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The Law Firm Series

My five-part "The Law Firm" series frames issues and proposes solutions to the global legal service market's juggernaut triplets – Artificial Intelligence, Pricing, and Talent Transience. For some unfathomable reason, many law firms have tended not to run as businesses, choosing instead to emphasize top line revenue rather than bottom line profitability.

The Law Firm Series

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My five-part "The Law Firm" series frames issues and proposes solutions to the global legal service market's juggernaut triplets – Artificial Intelligence, Pricing, and Talent Transience.

For some unfathomable reason, many law firms have tended not to run as businesses, choosing instead to emphasize top line revenue rather than bottom line profitability.

This is one of the reasons why many law firms have historically considered themselves to be successful.

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My five-part "The Law Firm" series frames issues and proposes solutions to the global legal service market's juggernaut triplets – Artificial Intelligence, Pricing, and Talent Transience. For some unfathomable reason, many law firms have tended not to run as businesses, choosing instead to emphasize top line revenue rather than bottom line profitability. This is one of the reasons why many law firms have historically considered themselves to be successful.

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  • Ironically, it is also why law firm mergers and acquisitions have increased with the speed of summer lightning of late as have insolvencies and failures.

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