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"A Million Little Things" - Imbalance of Family/Work for Katherine

Unrealistic.

How can Katherine, who launched a solo practice, be not at it since Eddie's accident? Although the main bread winner, she didn't go to her office. Then when she went back she brought her son. And they took a long coffee break. When she returned home she discovered that the paralyzed Eddie had urinated on himself. That triggered her to exclaim, "I went back to work too soon."

Well, help is on the way. It's coming in the form of Eddie's allowing a health aide into the home and agreeing to physical therapy. 

But that doesn't mean Katherine will be focused enough on building her solo practice to make a go of it. Probably only she is unaware how hard it is to fly solo in such a field overcrowded with independent lawyers.

Overall, the show is falling into the syndrome "Desperate Housewives" had in its final days. The plotting became ridiculously complex.

In addition to the problems in Katherine's family, Rome's marriage and emotional health have derailed after the adoption blew up. One wonders if Eddie can handle his new relationship and if Maggie can let go of hers with Eddie. Di is falling in love but is still dealing with the ghost of Jon in the house.

All that going on is exhausting to follow.

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Looping into Relationships, Ensnared Forever - Ranging from Bill Clinton to Doug Band

"Clinton has largely retreated from public life, though not necessarily by choice. Democrats are abandoning him as the media uncovers new details about his ties to Epstein and Maxwell." - Gabriel Sherman, "Confessions of a ClintonWorld Exile," Vanity Fair, December 2, 2020. 

Essentially Sherman's article is about how the ambitious loop into relationship webs which later ensnare them.

They are fully aware of the old adage that things happen through people. And it was through people that those who became players (and usually wealthy along the way) got what they needed and wanted. Then, as in a dark Edgar Allan Poe ironic tale, they couldn't extricate themselves. 

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has imprinted on him the convictions and the alleged sins of Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations regarding Ghislaine Maxwell.

But to become a permanent albatross the relationships don't have to represent reaching up or be horizonal. They can be with those who put themselves into a service position for gain. Clinton also had the misfortune to have as his multi-purpose assistant Doug Band. 

Of course, whatever form the relationship takes, resentments, jealousies and downright revulsions will develop - and fester. Then. come the outpourings of nasty observations, content of private conservations and even photos. Band vomited up most of that.

But, on the other hand, Band has no chance of finding a way out of the own maze he brilliantly created. Busy Bee Chelsea Clinton is also doing her own kind of verbal purging about Band. 

At the end of the day, everyone in Clintonworld comes across as a rogue character. So much so that ambition seems a curse.

In addition, we also know it can be a killer. In the legal profession, it might have been a background element in the suicide of Gabe MacConaill and drug overdose of Peter Munson. 

The syndrome is universal. As a career coach, I bear witness to so much suffering triggered by ambition. Both achieved or not. 

Yet, those lacking ambition are labeled "losers." That now applies equally to females. 

The same negative branding attaches to those unskilled in networking. 

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Read this puzzling help-wanted posted on the New York City section of Craigslist.

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2020 Was Good Year for Law Firms - Among Factors Was Faster Billing

Last March, the doom and gloom crowd predicted a 15% drop in revenue for law firms.

That didn't happen.

In the past three quarters revenue has been up about 15%. 

One reason for that, reports Roy Strom at Law.com, is the adoption of faster billing by lawyers.

At DLA Piper, that was made a best practice. Lawyers were motivated to fill out their time sheets - completely and in a timely fashion. They were told that doing that would help save jobs. 

Strom points out that such a billing practice brings in the funds needed for:

• Saving on the costs of borrowing
• Limiting write-offs by clients
• Preventing "slippage," that is, lawyers' forgetting the details of time consumed in a project.

This push for complete and timely payment is not simply being embraced in the law-firm sector. Being stiffed is a growing fact of doing business. Businesses of all sizes, ranging from boutiques such as my two to global corporations, are focusing on  preventing not being paid in full and on-time. Even small business is finding it smart to use formal contracts, require down payments and stop work when funds aren't being paid when due. 

It was Ben Franklin who invented the adage Time is money.

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Beyond Bonus Season - "Cleaning House" Coming

"Even as the economic outlook brightens, Big Law will continue to 'clean house' in 2021 through more layoffs among staff ranks and even attorneys." - Dylan Jackson, Law.com, December 3, 2020.

Stock market highs, the promise of an effective vaccine and how laid-off workers are reskilling for other kinds of jobs. All of  that had broken through the darkness, Sure, America could be moving into the winter of COVID-19 carnage, but many experts have already factored that in. And they remain optimistic, overall. In addition, pessimism isn't selling so the doom and gloom crowd are backing off.

Therefore, cutting loose manpower, including lawyers, next year isn't likely to resonate negatively in the court of public opinion. Law firms can get away with the cuts. No longer will it be the worst of times. Layoffs will not represent a Dickensian ethos. The mindset could be: They will be able to land on their feet - unlike the Lost Generation in 2008 - 2009.

In addition, law firms will still retain the afterglow of the bonus season. That has included double bonuses as from Brad Karp at Paul Weiss.  They made lots of lawyers happy and feel appreciated. The law-firm leader identity is imprinted as The Good Guy. We love Brad.

Meanwhile as ownership of law firms by non-lawyers continues to gain traction, layoffs will be hailed as progress. For public corporations, a reduction in force usually increases the stock price. 

Hunch: The manpower cuts will be positioned and packaged as done for performance reasons. Stealth layoffs will have a strong comeback. Both those impacted and the survivors at the firm be tipping off Abovethelaw about what they perceive really is going down. 

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