Some firms are building out ESG practices. But even those that aren't doing so will encounter clients who are evaluating them on the basis of their commitments to sustainability and social impact. Do they have the right answers? Email me here. Want this dispatch in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here.

 

Doing Good Is Good For Business

This may be a briefing on the business of law. But, in case you're interested, here's an insight into my business. Just because a story is published on the website doesn't mean it's finished. Readers (or more frequently, PR folks in law firms who are paid to do exactly this thing) will tell me about players I've neglected. And new angles that I'd ignored or tossed aside can become much more clear, either from outside input or just serendipity. (Litigators, maybe this is familiar to you, too.)

Take the piece I wrote last week about firms building out ESG practices to take advantage of the fact that Corporate America has recently developed a social conscience. Doing good is good for business, and all that. It turns out the list of firms getting in the game wasn't exhaustive. (O'Melveny and Sidley Austin, I hear you.)