The Curse of Originating Client Credits: Let the Games Begin
Photo by Pixabay at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | June 22, 2025 An important element of a law firm’s culture is how it designates ‘client lawyer’ status, or ‘client origination credits’ (“OCs”). By way of background, there are three ways to earn money in a law firm: For the uninitiated, when a client retains a law […]
Is lawyer advertising a good thing? Or over the Bottom?
By Marcel Strigberger | June 19, 2025 The road not taken? Actually, I would not mind taking it if it had fewer lawyers’ billboard ads. To wit, while snowbirding in Florida recently, I could not escape the tsunami of lawyers’ ads inundating the highways. Given how aggressive so many drivers are, I feel spooked by these […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: The Canadian law firms that generate the most revenue per lawyer | How and why a great Canadian law firm folded | OK to compare Israel with Nazis: court | Lawyers can be jailed for misuing AI | Privacy Commissioner frustrated with pace of reforms
By Julius Melnitzer | June 18, 2025 IF RICHES ARE YOUR PROFESSIONAL GOAL Here, in Canadian dollars and according to Law.com, are Canadian Big Law firms that produce the most revenue per lawyer: Related Article: Advice from Law Schools: Follow the Money to Big Law HEENAN BLAIKIE’S DEMISE: UNVEILED If you want to discover how […]
Advice from Law Schools: Follow the Money to Big Law
Photo by Edotommo99 at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | June 16, 2025 One cold December evening, when I was 22, I lined up outside for almost an hour to get into an exclusive club in Montreal. The gatekeeper allowed the beautiful people in and passed over the others. I would still be waiting if I had […]
A Tale of Two Law Firms
By Murray Gottheil | June 12, 2024 Let me tell you about two different law firms. Big Law Group One is a well-respected Canadian firm with many hundreds of lawyers, some of whom appear to be happier than others. Some of their dearly departed professionals have told me distressing stories about their lives at that firm, […]
To Everything There is A Season
By Murray Gottheil | June 10, 2025 I was the managing partner of a law firm for a while. At the time, I saw myself as something like Cassandra, whom the Gods punished by giving her the ability to foresee the future while dooming her never to be believed. I used to try my best to […]
AI in court: Just your humble serpent?
By Marcel Strigberger | June 9, 2025 You must remember this, a hiss is still a hiss. Maybe in Casablanca. But not in Sandston, Va. And certainly not for Carletta Andrews. Carletta was enjoying a margarita at a Mexican restaurant with her husband. Suddenly, something descended from the ceiling and bounced off her forehead. She […]
Be Careful What You Wish For
Photo by Abhishek Shekhawat at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | June 7, 2025 Those of my era may remember the comic book character known as “Richie Rich”. A nice little kid, but having been brought up by wealthy parents, he was not on the same wavelength as some of his friends. My friend Stan had a […]
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By Julius Melnitzer | June 3, 2025 PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TO RULE OF LAW CANADA Concerned about recent developments that have exposed the fragility of the Rule of Law (ROL) and “how quickly it can be eroded”, a group of lawyers has come up with the idea of having Canadian lawyers unite by collectively pledging […]
AI through the eyes of a born-again Luddite
By Marcel Strigberger | June 2, 2025 Hey lawyers! Beware the ides of artificial intelligence. A week does not pass without reading about some judge raking lawyers over the coals for presenting AI-generated defective law. The defects include but are not limited to misquotes of cited cases; misrepresentations of legal principles associated with cited cases, including […]