Another article that draws on lessons from way back (this time the late fifteenth century) to explain the changes we are experiencing today and make sense of what to do about them. Whether you find the tale of Abbot Johannes Trithemius allegorical or directly relevant, I hope you find it interesting and useful. I had a lot of fun writing it!
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In 1865, the British Parliament passed the Locomotive Act. Better known as the “Red Flag Act,” this law required self-propelled vehicles to travel at no more than two miles per hour in towns and four in the countryside. They were required to be crewed by three people, one of whom had to walk ahead and
Given that OpenClaw has already been around for roughly two weeks, this article might be a bit slow to market. It is nonetheless useful to reflect, I think, on what this lobster-themed, open-source personal assistant app is and what implications it might hold for law firm business models. To me, the OpenClaw saga (so far)
Is your firm ready for the seismic shift AI is bringing to succession planning, partnership structures and the future of legal leadership?
We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent webinar, Succession Planning in the era of AI: Navigating new partnership challenges.
In this audio recording of the
On the Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) webinar that I chaired recently, on the topic of succession planning in an age of AI, I mentioned a stat taken from Peter H. Diamandis‘s Moonshot podcast …. that AI intelligence costs are hyper-deflating at 40X p.a. (!!!) This would mean that the cost of AI tools
We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent webinar, ‘Cash, Remuneration and Economic Uncertainty’, in which partnership and regulatory law specialists discuss navigating economic uncertainty and how this can be successfully achieved within professional firms.
Robert Millard of Cambridge Strategy Group, David Shufflebotham of Pep Up Consulting and Corinne Staves and Andrew
I attended Lawtech UK’s “GenerativeAI Series: Roadmap to 2030” event held at the Law Society earlier this week, with panels expertly chaired by Christina Blacklaws (she/her) and Richard Susskind. I was amazed though to hear that almost all legal tech start-ups aim their businesses at in-house legal departments and SMEs – not law firms.
Some years ago, I was invited by one of the leading Danish law firms to their annual partners conference. We spent a great day together, exploring how the practice and business of law is evolving and how that might impact their firm. Afterwards, the driver of the car taking me from Aarhus back to the
| In professional services firms we are now beginning to see an increased focus on “advised emissions”. The Law Society of England Wales has recently published guidance on the impact of climate change on solicitors, in which, among other things, it asks solicitors to consider the climate impact of their client work and climate related issues/risks |
Much has been written over the years about how difficult it is for clients to differentiate between one law firm and the next.
From a client perspective, law firms all look remarkably similar. Trust, reputation and brand generally play an unusually important role in buying professional services. Appearing in directories such as Chambers & Partners,