So we look for alternatives. This is happening with companies all over the globe. Most law firms cannot provide the strategic financial advice and strategic partnering that other entities provide. They are only allowed to opine. The Big Six and other consulting firms provide much more value in tax planning, capital raising, strategic relationships, and certain regulatory issues.
Lawyers practice there, too, and they make multiples of the income law partners make.
It may be more efficient in the future for us to use European consulting firms that can provide integrated financial, banking, and legal services that are all coordinated. If lawyers cannot offer modern, global universal services to clients, the CPAs and consultants will. I think not. The Microsoft case is a good example of the problem of our increasingly obsolete legal system. By the time the Justice Department obtains a final order, Linux may well be the dominant operating system and Microsoft will be two or three businesses down the road.