Trademarks: Drink like a Russian.
UPDATED: The right to know what befuddles you. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the “materiality” prong of […]
Boron oxide is damn sexy.
Always describe your sex toys in great detail–no matter how embarrassing. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a […]
International banking does a self-audit.
Banking as the industry that failed. See this week’s The Economist and “Rebuilding the Banks“. Excerpts: There is still great uncertainty about […]
Redux: Martindale-Hubbell: Should we all “just say no”?
From an August 8, 2009 post. Martindale-Hubbell is still “no joke”. We would all miss M-H–from the ratings process to the familiar […]
Return of Roxana: The Document Review
More “Notes from the Breadline” at Above The Law. Roxana gets a part-time gig: Clearly, I have joined an effort that is […]
Are there any more out there like you, sir?
I don’t get this tension between doing your job and enjoying your life. Geez!, if you don’t enjoy practicing law, find another […]
Always being born in Chicago.
You change everything, all the time, to stay in the game. You keep going to the Well. If you’re a lawyer, in […]
The Scramble for Value.
Susan Hackett, general counsel of the ACC, says the new approach to value is necessary because law firms had become so expensive […]
Simple Priorities: Clients First, Lawyers Second.
We work hard, play hard, enjoy life to its fullest. We just don’t do so at the expense of the people who […]
Global bribery: Getting a consensus there, too.
Last month, during Obama’s trip to Europe, Ben Heineman, Jr., former general counsel at General Electric for many years, and now a […]
Spring Break: Justice Souter exits in June.
A judge’s judge heads back to New Hampshire. So says the NYT and 850 other sources. WAC?‘s three best bets for replacement: […]
May Day?
One versatile day. It’s for workers, pagans, lawyers, children, Spring revelers and fanciers of Thomas Hardy novels.
Reality as newsworthy: MBA sufferings in America.
Nobody’s seen the MBA trouble I’ve seen. The Economist: Kellogg Serial: Five MBA students face up to the economic realities. All together […]
You think?
WSJ Law Blog: Recession Advice to Associates: Keep Your Head Down and Work.
Once a century, if that.
The banking crisis in Europe. How often do you hear any European say that Yanks don’t have a monopoly on global cluelessness? […]
The IMF and World Bank were super-noisy this week.
Is this play money like in Monopoly? First, earlier this week, The International Monetary Fund, as it prepared to have its annual […]
Real lawyers practice law. Blogging comes second
We got a profession for you right here. See Scott Greenfield’s piece “Waiting For The Checks To Roll In“, commenting on a […]
Hey, dirtbag, watch your clients’ money like it’s yours.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. The client seems to like your firm–and, importantly, you like the client. You want more. But suddenly the […]
Is Obama making some Americans go nuts?
Brit wits want to know. Whatever the ailment, it must be dicier than jetlag, and more contagious. We’ve noticed it, too. On […]
Blawg Review by two lawyer-journalists.
Query: What if H.L Mencken had been a lawyer, too? Since October 2008, I’ve been working and traveling more than I would […]
Don’t bogart that TIME Magazine, my friend.
Bong Hits for Henry Luce? You and I cannot write this kind of thing, Ernest. TIME columnist and novelist Joe Klein, who […]
The Score: Outside counsel down; GCs up–and way ahead of us.
Optimists that we are, WAC? “likes” the late-2008 recession, and current down-economy, because it should accelerate needed changes in the profession: everything […]
Blawg Reviews by Two Masters
Since October 2008, I’ve been both working and traveling more than I would have expected. Family, clients and our law firm come […]
Building a Better Brand Morgue
Remember back in the day that store called Circuit City? It’s hardly a notion that at first blush makes you bounce out […]
Good enough, smart enough, tough enough.
Stuart saves Minnesota? And patient enough. “Senator Franken” still sounds, well, funny–but we’ll take him even though there have been far less […]
