Learning well.
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. —Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
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One hot market: China nuclear energy.
Last week, Westinghouse told a Pittsburgh Post Gazette reporter that China needed 100 reactors out of it in the next decade. 100. […]
O Rare GeekLawyer
If you want a friend, find Jesus; but punters [clients] are for bleeding. —GeekLawyer on Client Service Blawg Review #666. Barrister-pundit GeekLawyer […]
Arbitrators and bias: International Dispute Resolution.
It’s a challenge for even Brooke Powell, our Pennsylvania-based WAC? writer, Hull McGuire stalwart, and litigation Superwoman, to keep up with Mike […]
LexMonitor: White collar crime and SOX compliance.
Sarbanes-Oxley, useful but criticized for being a bit overdone and in need of tweaking, inches toward its 6th birthday on July 30. […]
Former national anthem
….no way in the world I’m going out that front door….
Writing well, and living large.
Commenting on the body of work left by John Dryden (1631-1700), the English poet, critic and playwright, Samuel Johnson (who was born […]
UK and American boards
From the FT piece: UK: The most analysed and debated governance environment anywhere. The unitary board model survives, but since the recommendations […]
Japanese boards.
More from last month’s Financial Times piece on boards globally. Hull McGuire has extensive experience with German companies, and the kind of […]
Condi Rice and South Korea
South Korea is a “global partner” but Japan and Australia are “allies”. See at Korea Law a June 10 piece by Seoul-based […]
Next up at Global Blawg Review: GeekLawyer.
The big question for Blawg Review readers next week is Geeklawyer to run rampage through the next Blawg Review? A relatively tame […]
See me, feel me, call me.
Making sense in Chicago. Read Patrick Lamb’s “Email Free Fridays” to strengthen client relationships at In Search of Perfect Client Service. And […]
Customer service in a down economy.
See Axel Meierhoefer’s post “What’s the best customer service during a recession?” at his Leadership and Talent Development for Smart People.
A Blawg Review with Gaul.
More Europeans. Dang. This week’s host of Blawg Review hails from the European nation Yanks (and Brits, for that matter) like to […]
Race in jury selection.
In juries, mock juries, focus groups and polls, Americans and other humans are complicated, and hard to know. See Anne Reed’s new […]
Does Michelle Obama make us uncomfortable?
Speaking of American growing pains, see in Salon Erin Aubry Kaplan’s piece “Who’s Afraid Of Michelle Obama?“. Excerpt: What would a country […]
Think like a client–help control costs.
Rule Eight from WAC?’s 12 Rules.
China pollution liability; China due diligence.
For the glorification of the risk-bearer. China Law Blog in “Is China Going Green? Part XV” comments on “Government Targets Land Pollution […]
George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937-2008)
One seriously funny, angry American-Irish guy from the City who always made us think. An original. See Washington Post obit.
Voir dire: you ready for this?
See at Deliberations Anne Reed’s new article, “Ready For Anything“. It features: the late Irving Younger (a Williams & Connolly standout who […]
Fungible at best: Duke football.
We have a football team? Get out… –Overheard in Deryl Hart reading room, or maybe Ivy Room, long ago. Above The Law: […]
International Dispute Negotiation: Mike Wheeler on “Lucky Generals”.
Bright light from Soldiers Field. Who in your organization should negotiate? And how do you measure their performance–and reward them? Listen to […]
Language legislation?
Lauren Elkin at The Paris Blog and Maitresse has this one from June 20: Controversy is brewing in France this week over […]
Just Rome
Rome. I don’t like working here–charitably put, work-life balance is totally out of balance in some regions of Italy–but I love being […]
Just Cincinnati.
This is not the East Village or Paris; you can’t yell, swear, dance on sidewalks or openly admire a woman’s walk without […]
China gasoline up 18%.
In a nation where energy prices are controlled, that’s a big deal. At Tim Johnson’s China Rises blog (McClatchy Newpapers), see “Paying […]
Get ready: Iowa waters head south.
June 17 (Bloomberg)–The rising Mississippi River is threatening to inundate cities along more than 300 miles of the nation’s main commercial waterway […]
Back to Ohio (Part III)
“From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls”
A lawyer and a writer–and damn fools like WAC?
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it. –attributed to William […]
Breaking, pointless news: American CEOs still paid well.
MSNBC: CEO pay climbs higher despite slow economy. So should we call up the National Guard? Tom Brokaw was right years ago […]