Recession Story: This is what humility, courage and resilience look like.
This op-ed/story has made the rounds since we discovered it last night. Originally, it may have appeared in Newsday on July 8–but […]
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Are We Not Men?
If you are having a bad week.
John Kerry threatens Afghan presidential rivals with “Mother of All Time-Outs.”
In the case of Afghanistan, the ‘time-out’ punishment means a crippling withdrawal of money, guns and American contractors that Afghanistan counts on […]
[UPDATED] Last Week’s Zoning Power-Based Decision by New York Court of Appeals: A “Watershed” for Fracking Opponents?
For the future of fossil fuel extraction in America, here is an important and possibly game-changing development (although I was just informed […]
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Steve Jobs: Genius, Baby Boomer, Sadist.
Image: M. Nudelman/Biz Insider Oh, the Humanity, Dude: Was Jobs seriously out of line asking employees “what are you working on?” Business […]
How my
My iPhone was stolen
U.S. Senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (1925-2014)
Class Act: Sen. Baker (R-TN) at Watergate Hearings, 1973. See Chicago Tribune
U.S. Senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (1925-2014)
Class Act: Sen. Baker (R-TN) at Watergate Hearings, 1973. See Chicago Tribune
Floundering, fear and a modicum of loathing at the EU.
And you think the U.S. economy proceeds at a limp and that citizen faith in leadership is waning? See The Perils of […]
National Harbor, Maryland: The look of real wood and pleated vinyl.
Be advised. National Harbor makes Branson, Missouri seem like Nantucket. Last week, at the last minute, I learned I needed to come […]
For the Love of Cuba: Rick Garcia, an artist’s artist.
Above: “Love and Hate”, by Rick Garcia. Born to Cuban parents, Miami native Rick Garcia was raised in a household where Cuba […]
Did we all die and go to Hallmark?
“Praise empowers people, criticism intimidates, ignoring confuses.” –Via LinkedIn mail this morning Died and went to Hallmark. That’s the feeling we had […]
“Criticism intimidates”?
I and some like-minded employers received the below happy-shiny-people “thumbs up” image (through LinkedIn, I think) with the positve but vaguely Orwellian […]
Marché aux Fleurs Reine Elizabeth II.
On D-Day, June 6, 1942, King George VI was England’s king and his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, had just turned 18 in […]
Show of hands. How many of you in the last year have been menaced by an iPhone?
I’ll be brief. More than a year ago I switched from Blackberry to iPhone–and for months I’ve been a robo-spazz. Late one […]
Europe’s ever-shapeshifting antisemitism just got even lower: “We’ll do an oven load next time.”
It’s very clear what Jean-Pierre Le Pen “was thinking”. He’s done this kind of thing before. And at 85, the French National […]
Blowing it in Brooklyn: When prosecutors withhold evidence favorable to the accused.
Sometimes winning isn’t everything. To be sure, there are times when winning is ugly and disturbing. This morning I was riveted to […]
Normandy, 6:30 a.m., June 6, 1944: Our fathers and grandfathers. My heroes. The last American class.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied forces’ invasion of Normandy. Although June 6, 1944 would be celebrated as the eventual […]
Blaise Pascal: On Brevity.
I have made this letter longer–because I have not had the time to make it shorter. —Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist, philosopher, […]
Client Money.
Rule 8 is Think Like the Client–Help Control Costs. Knowing what the client is paying your firm informs and affects the strategy […]
Much beloved, charismatic, handsome trial lawyer “trained as a spy.”
Today I am coming clean with everyone that, during summer breaks at college and law school, I was “trained as a spy”. […]
John F. Lynch: “Sitting on the Wall.” Or how should law firms think about GCs and In-house Counsel?
We had a good reaction in the blawgosphere two weeks ago when we introduced and ran “Sitting on the Wall”, an address […]
Rule 9: 24/7 for clients and customers of professionals?
Yes, sir. That’s exactly what you signed up to do, Sparky. See Rule 9: Be There For Clients–24/7 at our world-class but […]
Hey guys, it’s okay now. Khaki pants season begins today.
A word about men–yes, we professional men–and khaki. Women may wear any fabric or color they choose in any season. We generally […]
Emma Thompson’s public service announcement on social media: I’d like to hear from her at least once a week.
Or from someone like her. In a new Vanity Fair interview, Thompson said of social media, which she likened to root canal […]
Big Moxie Alert: Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services. Seriously.
“A nonprofit law firm incubating the growth of environmental legal services for modest means clients.” That’s the way Fair Shake Environmental Legal […]
Have you ever had this much fun just doing your job?
You don’t have to die to go to heaven Or hang around to be born again. Tune into what this place has […]
Refreshing, and more please: Emma Thompson’s comments on lemmings, root canals and social media.
See over at NBC’s TODAY Entertainment the short article “Emma Thompson blasts social media: ‘I’d rather have root canal treatment’ than join.” […]