From Across The Desk: ‘Entrepreneurial?’ Really?
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. discusses law firm culture and the meaning of the word “entrepreneurial.”
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.
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
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…
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.
From Across the Desk: CAGR for Dummies
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. answers the question: Is BigLaw really “alive, well, and rich”?
How Badly Has Biglaw Been Battered?
Two prominent observers of the legal profession argue over the health of large law firms.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
From Across the Desk: Category Killers
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the "category killers."
From Across the Desk: Corporate-Centric Firms
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the corporate-centric firms.
Is Biglaw About To Go Weiled?
A look at the results of our reader poll in response to the Weil Gotshal layoffs.
From Across the Desk: The Weil Layoffs
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. takes a closer look at the recent layoffs at Weil.
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
The Weil Winnowing: A Closer Look At The Layoffs
The large-scale layoffs at Weil: what does it all mean?
From Across the Desk: Capital-Markets Centric Firms
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the capital-markets centric firms.
From Across the Desk: A Law Firm Taxonomy – Introduction
Bruce MacEwen categorizes different types of law firms.
Third-Party Litigation Financing: The Latest Chimerical Lifeline For The Legal Profession
The challenges facing a stagnant legal market cannot be addressed when you begin from the premise, "How can we go back to exactly where we were before?"
From Across the Desk: Good Enough for the NFL
Bruce MacEwen asks: What is wrong with the current hiring process employed by large law firms? Oh, where to begin....