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China: Corruption by the Numbers.
I have been living in or doing business with corrupt countries for over thirty years and one of the things I have […]
How the Marquis de Sade was finally forced into politics.
And the moral of the story is never lean on the weird. Or they will chop your head off. Take my word […]
Chicago dancing
Well, I heard about the fella’ you been dancin’ with/All over the neighborhhood…. From Les Blues Brothers (1980), John Landis, Director
Minor Wisdom
Ray Ward, of Minor Wisdom and the (new) legal writer What About Paris? is the weekend edition of WAC? It lets us […]
“Reading is sexier in Paris”
See The Paris Blog which is running some of the series “Why Paris?” by Laura Elkin at her Maitresse: I hereby call […]
Writing well
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement is a wise man. Euripides, non-lawyer (480-406 B.C.)
Quick question.
“I just finished the Vanity Fair piece. Can I spend a couple of weeks with you, Bing and the guy with the […]
London’s Charon QC interviews What About Clients?
On Tuesday, Charon QC, London’s velvet-voiced legal toastmaster, interviewed an early-rising Dan Hull in California for Charon’s podcast series. Dan drank coffee, […]
Jim Hassett: Protecting relationships.
Another client-focused blog which, like Tom Kane’s, consistently transcends the group-hugs-and-Kumbaya marketing sites out there is Jim Hassett’s Legal Business Development. There’s […]
Tom Kane: What your firm should be doing in a down economy.
Recently, Tom Kane, at his well-regarded Legal Marketing Blog, has focused on marketing during “bad times”. And whether the downturn has hit […]
The French president gets the chair.
The presidency of the European Union’s Council, the EU’s main decision-making body, rotates every six months. EU countries take turns chairing and […]
Virgin’s tough new IP piracy strategy.
From “Stop Filesharing Or We’ll Smack Your Bottom” at Ruthie’s Law: Ruthie was also hugely amused to hear four students who had […]
New Millennial Whine Anthem
Well, at least it’s a great song…. Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders, “My City Was Gone”
The law: pasts and prologues.
Law profs Mary Dudziak and and Richard Ross co-author Legal History Blog, “Scholarship, News and New Ideas in Legal History”. WAC? is […]
100 blogs for brass: leadership and mangement.
A resource you don’t see every day. Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft notes that HR World has assembled a list of 100 […]
Another tough new life challenge for Millennials.
Wisconsin Law Bans Sex With Dead Bodies. MADISON, Wis. (AP)–Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday […]
More on “The Slackoeisie”–and a new blog from the UK.
As the older generations die, they take with them their knowledge of what was lost when the new technology arrived, and only […]
Blawg Review Republic
Do read Blawg Review #167, skillfully covering last week’s best posts. Ambitious and expertly-done, it pays homage to the 50 states in […]
A beautiful day in the corporate hood.
Separated at birth? Or maybe the son of Rogers? You be the judge. See Patrick Lamb‘s playful but instructive post “Is Mr. […]
Jim Hassett: “Advances”
Moving the ball. Read Jim Hassett’s “How to increase results by planning sales advances” at his Legal Business Development. In his live […]
1776-2008
Still a young country, America. And July 4th means reflection as well as celebration. When does America square realities with its fine […]
Thinking well.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. Aristotle (384″“322 BC), fragment
Utah
WAC? considers Utah a republic unto itself. We even considered adding Utah sites to our Directory of Non-U.S. Blogs, on your lower […]
Help, I’m a rock.
Left brain, right brain, stale brain, jury work. In the first semester, and not gradually, you lose some of your command of […]
Bad dog: GeekLawyer coverage
Oxford grads are baaad. Blawg Review #166, hosted this week by the Keith Moon of legal blogs, got noticed. Nothing sacred; no […]
“Are lawyers just kidding themselves about delivering true service to clients?”
Reviews on lawyers always have ranged from architects of great nations and the world’s commercial markets to necessary evils who add little […]