Ontario trial judge: “Paper must vanish from this Court…”
So says Canadian Justice David M. Brown in a case administration decision penned on April 5 in Bank of Montreal v Faibish, […]
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Think you can prepare and skillfully interview anyone? Then try Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel sometime.
Think you can skillfully interview anyone? I do. I take pride in dragging out facts, doing cross and direct, taking depositions, putting […]
Cross-Culture: Canada, the next global player.
“Deferential yet stoic” Canada is poised for a bigger global role, says Cross-Culture in its new post, “The Quiet Colossus“. One of […]
Law prof group admits declining value of law school classroom component; endorses proposals to replace 4th semester and entire 3rd year with training and other activities that are “actually not silly”.
Agreeing that the manufacture of client-ready young lawyers is at least as important as teaching law students how to think kike a […]
Mr. Chavez
Today, the American states of California, Colorado and Texas observe an official state holiday to honor the late Cesar Chavez. Chavez was […]
To Renaissance Girl, Final Muse & Total Betty: They don’t know what Love Is.
Also helps to be smart, patrician, well-educated, well-traveled, handsome, driven, resilient, optimistic, athletic, happy, way fun, charismatic, clean, sober, hopeful and hopelessly […]
If you’re a professional, 24/7 is really not too much to ask.
See “Rule 9: Be There For Clients–24/7” in our annoying but true 12 Rules. 1. Law is a service business. 2. Lawyers […]
Scott Greenfield: New York Times v. Sullivan, 50 years on, and more.
Back in olden times, I wrote my first law review article on a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Time, Inc. v. Firestone, that […]
Peter F. Drucker: Managing Oneself.
Here is the starting point of all management. Thanks to my friend John Davidson, a St. Louis business lawyer, and a fine […]
It’s Mardi Gras: Robert Palmer plays Allen Toussaint with Little Feat.
Sneakin’ sally through the alley Trying to keep her out of sight. Sneakin’ sally through the alley When up pops the wife.
Eric L. Mayer: Of Civil Disobedience and Selfies.
Eric Mayer writes about “Selfies Gone Wrong: The Tariqka Sheffey Story” at his Unwashed Advocate. With an assist from the enduring Army […]
Gold Mine
‘We Are a Gold Mine’ (for Frances Dinger) by Richard Chiem
UPDATED: A Better Class of Libidinous at Duke. Meet Lauren.
Unexpectedly, and going on a decade*, Duke University has been building a somewhat unruly, vaguely feral and decidedly Epicurean–let’s just call it […]
San Antonio U.S. District Court: Texas gay marriage ban fails rational basis test.
Finding that it failed to meet the rational basis test–not “rationally related to a legitimate government interest”–a federal judge in San Antonio […]
Dan Harris: “Ten Keys For Doing Business in China. A New List”.
There is no other online resource that can match Dan Harris’s China Law Blog for timeliness, practicality or overall honesty about what […]
COPY: SLM: Witness Demeanor in International Disputes.
COPY: In international arbitration and mediation, first-language barriers can be the least of your client’s difficulties. How does a mediator or arbitrator […]
The Economist: A global look at “the entrepreneur”.
In his column this month at The Economist, our friend Schumpeter (Adrian Wooldridge) asks “What exactly is an entrepreneur?” The common sense […]
Raymond Ward: On Client-Centered Writing. And Vampires.
The Net, unfortunately, is mainly about what’s trendy and hot. Most blog posts, like old newspapers, are dated within 24 hours of […]
Americans still select state judges through popular elections. Why?
Yes, we continue to bang this drum. But we think that the popular election of state judges is bad for everyone, and […]
Best Book, Hands Down, on any American President: Joe Eszterhas’s American Rhapsody.
In 2000, Joe Eszterhas, former Rolling Stone editor, celebrated screenwriter, outspoken Hollywood insider and fellow Buckeye, unleashed my favorite non-fiction book: American […]
Wildmen: Carlos Irwin Estévez.
The blog Jezebel is one of many news outlets today discussing Charlie Sheen getting married again. Many view Sheen as crazy; I […]
Light a Candle for Cairo: The Church of St. George.
We at WAC/P rarely attend religious services in any nation or jurisdiction. However, we have marveled for years at both the quality […]
The Samaritans: Kenyan television rolls out its NGO-bashing version of The Office.
I watch very little television of any kind. Even worse, I have a problem with people who do. On a normal day, […]
Redux: Will we ever apply Ease-of-Use product concepts to Services?
And with thanks to New York City’s Scott Greenfield for revisiting Ease-of-Use this week in his inventive “A Plea Agreement With An […]
To Woody Allen: “Never write a letter, never throw one away.”
On Sunday, in response to his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse by him when she was seven years old, […]
You need a “New Mind” for Reinvention–Part 2.
Last week, Reinvent Law came to the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City. Scott Greenfield, trial lawyer, writer and […]
Over the Weekend: This is the Way to Change the Law of Equal Protection?
Regardless of how you weigh in on the substantive issue, is this the right way to change equal protection law? See, e.g., […]
Curse of the Silo: “An Aggregation of Narrow Views.”
If there’s anything that kills customer experience, it’s the territory wars inside organizations. –Jeannie Walters, Founder, 360Connext, Chicago, Illinois The creation of […]
Losing Our Religion: The End of The Brand?
Branding differentiates a seller’s product or service from those of his competitors. Over the weekend at The Economist, Adrian Wooldridge, who writes […]