Why crofting is so important to law firms

I wrote Why crofting is so important to law firms a couple years ago after Brian Inkster and I met online. Both of Scottish descent, we had much in common from the get-go.

Why crofting is so important to law firms is not a spoof or a piece of trivia. It’s a serious message to all BigLaw business model firms and a tribute to the mercurial Brian at the same time. This post is written for practising attorneys, not just those with Scottish or Irish blood.

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At the bleeding edge of law

At the bleeding edge of law is contributed by two who’ve been there and done that, David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani. The pair is known for co-founding Pangea3, an LPO pioneer, in 2004 and successfully exiting in 2012.  

In this post, they explain why they believe the long aversion to leveraging capital in law is changing fast.

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Why capital is changing law – Money makes the world go around

In Why capital is changing law – Money makes the world go around Mark Cohen cogently demonstrates how investment capital will accelerate the digitization, consolidation, and imminent scaling of legal services. Mark also shows what this means for BigLaw firms which have no balance sheet and, with rare exceptions even where they can, have no desire to take outside investment. 

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Remaking News of the Week: The fearless Adam Smith Esq

Remaking News of the Week features the fearless Adam Smith Esq (aka Bruce MacEwen of New York). I say ‘fearless’ because he describes (many/some of) the BigLaw leaders with whom he converses as being ‘deluded on stilts’. Decide for yourself.

I say ‘fearless’ because he describes (many/some of) the BigLaw leaders with whom he converses as being ‘deluded on stilts’. The single most frequent response to this question Bruce hears, “Well, no one, really.”

Decide for yourself.

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Remaking News of the Week: Collision of legal and accounting services

The collision of legal and accounting services is this week’s Remaking News featuring Stephen McGarry’s new report. Stephen analyzes the imminent ‘collision’ of legal and accounting services and subtitles his report ‘Global Disruption and Opportunity’.

Consider the facts and prognostications and decide for yourself what tectonic shifts lie ahead for BigLaw firms.

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