“How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Thomson Reuters (TR) released its “2023 Report on the State of the Legal Market.”... read more →
I gave a talk last week at University College London. The topic was The Changing Legal Services Marketplace: A View From Across the Pond. It began with my admission of... read more →
The ABA recently renewed–and shelved-- the alternative business structures (ABS) debate, and the battle lines were familiar. The retail segment of the legal market is where the most strident exchange... read more →
The English language is undergoing an overhaul. That’s not news to anyone who has been around kids or is superficially exposed to popular culture. But when, as recently occurred, many... read more →
The cultural values the US has adopted from the UK are many and deep. That includes, of course, our legal system. What law student does not remember “The Rule in... read more →
Horace Greeley, the American author, famously counseled pioneers to “Go West, young man” to advance the nation’s manifest destiny by expanding to the other coast. Law firms, of course, have... read more →