Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire started out as a mission “to tame and civilize the wild and savage American Indians”, or […]

The Chronicle: D.C. lawyer Charles Cooper has told ABC News that a majority of current and former lacrosse players and their families […]

See at Berlin-based Observing Hermann “Heuschrecken ohne Ende” (literally Endless Locusts). Note: Hermann’s kidding, mainly.

In olden times, just over 30 years ago in the mid-1970s, the environmental movement was still young, ‘environmentalists’ were a troublesome new […]

Parts of Patriot Act ruled unconstitutional. Portland, Oregon judge strikes down two provisions which allow search warrants to be issued sans showing […]

Markets pay lawyers what markets will bear–and you need great young people to help you serve high-end clients with complex problems. Just […]

Re: courts and lawyer cluelessness. See at Overlawyered this one: “Furor over Mikal Watts ‘judges owe us’ letter“.WAC?‘s said before that popular […]

And will you know what to do once you get there? London-based Legal Week, armed with a survey, reports that “US firms […]

WAC?, still north of Los Angeles, called last night to report that he may have to move back East sooner and not […]

Updated 7:30 PM EST: Everyone loses. Columbia allows aggressive, long-winded, grandstanding and scripted opening “questions”, preventing Ahmadinejad from looking as bad as […]

Man is by nature a political animal. —Aristotle, Politics Beginning today, and as our time permits, we’ll start showcasing a few of […]

Do yourself a favor and take a few minutes today to read Blawg Review #127, which is hosted at Anne Reed’s Deliberations. […]

Please see a piece by Texas lawyer Mark Bennett I’ve been brooding about ever since I saw it: “Resiliency“. But don’t obsess […]

By Alonso Duralde, MSNBC film critic: Big Fame, Little Talent: These folks are all famous, but do they have the chops to […]

The site of the always erudite, Rioja-drinking and just plain fun lawyer-professor-blogger-pundit, Charon QC, has a new look, feel and format. Still, […]

With apologies to the late Lloyd Bentsen. Lat-envy. Some of us–not WAC?–have it. Even uber-Milwaukee trial lawyer and jury guru Anne Reed, […]

[NYC] City Council speaker Christine Quinn called Thursday for the university to rescind the invitation, saying “the idea of Ahmadinejad as an […]

OneWebDay is today and its mission is to “create, maintain, advance and promote a global day to celebrate online life.” Each year […]

The Day of Atonement, which began yesterday at sunset, is the most important observance for many Jews. And perhaps the most intriguing […]

In Canada, too, “Employment Booming for Older Workers“, particularly for women, Borden Ladner’s Michael Fitzgibbon notes in his Thoughts from a Management […]

We think you will be hearing more stories like this one as clients, client reps and GCs continue to get savvier, smarter […]

It’s been a “say-it-ain’t-so-Joe” week. First, securities class action king William Lerach pleads guilty to paying off a named plaintiff. Now his […]

WAC? loves the French above all Europeans. See our Ile St Louis post in March entitled “Ernest, the French aren’t like you […]

From Tom Kane at his The Legal Marketing Blog, inspired by virtual marketing coach Terrie Wheeler in this month’s ABA Law Practice […]

Charles de Gaulle famously said that Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French. Belgium and Belgians indeed […]

As PointofLaw.com, the San Francisco-based The Recorder and other sources reported yesterday, San Diego-based plaintiffs’ class action guru William Lerach will plead […]

It’s supposed to be fun. American law is extremely varied, elastic and constantly presenting new practice areas. It has something for everyone. […]

See “Arabian Nights” at a new WAC? favorite blog, Tara Bradford’s Paris Parfait. And then you can head north from Tangier to […]

Re: recent trip to American Midwest and the later alleged meet-up with WAC? in Salt Lake hotel room: “The Stamina of Elephants“. […]