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Like many of my peers, I’ve been interested in politics–the “art of controlling your environment”, as one Hunter Stockton Thompson used to […]
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At Cross-Culture: “How European are the Russians?”
Don’t miss this article at Richard Lewis’s consistently-excellent Cross-Culture: “Russia and the EU“. Excerpt: What is remarkable about Russians is that they […]
France’s New First Girlfriend?
See “French President Francois Hollande Announces Breakup with First Lady Valerie Trierweiler” in The Daily Beast. French Actress Julie Gayet, 41.
Turns out French President Francois Hollande is a Really Big Dog.
It’s not just Bill Clinton, ahem, Rand Paul. Lots of heads of state have had extra-curricular romantic lives, and France’s past presidents […]
Defendant-Tweeter Courtney Love Prevails in First Twitter Libel Trial.
Chalk up a victory and some trail-blazing for rocker Courtney Love. On its unusual facts, and given somewhat implausible testimony on both […]
UPDATED: The Week in Wild West Shows: Free Speech, Dueling & Other Manly Arts.
The Wild West Show that is still the blogosphere can get ugly. There are some rough spots. Apart from law that governs […]
Regarding Nino: Dick-gate?
To bring us up to date on cumulative reaction to the now infamous page 4, lines 10-12 of the SCOTUS transcript in […]
SLM: Witness Demeanor in International Disputes.
In international arbitration and mediation, first-language barriers can be the least of your client’s difficulties. How does a mediator or arbitrator arrive […]
“We are on the hunt for others:” Nigeria’s new law criminalizing homosexuality.
Nigeria, where sodomy has been illegal for decades, just raised the stakes. This week Africa’s largest nation begins enforcement of a popular […]
Employee Reviews on CS Standards: How Do Your Firm’s Dweebs Measure Up?
Are you serious about all that client service stuff on your website? Then talk about real customer service every single day, as […]
Los Angeles and the Music Business: “A cruel and shallow money trench.”
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good […]
Before the Great Neutering, we had real music.
Holland 1979
How to Pick a Fight in a Global Recession.
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. –Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times Magazine, June […]
Manchester, England tech issue?
Holden Oliver may be seen strolling to and from one of the Peter Street hotels all this week–but he won’t say which […]
Rule 2: Customers and Clients are the Main Event–not you, your employees or your profession.*
Western professionals talking shop. Rule Two: The Client is the Main Event. We all know that clients pay our fees, give us […]
Cyber-Speakers’ Corner: “Merry Christmas, Ya’ Bastards.”
Three Decembers ago on a Sunday, I did hear this holiday greeting from a guy in the Northeast corner of Hyde Park […]
Think like a client. The trick now is to win cheap.
For an experienced client, the cost of the lawsuit is part of the “victory” analysis. So is closure–or just getting it over […]
CPR’s Global Accelerated Arbitration Rules.
Choose to use them. They’re aggressive and “get-it-done”, in both letter and spirit. Global Rules For Accelerated Commercial Arbitration, of the CPR […]
Have a good weekend, Jack.
Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr, Spring 1944, Columbia College. Photo by Allen Ginsberg.
How do you get more work from GCs and in-house counsel at great companies?
It’s hard yet not complicated. You ask them. You pick up the phone and ask for more work. Or, in some cases, […]
William Jefferson Clinton: The First Bubba in 2017?
Dang. In 2017 we might see Hillary Rodham Clinton, who will have turned 69 just before election day in 2016, sworn in […]
Co-Workers: Please Oh Please Try To Steal My Clients.
Lawyers–especially of the corporate variety–are far from the Fighters and Alpha People portrayed in Television Dramas and in the Media. We’re among […]
Lowell George: No Honey. Not tonight.
I hear you moan. I hear you moan.
Redux: In a Global Services Economy, could “Ease of Use” ever catch on?
Get off your knees. Imagine a Better Standard. Get to work. “Client Service” for professionals. It got to be a joke almost […]
These brutal Monday nights are ruining my health.
“Spread out the oil, the gasoline/I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine.”