Is law developing to make Gaming the Net actionable?
The End of Cyber Creeps? No one wants to chill speech. And last week’s opinion and jury verdict in Obsidian Finance v. […]
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In Russia: “I want new elections, not a revolution.”
Decades-long totalitarianism casts a long and powerful shadow. It keeps good people wimpy but “smart” long after free elections and other democratic […]
Query: Has David Cameron won a short-term politcal boost at the cost of isolating and hurting the UK long-term?
Did the Prime Minster demand an opt-out for London and the UK from EU financial services regulation? If he did, did he […]
Query: Has David Cameron won a short-term political boost at the cost of isolating and hurting the UK long-term?
Did the Prime Minster demand an opt-out for London and the UK from EU financial services regulation? If he did, did he […]
DC-based global IP voice Timothy Trainer: See video of his talk to US foreign service officers on importance of strong IP rights regimes, given at the USPTO.
Don’t miss this video of a compelling and wonderfully practical talk our friend and veteran DC intellectual property rights lawyer Tim Trainer […]
Mercer: “Oh, Vienna!”
And who could disagree? Mega-consultant Mercer has ranked Vienna as the best place on earth to live. See this recent piece in […]
Finally, Europe may embrace audit reform: Sarbanes-Oxley Lite.
Nearly 10 years after enactment of the American Sarbanes-Oxley Act (also known as “the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act”), […]
Part 2 of McIlwrath CPR Interview with William Ury.
So, again, what is a BANTA? The continuation of the November 23 William Ury interview is at IDN Podcast #102. In episode […]
“A First-Rate Madness”: A Book that Expands Your Take on Leadership Styles.
If you think your boss might be a whack job some days, bet on him anyway. While its writing and organization could […]
Herd and Lemming Mentality on the Internet.
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GE’s Mike McIlwrath interviews Negotiation-Dispute Resolution Pioneer and “Getting to Yes” Author William Ury.
You can hear the first episode here, taped on November 23. McIlwrath interviews “Getting to Yes” author William Ury on credibility and […]
Expat Mixology in Marrakech: Name Your Poison.
American expat Maryam at My Marrakesh runs a boutique hotel in a Marrakech olive grove. There’s something for the stimulant lover of […]
The Mitt Romney Syndrome: “But the dogs don’t like him…” Bring back Dick Gephardt for Dems?
Mitt Romney can’t “connect” with y’all. See at today’s MSNBC “Voters remain cool toward Romney“. You see The Mitt Syndrome a lot […]
Congratulations to the ABA Journal Blawg 100 Winners.
ABA’s Fifth Annual Legal Weblog Fest and Talent Hunt. The list for 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100 is out and right here. […]
Breaking law firm news: “It’s about you–not about us…”
On Sunday night I was at once encouraged and amused to see at Reagan National Airport (DCA) a corridor advertisement placed by […]
Scott Greenfield: On Bullying, Cyber-Bullying and Real Life.
Life is Tough, Growing Up Hard, Legislation Expensive. At his enduring, highly-regarded, always-excellent and intermittently sensitive Simple Justice, see this one by […]
Rep. Barney Frank Retires: One Far-Out Mother Who Everyone Will Miss.
Political persuasion, party affiliation and sexual preference rarely define anyone. Heart, soul and moxie do. We will all miss Barney Frank, who […]
Regarding Chula of Paris.
See at Richard Nahem’s I Prefer Paris Meredith Mullins: A New Perspective, which appeared yesterday. It begins: I first met Chula on […]
Roy Herron’s Tennessee Political Humor: Some of These Jokes You Voted For.
Lawyer, leader, author and Renaissance man, my friend Roy Herron is a mega-smart, energetic and genuinely people-loving Tennessee state senator who many […]
OECD: American and EU fiscal leadership may make global recovery a pipedream.
The respected Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts a gloomy near-term future–unless Western leaders step up. See this piece at […]
Mitt Romney is like his dad Michigan governor George in any respect?
I don’t see it–but the Washington Post does. See “George and Mitt Romney: Like father, like son, until a political parting point“.
Bisbee, Arizona
An ancient copper mining town invaded by old hippies with shiny new ideas, Bisbee is one of the few venues in America […]
Charleston: The dance, the accent.
The dance was popularized by a song and its accompanying footwork, “The Charleston,” by James P. Johnson in the Broadway musical “Runnin’ […]
Real life, courage and gratitude.
WAC? is about happy clients–and how hard it is to get client service right. It’s also about happy lawyers, a prerequiste to […]
So for the next two weeks I’ll be on Jenkins Hill.
To most people who actually live in Washington, D.C., Jenkins Hill is the name of a now-defunct but enormously popular yuppie bar […]
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The Two Sudans: “The risk of a full-blown war.”
On July 9 of this year, South Sudan, located in one of the poorest and troubled regions of the world, seceded from […]