Blawg Review #159
This week’s Blawg Review #159 is hosted by Brian LaBovick at the Whistleblower Law Blog.
BBC News: French industrial output way down.
You are holy conservators of the best things Western: ideas, art and living. But you must get back to work. Sixty-three years […]
Writing well: we’re not.
It’s what we’ve been trying to tell you. It’s a problem and a shame. The lawyer as man or woman of letters: […]
Wanted: “A fool in the forest”.
Which is the name of a site of a talented California lawyer named George Wallace who has been working too hard, even […]
International Dispute Negotiation: Iraq
Hear this week’s IDN podcast, No. 25, “Resolving Disputes and Drafting a Constitution in Iraq” with Zaid Al-Ali, adviser to the United […]
EU trade commissioner: “Lose the protectionist jive”
One of the best points made in the 2008 U.S. presidential election has come from a British politician. A reporter with the […]
Who said this? “We have no great illusions, my brethren and I, …”
about how much good it will do you to be told these things in advance. We have learned by bitter experience that […]
Back to Ohio
“Way to go, Ohio”.
When you work, you are marketing.
See WAC? Rule 6, and Leo Bottary’s “Client Acquisition Versus Retention” at his Client Service Insights.
The Economist: Can Viagra cure jet lag?
Mr. Obama: Got platform?
After the Indiana and North Carolina primaries yesterday, NBC’s Tim Russert may be right, and you may be the Man. Most Americans […]
Chief Seattle
Forget Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Safeco and Washington Mutual. As goofy as you feel when you watch and hear it, each trip to […]
2008 U.S. primaries: just about done
Today: Indiana and North Carolina May 13: West Virginia Democratic, West Virginia GOP (1/3 selected) May 20: Kentucky, Oregon May 27: Idaho […]
John Day: Great trial lawyering.
John Day in Tennessee is a working trial lawyer and writer who respects clients, juries, the profession and lawyering. Since December, he’s […]
The U.S. candidates and global trade.
Thanks to China Law Blog, we picked up on this still timely February 28 piece by Craig Maginness at Going Global entitled […]
Smile when you violate our patents.
At Canada’s Law Day: On Friday, Procter & Gamble sued Johnson & Johnson over two teeth whitening patents in Wisconsin’s U.S. Western […]
Your Mother hosts Blawg Review.
Our Blawg Review host for BR #158 is a Dallas mom-attorney at The Mommy Blawg. The focus in part is on today, […]
Your Mother hosts Blawg Review.
Our Blawg Review host for BR #158 is a Dallas mom-attorney at The Mommy Blawg. The focus in part is on today, […]
Client service in a down economy.
See Leo Bottary’s “Client Service And The Economy” at his Client Service Insights… CSI/Season 2.
In 2008, how are law firms getting and keeping clients?
Brian Ritchey at More Partner Income breaks down ALM‘s recent survey on how larger firms globally (about 75 on up) are developing […]
International Dispute Negotiation: Mark Kantor interview
In ADR, nothing is more important than the quality and backgrounds of the arbitrators or mediator you select. Internationally, the appointment process […]
France’s American-esque president: his tough first year.
Nicolas Sarkozy was elected on May 7, 2007. According to The Economist, in “Sarkozy’s France: The Presidency as Theatre“, his difficult first […]
Ten years of Swerdloff Dot Com
A NYC-residing lawyer and Renaissance man with smarts and wisdom beyond his years reaches a milestone, celebrates.
London has a new–and different–mayor.
Yesterday in UK local elections, Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson defeated the Labour Party’s incumbent two-term mayor, Ken Livingstone. Labour lost hundreds […]
GeekLawyer audits and further disturbs a Ruthie criminal trial.
Last week the London barrister and pundit GeekLawyer, apparently slumming, dropped in on a hefty criminal trial our mutual friend Ruthie was […]
“No love” in China for foreign corps.
Sorry, Yanks. China does love foreign investment–but it puts managing its populace of 1.4 billion people first. It will not tailor, bend […]
“Yes, they have more money.”
Associates are different. So do they really need to market? Back to marketing, selling, clients, serving clients, keeping clients, and keeping clients […]
The decline of the American newspaper?
More on good things to read. London-based The Economist doesn’t always love Yanks. But these men and women are clever and often […]