Join Above the Law on Tuesday, September 10th in Toronto for a panel about the future of Biglaw. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
From Across the Desk: CAGR for Dummies
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. answers the question: Is BigLaw really “alive, well, and rich”? -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Quote of the Day
How Badly Has Biglaw Been Battered?
Two prominent observers of the legal profession argue over the health of large law firms. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Labor / Employment
From Across the Desk: Category Killers
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the "category killers." -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, International Law
From Across the Desk: Corporate-Centric Firms
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the corporate-centric firms. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Staff Layoffs
Is Biglaw About To Go Weiled?
A look at the results of our reader poll in response to the Weil Gotshal layoffs. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
From Across the Desk: The Weil Layoffs
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. takes a closer look at the recent layoffs at Weil.