Greece: Litigation and ADR
Mike McIlwrath, a GE in-house litigation counsel based in Florence, Italy, discusses litigation, mediation, and arbitration in Greece with Greek litigator Pericles […]
Newsweek poll: Hillary drops back more.
At WAC?, politics is always important. Who governs and how informs culture, business, law, religion and even art. So our writers watch, […]
ease of use
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More coverage of SCOTUS MeadWestvaco tax opinion.
In no particular order: Canada’s Law Day Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog The venerable Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS blog University of Pittsburgh’s Jurist […]
This week on the Baby: Why does the U.S. send the best and brightest away?
In Wednesday’s edition of I’m There For You Baby, Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry discussed the U.S. immigration policy, marketing with Denise […]
S&P/BusinessWeek’s Global Innovation Index
The notion is that over the last year companies in the “GII“–an upstart index launched in February 2008–have outperformed companies in the […]
Cross-examination: criminal v. civil.
They are two different worlds. Chicago’s Stewart Weltman explains at his Lean and Mean Litigation blog.
Why ever mediate?
For some answers, see Justin Patten’s Human Law Mediation. It took our firm–and me–a long time to figure it out: paying a […]
U.S. Supreme Court decides corporate tax dispute in MeadWestvaco.
Yesterday, on tax day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue, holding that an […]
“How to Blog like a Canadian“
By Steve Matthews at Stem‘s Law Firm Web Strategy blog. Matthews is also a member of the respected Canadian legal blogging co-op, […]
Real Piracy
See “Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum” at Transnational Law Blog and “The Jolly Roger Still Flies” at IntLawGrrls.
The enduring Duke lacrosse experience
“Write something on the Duke Experience, that’s all I ask,” my editor was always telling me. –W. Morris in “Making the Nut […]
Life after–or instead of–law.
At the ABA Journal’s Law News Now, see “Lawyer Hated Securities Practice, But Loves Fox News“, about new Fox News anchor Megyn […]
Recycling Is 2% of U.S. GDP?
We’re all ears–but really? See Environmental Protection and the mentioned April 2 report of Progressive Investor.
Agents: Talent, literary, theatrical, booking, etc.
Let every eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent. —William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
May Day: DePaul Ethics Symposium in Chicago.
The DePaul Business and Commercial Law Journal of the DePaul University College of Law, together with the Commercial Law League of America, […]
Jennifer TV
Former news anchor Jennifer Antkowiak’s show “Jennifer” is on Sundays at 11 AM EST. See www.jennifertvshow.com
Be excellent–not perfect.
Ah, devil perfectionism: the great destroyer of gifted young lawyers.
Cincinnati’s P&G gets wiggy.
Reuters: “Procter & Gamble plans hip-hop music foray” with its Tag body sprays. Yeah, they bad.
Blawg Review #155: Bad Poetry Day
Greg May hosts this week’s Blawg Review #155 at The California Blog of Appeal.
Morocco envy.
A lucky human, I get to travel for a living. I work, I read and I talk to everyone indiscriminately (I’m told) […]
You’ll get no argument from WAC?
The “social” side of the blogosphere. Whether it’s linking to other blogs, or actually talking by phone or in person to other […]
Mediating Internationally: The Netherlands
Listen to the latest IDN podcast, No. 22, “Manon Schonewille on Mediation in the Netherlands”.
Writing well.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. –Mark Twain […]
Why Salzburg matters.
Apart from Mozart, salt, ancient Celtic culture and restaurants carved into cliffs, this Austrian city is home to the International Business Law […]
First Stonehenge dig since 1964
According to MSNBC and other sources, it shows that the area on the Salisbury Plain where the blue stones are may have […]
London’s Magic Circle law firms: Who are those guys?
Lots of people talk about London’s Magic Circle–but who are they really? The commonly accepted firms are Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, […]