Vol. I · Published Fridays
Friday, July 24, 2026
FryDay Notes.
From the editor
FryDay Notes began as a place to think out loud about the questions that tend to linger after the meeting ends.
What does it really mean to price legal work well? How do firms explain value before the work begins, protect margin after it does, and decide which parts of the old model are worth carrying into the next one? AI has made those questions louder, but not simpler.
These are the weekly essays from the notes on my desk: part market read, part practical observation, and part open-ended curiosity. Longer than a quick take. Less formal than a white paper. Very much a FryDay.

This week · No. 015
Two of Everything
My July has been full of unions. Two transatlantic mergers went live this summer, and the trade press says both now carry two pay scales in the same London offices. A note on what a union does to the price and cost of legal work, and what it means for business services.
Pricing · Mergers/Jul 17, 2026
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