Selected writings · 2015–2025

Forbes Writings

For more than a decade, across approximately 350 articles, Mark’s insights have been must-reads throughout the global legal industry and beyond. These representative topics and essays offer a selection from his extensive body of thought leadership and practical, client-oriented insight at the intersection of law, business, technology, economics, and government.

Mark’s work has also appeared in numerous books and publications, including Bloomberg, the American Bar Association Journal, the Canadian Bar Association, and many others.

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Legal Business Transformation

From fragmented delivery to an integrated enterprise capability.

Legal Transformation: Why The Stakes Have Increased Dramatically

Connects the transformation of legal delivery with the profession’s responsibility to uphold the rule of law.

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AI and Emerging Technology

Technology’s possibilities, the choices it creates, and the organizational changes it requires.

AI: The Partnership Model’s Coup De Grace And Enabler Of What’s Next

How AI challenges legacy economics and enables new delivery models, with human adaptation central to the outcome.

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Legal Transformation: Why The Stakes Have Increased Dramatically

Connects the transformation of legal delivery with the profession’s responsibility to uphold the rule of law.

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The Human Side of Transformation

Culture, collaboration, empathy, and the capacity to adapt.

COVID-19 And The Reformation Of Legal Culture

Explores the cultural resistance that impedes change—and the opportunity to rethink established ways of working.

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Training, Talent and Lifelong Learning

Preparing people for changing roles, new disciplines, and continuous learning.

The CLO/GC as Enterprise Leader

Strategic counsel, enterprise value, risk, and the responsibilities of leadership.

Chief Legal Officers: The Expanded Purview Of A Trusted Advisor

How AI and interconnected risks expand the trusted advisor’s role—bringing judgment, curiosity, cross-functional collaboration, and human–technology integration to enterprise leadership.

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What Is The Legal Function’s True Enterprise Value?

Looks beyond cost measures to the legal function’s contribution to customer outcomes and enterprise value.

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A curated selection, rather than a complete archive. Some essays speak to more than one theme and appear in more than one category.

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