Lawyers as Artisans
Are lawyers are artisans? Should they be artisans? I asked myself that question after reading Why Pay $24,000 for a Kitchen Knife? (Wall Street Journal, 07 March 2020). It reminded me that it’s not just food that is artisanal. And it’s not just knives. The...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
3 min read
Big 4 vs Big Law Legal Talent
On Friday morning (1 November 2019) I Tweeted (screenshot): [The original LPO Are Disputing article cited in that Tweet is here. I dashed off this post in about 15 minutes on Sunday morning to inject into the Twitter conversation. Apologies if some context is not...
Ron Friedmann,
6 years ago
2 min read
Lessons for Lawyers from a Low Cost Indian Hospital
You may be surprised that a low cost hospital chain in India offers multiple lessons for lawyers. The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper (Business Week, 26 March 2019) explains how an already-low-cost operation can go even lower. That message may not be...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
5 min read
Microbrands – What Can Legal Learn from Them?
Last week I learned about microbrands. I share below highlights of Why You’re Buying Products From Companies You’ve Never Heard Of (Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal, 4 October 2018) , an article describing them. I then ruminate on what the legal market can learn from this. Microbrands...
Ron Friedmann,
7 years ago
4 min read
What Big Law Can Learn from Alphabet
Google’s restructuring leads the business news this week. The company created a parent company, Alphabet, under which Google Inc. will be the biggest operating unit. Other units will house Nest, life sciences, robotics, and other Google businesses. As the New York Times suggests, this lets Google focus –...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
1 min read
Law Firm Fusion, Unicorns, and Ads
Mainstream news often holds hidden lessons for law firms. Three articles on Monday about fusion, unicorns, and ads make me think about Big Law. “Fusion” (Mergers) With Fusion of Insurers, Questions for Patients (New York Times) reports on the potential impact of health insurance mergers on patients....
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Big Law, Fast Food, and Lawyer Exceptionalism
Reading McDonald’s Seeks Its Fast-Food Soul in the New York Times this weekend got me thinking about Big Law and the legal market. What could fast food possibly have to do with Big Law? Maybe nothing. But many markets try to learn from other industries. And perhaps lawyers...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
The Bar Dithers, Rich Firms Get Richer, and NewLaw Grows
Each Friday, I publish Tweets of the Week. I pick them individually, not considering how they fit together. My picks today (below) tell a nice story, one that needs more than 140 characters… Toby Brown wrote this week in The Profession is Doomed that the bar is so hidebound...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
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