Bank bailouts. Whopping corporate bonuses. Housing bubbles. Credit default swaps. Mortgage-backed derivatives. Bear markets. Global Financial Crisis. You know you’re in deep when the recession-proof legal profession starts to lay off people, when your 401(k) becomes a 201(k), when the regulators fail as much as the institutions they are meant to protect, and when the smartest minds in the room, asked to put forward solutions, start sentences with “We’ve never quite seen anything like this before.” The Great Reckoning is upon us. WHAT NOW?
Behind the Bailout Plan
An Inside Look at Two Key
Players in the Saga and the
Crucial Decisions They Made
to Prevent the U.S. Economy
from Imminent Collapse
Re-Reregulation
Days of Unfettered Markets
Over as New Administration
Tries to Revive Economy in
Intensive Care
Law Firms
Rethink Business Model in
Face of Economic Meltdown
Turning East
(Way East) for Legal Services
