The saga of Lizzie Grubman is over.

Some expected the case to be featured more prominently in our pages, but her troubles provided no insight into the industry that our readers would find useful. In recent weeks, stories have been appearing in such papers as The New York Times, speculating that Grubman's firm will struggle to survive because of her notoriety. Meanwhile, plenty of firms are struggling to survive client budget cuts and an unforgiving economy. The latter is obviously more ...