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Perspective

Dec. 20, 2012

Law firm capital: what you see is not what you get

How did firms with so much capital fail? Because what was said, and what was happening, were very different things. By Edwin Reeser


By Edwin Reeser


Comedian Lewis Black has a routine in which he describes a stroll through the milk section of the supermarket, calling out the many varied types of available milk products. He then pauses for a moment and identifies "lactose intolerant milk," and observes that if one is lactose intolerant, they cannot drink milk. So what's in the carton?


It has a label that you expect, identify with and readily buy - but it can't be wha...

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