“I believe in Wasilla.”
You think America is getting even more dumbed down? Well, decide for yourself. Meet Todd, the First Dude, or Sarah Palin’s “package”, […]
Coming soon: “Why Johnny Can’t Work”.
Or “The New Employee as Houseplant”. Dan Hull just got back to the States–and now suddenly goes back to Europe for a […]
Booze Piano
“My name is ___, and it’s been three months since I tickled the ivories in a blackout.” From GeekLawyer, and a sensitive […]
“LawBlog 2008 A Smash In London”
You think Lehman Bros. Holdings is big news? One source said of last night’s solicitor-barrister-IP-bloggers’ meet-up in London: “Like the Hells Angels […]
In Tallahassee, Florida, nothing like a Bruce Willis movie and extreme
In Tallahassee, Florida, nothing like a Bruce Willis movie and extreme.
158-year-old Lehman Bros. will file for Chapter 11.
Broker-dealer subsidiaries up for sale. Rueters. MarketWatch. The Scotsman (UK). Wall Street Journal. Munch time.
LawBlog 2008: Tonight, London, The Harp, 6:00 PM.
Finally, the big day. The 2nd annual Brit blogger/IP summit and Extreme Word-Slurring WankFest is at 48 Chandos Place at 6 PM. […]
Bubba, and once again, you busy?
WANTED STILL: Of counsel for growing, innovative Pennsylvania-based boutique business law firm with branches in California and DC. You must have at […]
If you are a savvy General Counsel, is there any reason to keep engaging your US or UK-based law firm that expanded […]
Time for law firms to get new ideas about Everything.
About Clients, Client Service, Legalese, Mediocre Legal Products, Professionalism, Work-Life Balance, Billing, Work-Ethic, Associates, Value, Clients. Quit being a weenie; think and […]
The lawyer thing: GCs, do you really need Big, Clumsy & Mediocre in 50 cities Worldwide?
If you are a savvy General Counsel, is there any reason to keep engaging your US or UK-based law firm that expanded […]
Anne Reed on Juries: City v. Country.
See Anne Reed’s “The City Jury And The Country Jury” at her always fine Deliberations: Tom Wolfe, NYC, state court juror Our […]
Redux: Budgeting litigation with the client.
[E]veryone can provide a budget. Everyone can live with a budget. The real questions are whether lawyers will agree to do so […]
Blawg Review sobers up, gets literate.
Ed. of Blawg Review, last known photo, Cambodia, circa 1968. We’ve been traveling and saving clients, Kent maids in distress, and The […]
The Politics of Disputes: “The Mediator’s Handbook”
On September 5, General Electric’s Mike McIlwrath interviewed Jenny Beer, co-author of The Mediator’s Handbook, in his weekly radio show at The […]
LawBlog 2008: Monday, September 15, 2008, London, The Harp.
The 2nd annual Brit blogger/IP summit and Extreme Reveling Fest is now just 6 days away: 48 Chandos Place at 6 PM. […]
Two Ways of the Trial Notebook
A quick one from the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, where there are Old Ones and Young Ones in their dark Monday suits. Men […]
Blawg Review sobers up, gets literate.
Blawg Review, hosted by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner of legalliteracy.com, honors International Literacy Day, which is today. #176. Last week, Jamie Spencer of Austin […]
Recap: “Should associates pay their law firms in the first 2 to 3 years?”
Two first years relax after a day of thinking, researching, writing, cite-checking and proofreading, as more senior lawyers stay late to re-do […]
Don’t popularly elect judges. It’s bad.
Even if all elected judges were honest, judicial elections naturally erode public confidence because they imply that judges have “constituents” (i.e., the […]
Legal OnRamp
According to Webster, an onramp is “a ramp by which one enters a limited-access highway.” The new web-based lawyer network, Legal OnRamp, […]
Five good non-law blogs:
Paris Parfait, Tara Bradford, Paris Observing Herman, Hermann the German, Berlin The Paris Blog, Paris My Marrakesh, Marymam, Morocco The Huffington Post […]
Recap: “Should associates pay their law firms in the first 2 to 3 years?”
Quick and dirty (but not outright defrauding anyone) in Amsterdam airport: Re: our recent post on who benefits and do does not–which […]
Recap: “Should associates pay their law firms in the first 2 to 3 years?”
Two first years relax after a day of thinking, researching, writing, cite-checking and proofreading, as more senior lawyers stay late to re-do […]
Kent to Zürich–and Zürich answers.
I took two days off in Kent with London lawyers, and near Albion’s white cliffs, in part to recover from my Monday […]
Rule Two: The Client Is The Main Event
The second in our series The 12 Rules of Client Service. Rule Two is here from November, 2005.
Man of Kent, or a Kentish Man?
As with London, and with the County of Suffolk to the north, from where my mother’s family came to Massachusetts via Ipswich […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment #29: Modifying Discovery
Often ignored, Federal Rule 29 lets the parties modify their discovery procedure unless the court says otherwise. Court approval is always needed, […]
The GOP’s other Storm: Sarah Palin
Sin in Alaska. John McCain has got Big Ones picking her. And she’s a robo-babe. Bravo. But often-conservative WAC? thinks her 17-year-old […]