By David Lat 4/22/08 4:41pm

Cravath, Inc.: What If New York’s Law Firms Went Public?

In the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere, the mother of the family, Marsha Owens, worked for a time in a shopping-mall law firm called Legal Hut. It seemed like a good gag at the time—a law office that was part of a big chain, located in the quotidian precincts of a shopping mall, basically a business Read More

By Ralph Gardner Jr. 2/26/01 12:00am

Crime Motto of the Week: Take Time for Prep Time

The crook didn’t display a weapon at any point during the incident; when you’re that well prepared, you don’t need to.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the key to success in life is practice, as in “practice, practice, practice.” However, the true secret to getting what you want may actually lie in preparation a subtle distinction, Read More