Murray’s Musings About Family Business Succession
I have many thoughts about family business succession. Here are a few of them:
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Racing to the Bottom of the Legal Profession
Many of you will be familiar with the old saying (sometimes attributed to John Adams and other times to Winston Churchill) to the effect that… Read More »Racing to the Bottom of the Legal Profession
A Few Interesting (Sort of) Things About Interest
Here is a conversation that I had with lawyers from time to time. I would provide in a contract that interest would be payable at… Read More »A Few Interesting (Sort of) Things About Interest
Two Stupid Clauses Dumb Lawyers Put in Shareholders Agreements
Over my many years practicing business law I formed some strong opinions. Here are two of them which relate to shareholders agreements:
The Power of Doubt
Back when I was practicing law, I used to say that my greatest skill was doing lunch. I did an awful lot of lunch with… Read More »The Power of Doubt
Tales of Fundamentally Flawed Founders
I have decided not to pick on Big Law today for a change. Let’s talk about smaller firms with entrepreneurial founders instead. Sometimes lawyers call… Read More »Tales of Fundamentally Flawed Founders
The Narcissist
There was once a law firm which had a particular department which experienced some turn-over in its associates. Lots of turn-over, actually. The department in… Read More »The Narcissist
Selling The Extended Team
Back when I was practicing law, I was responsible for bringing in business to feed myself and a nest full of hungry associates and law… Read More »Selling The Extended Team
What If?
Many of us think that the legal profession is broken, because too many lawyers are stressed out and miserable. Law firms are throwing money at… Read More »What If?
Okay, Boomer
Many years ago I hired a young lawyer who was not really named Tom. Tom had a few years of experience at one of the… Read More »Okay, Boomer