The query of transparency in legislation agency administration, and placing the suitable stability, has been a troublesome one for legislation companies since lengthy earlier than March 2020. The extent of transparency employed implicates extra than simply the circulate of knowledge. It implicates the facility dynamic at a legislation agency (or any group) and places to the take a look at any claims made about administering a democracy versus sustaining an oligarchy (or worse).
Point out the phrase “transparency,” and lots of will reflexively suppose “compensation.” I keep in mind years in the past talking with a legislation agency communications director, making an attempt to arrange a dialog with agency leaders relating to a problem of consumer engagement on which I used to be pursuing a narrative. I used to be instructed, in paraphrase, “except it’s actually pressing, they’re not going to have the ability to speak to you till subsequent week. They’re in the midst of understanding companion compensation.”
