Greenspan: “I made a mistake.”
In Salon, see Andrew Leonard’s excellent “The Economy Crumbled“–but then let’s get busy cleaning up our mess. WAC? prefers Pollyannas who like […]
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Samantha Janus, “Guys and Dolls”, London
Getting America back to work.
See yesterday’s piece at London’s The Economist, “The People Puzzle“. Excerpt: An energetic debate on displaced workers””on the role of the private […]
The man, the firm and the blog to watch in 2009.
It’s Pat Lamb, his Chicago-based firm Valorem and In Search of Perfect Client Service, his well-regarded and enduring blog. Together they give […]
Keith Richards is 65.
NPR: “Let me repeat that: Keith Richards is 65.” It happened on the 18th. But what’s the real news story here? That […]
Darwinian
Associated Press (Ellen Simon) piece of December 26: NEW YORK (AP) – Economic cycles are Darwinian, picking off weak companies and leaving […]
The true meaning of the season…is on the Ivory Soap bar.
Cincinnati, Ohio, where I’ve been the last few days, it is the home of consumer marketing star Procter & Gamble. Ivory Soap, […]
Don’t know much about tech.
But we know people who do know. Except for IP problems my firm solves for clients–i.e., devise, secure and enforce marks, copyrights, […]
Nicholas, again.
“Be excellent to one another.” –From fragment written circa 340 A.D., recently discovered in Demre, formerly Myra, in Antalya Province of Turkey.
Bradford photo: 1920s Guignol puppet theatre which folds up like a suitcase.
Festival of the Lanham Act
It’s also known as The Trademark Act of 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127). But most of us call it the […]
Kitzbühel, Austria.
At some point after the government in your Western nation lends or grants you your money, and whether or not you ski, […]
Overheard in Los Angeles
“Build for profits, not ego.”
Special Druid Alert: Winter Solstice
It’s today. Big doings at the Newgrange tomb in Ireland. BBC: “On 21 December–the shortest day of the year–the sun shines deep […]
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Saturday’s Charon QC
London’s Charon QC is doing wonderful things these days. He’s versatile, in a Renaissance Man way, and with the promise of fine […]
Enduring. Connected. What’s up with Martindale-Hubbell?
Ah me, so wine lives longer than miserable man. So let us be merry. And Super. And Connected. —Satyricon, Chap 34, by […]
Al Franken: Good enough, smart enough, and lawyered-up.
Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune: “Franken Posts Lead Over Coleman“. Last night, two votes ahead. Today, 250. The intense scrutiny of “voter intent” […]
Firings: The Classy, The Unclassy, and The Cruel.
For all blog’s this flippancy and irreverence about firing employees when it happens, either at a cleint’s shop or own, we take […]
Hey, we got something super for your right here.
Hall of Lame. Our new feisty-happy bud Legal Satyricon
ACC survey: In-house keep outside firms on tighter leash.
“The caliber of in-house counsel has gone up over the years, and they are not as prone to defer to outside counsel […]
The Complete Lawyer: Going Global.
If you haven’t already, see the latest edition (Vol. 4, No. 6) of Atlanta-based The Complete Lawyer. Non-U.S. and U.S. authors in […]
Yours in the struggle, dudes.
Usually, and as important as they are, observances like Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2008 make […]
Say it ain’t so, Europe.
It’s ironic, perhaps, but Europe may also “lag behind” America in bribery prosecutions. In yesterday’s The Economist, read “The Siemens Scandal: Bavarian […]
Madoff scandal: Madoff-Jack Warden link?
Former American fund manager and NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff, and the late actor Jack Warden. Hey, are these two New Yorkers brothers? […]
What’s my share of the interest per day on just $350 billion?
“Dude, where’s my $700 billion?“ by Mike Madden in Salon. Let’s see. There’s $15 billion to Bank of America, $45 billion to […]
The Fed goes way out of the box.
Hello, Treasury? This is Ben. I need you to print me up a few more 100s. Well, a lot more. See “US […]