Got balls?
“Friend me?” Whoa. Life sure got smallish, wimpy and squeaky fast. “Nice guy/lady–just don’t get in a foxhole with him/her”. We hope […]
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There is no God: End times outrage pits Earl against Nantucket.
Sailors and watchers are resting now, Some on this sandy lea, And some with the sea-grass round them twined, Are asleep in […]
Best prof-loved corporate law sites.
They may in effect send 25-year-old teacups and teletubbies to your shop each Fall–but some law profs do have fine taste in […]
International Arbitration: New York’s Debevoise steps up.
And does the sane thing. Clients have had good reason over the years to disbelieve promises by law firms to restore arbitration […]
At Duke: “So maybe Dr. Potti meant he was a Dusty Roads Scholar?”
Hey, it could happen. From the acclaimed 105-year-old muckraker, lie-catcher, and star-hatcher, Duke’s daily The Chronicle : Resume Reveals Inconsistencies By Tulia […]
NYT Photo of the Decade
Of comrades Paulson, Bernanke & Geithner taken in late 2008. It gets better all the time. Matthew Cavanaugh/European Pressphoto Agency (October 2008)
Making plays: Point guard Bernanke on 1.6% “crawl” in Q2
Getting “unconventional” is fine with us, Ben. Have at it. AP: “Fed Consider Another Large Purchase of Securities“. In part: JACKSON HOLE, […]
Work-life balance is still a dumb-ass issue.
1. Practicing law is difficult and demanding–even for brilliant, diligent, ambitious and accomplished people. We’ve said this before. No big deal. 2. […]
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy died on August 25th last year; the following is our post on the day after: Nearly everyone I am close […]
The Economist on Rod Blagojevich: “Can I get a witness?”
See “The Never-Ending Swansong“. Excerpt: The verdict was the latest anticlimax in what has been a disappointing summer for rubberneckers. After declaring […]
Seattle, August, fish-tossing, the usual.
Ten years ago, the fun surrounding Pike Place Market fish-tossing spawned a popular business workplace book.
The Fed: U.S. industrial production up 1% in July
Construction, retail sales and hiring may still be sluggish. But things could be worse, and there are some promising numbers. See the […]
Know the Customers.
Learn the stock price, industry, day-to-day culture, players and long-term goals of the client. Visit offices and plants. Do it free of […]
Dillingham
Once the salmon capital of the world (fish farms ended that), Dillingham, Alaska is a stop-over for sports fishermen, wildlife lovers, bear […]
Seattle’s August.
The weather here in August is hard for Midwesterners and Easterners to believe. It’s one of the few U.S. cities with decent […]
Eric O’Neill: More home-grown threats in the American ‘hood.
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Above: Adnan Shukrijumah, possibly the new head of global operations for Al Qaeda. Hear the ensuing […]
Living in America: Grit and Guts.
“Everyone’s working overtime,” James Brown sang proudly. Still true? Are each of us Yank working stiffs stepping up to the Recession and […]
Month 3: Report on WAC/P’s Summer Twittering Experiment
Numbers, Stats. Tweets: 356. Tweets we hope no client rep sees: 334. Silly/stupid/spastic/”Dan doesn’t get Twitter yet” tweets: 188. Favorably impressed existing […]
Anonymity on the Net: Prof. Friedman Weighs In.
Case Western’s Friedman: A Man in Full As much as we’d like him back in the saddle for clients, we somehow feel […]
The Happysphere: Shiny Happy People Mailing It In.
And Ripping You Off. The new Looters Anthem for Tubbies and Teacups? Look around, folks. Increasingly, the Internet celebrates mediocrity. Good to […]
FT: “The Crisis of Middle-Class America”.
See this one in Friday’s Financial Times by Edward Luce, and with a thanks for the reminder to a fellow concerned and […]
Discovery: ESI and Rule 26(f)’s meet-and-confer requirement.
Pittsburgh gets hip, smart and ready. If you view Western Pennsylvania as an obtuse, unoriginal and sleepy commercial backwater–an insular ex-steel region […]
If your U.S. client trades abroad, the UCC won’t always give you the answer.
If you buy and sell in the global markets, make the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) […]
Redux: Andy Grove on U.S. jobs: “Rebuild our industrial commons”.
At Bloomberg, see Grove’s truly maverick “How to Make an American Job Before It’s Too Late“. Three excerpts: [P]lowing capital into young […]
Death of Big Bird: Work-life balance is no longer Cool.
Bad news for the Happysphere. And better news for serious lawyers and their clients. The down-markets do have a silver lining for […]
Redux: Who cares what makes Generation Y tick?
From a marketing e-mail I received today: “Are you frustrated by young workers who feel entitled to success, need constant praise, want […]