It seems like a bombshell even to the general public. The storied 41-year-old firm of Heenan Blaikie, home to hundreds of first-class members of the bar and former prime ministers, has sent out a one-page release tonight (Wednesday, February 5, 2014) saying that it is going out of business. Now the second-guessing begins around just what pressures were working on the law firm. Did it pay enough attention to efficiencies, to the running of the big dogs in larger partnerships, doing whatever it takes to get business? Globe and Mail