Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
By Murray Gottheil | July 24, 2026 “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” is an expression which some attribute to Thomas Payne. Tommy died in 1809, so this is hardly a new turn of speech. And yet, back in my law firm (and I suspect in many others), there were partners who never came […]
I Heard it Through the Gripe Vine
By Julia Volk at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | July 23, 2026 A long time ago, when I had a modicum of influence in a law firm, I used to include a sentence in every offer letter to associates to the effect that we expected our lawyers to be part of the solution to issues […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: Financing retainers | Cellphone ban in law schools? | Cozen beefs up securities practice | Arbitration Place waltzes to Vienna | Yukon law degree on the northern horizon
By Julius Melnitzer | July 21, 2026 CLIO ADDS RETAINER FINANCING CAPACITY Legal technology firm Clio has partnered with point-of-sale installment lender Affirm to incorporate a pay-over-time option for law firm clients who do not have the ability or desire to fund the full amount of a retainer. Pay Later is now automatically available in […]
The Implications of My Ice Cream Diet on Law Firm Management
By Murray Gottheil | July 14, 2026 I have been over-weight for a good long while. My wife, Maureen, is not shallow. She loves me exactly as I am. But she is smart, beautiful and talented, and her marketability far exceeds mine, so why take chances? For about 15 years, I stopped eating chocolate, cake, pie, […]
More Sinister than Just Hatred
Photo by Cottonbro at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | July 11, 2026 I recently wrote an article titled, Hate Everything or Risk the Consequences, in which I lamented that law firms restrict their lawyers’ social medial activity. But then I spoke to Tony Albrecht, who knows a lot about this stuff and I now realize that […]
Should lawyers be buying their AI lunch?
By Murray Gottheil | July 2, 2026 Frank Ramos, a Miami litigation lawyer, writes intelligently on LinkedIn. Recently, he posted that potential legal clients are moving away from using Google searches, and toward AI, to find lawyers. His conclusion is that lawyers should stop worrying about SEO and start writing intelligent commentary so that AI will […]
Career tip: What to do when the Sunday evening blues start on Friday afternoon
By Marcel Strigberger | June 27, 2026 On my first day of practice, I bought a leather armchair that I fully intended to use forever. Retirement was something that happened to senior partners, disgruntled lawyers, or cranky old judges. Years later, I realized Shakespeare had already mapped it out. As he observed in As You Like It, […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: Norton Rose bigwig leaves for Torys | LSO liable for costs of “unarguable” prosecution | Complaints against lawyers at record high | Study: Legal Aid is essential poverty relief | Rotfleisch releases new edition of Canadian Tax Facts
By Julius Melnitzer | June 23, 2026 NORTON ROSE ENERGY CHIEF JOINS TORYS Robert Froehlich, who led Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP’s energy practice and was chair of the firm’s business law group from 2019 to 2025, has joined Torys LLP’s Calgary office as a partner. His experience embraces some of Canada’s most significant and […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: Women in law, silent suffering | Hallucination catcher? | Court: AI can’t replace workers | AI beats law profs | Arbitration Place launches in Brazil
By Julius Melnitzer | June 21, 2026 EXHAUSTED WOMAN LAWYERS FEAR SPEAKING UP Some 70% of women in law suffer frequently from exhaustion or low energy, and 65% of those affected, fearing the impact on their careers, won’t speak up, says a report from the Law Society of England and Wales that surveyed 533 legal […]
Working From Hell
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko at Pexels By Murray Gottheil I was at the receiving end of a rant from a young associate recently, whom I will call Mike. I don’t mind when Mike calls me to rant, usually late at night on his commute home from work. He needs to unload, and I am happy […]