The 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse this September is admittedly a good time to take a look back at the effects of 2008′s financial crisis and their impact on Big Law. But to be honest, the idea to start looking specifically at what was happening with Wall Street firms started percolating before any of us noticed the calendar.

For me, story ideas come in a number of forms, but every once in a while, there will be ah-ha moments where several different bits of information from meetings with law firm leaders, general counsel and consultants, along with the pieces ALM and others write come together to turn a light bulb on. Nuggets from each conversation add up to something we just can’t ignore.

To follow a conversation on this subject between ALM Intelligence senior analyst Nicholas Bruch and The American Lawyer editor-in-chief Gina Passarella beginning Aug. 28, register here: