At Double Bridge Publishing: Dennis Maley’s “A Long Road Home”
Author, novelist and pol Ben Disraeli would have liked a new D.C.-based publisher that even the surliest and most difficult writers have […]
Author: Dan Hull
Building a better associate lawyer from cultural archtypes: Who/what are a few of yours?
The wrong humans have been entering law school for some time now, from the oldest Baby Boomers to the youngest of Gen-Ys. […]
Despite Shell’s Alaska decision, global oil is poised to drill in American Arctic.
Which in the scheme of things is productive, but not without its special uncertainties, expense and a super-short drilling season. As more […]
In Miami New Times: John Pate’s Venezuela.
See feature in the Miami New Times this week on the killing of expat American lawyer John Pate two months ago in […]
Presentism, Evil Depraved Christopher Columbus and Real Life.
Presentism should be self-explanatory. Think of it as the tunnel vision you get using a stuck or broken kaleidoscope. A broken kaleidoscope […]
Heroes: ARH
My Mom, 87, just told me on her cell phone that she’s driving over to her 10:00 AM workout class and will […]
Memo to Millennials: Rock ‘n’ Roll before The Great Neutering.
Satin shoes, plastic boots, cocaine eyes and speed-freak jive. Hey GenY, the no-launch generation. You’re being passed over. We’re not going to […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment: The “C” word.
Pre-trial pro-trip for adepts. Some days lobbing the “C” word into brief chat about obvious differences between Rules 34 and 45 with […]
Fair, balanced, pissed off: Fox News says Hillary owned stage in first debate.
Like a big dog again, Hillary. Where you been? And where oh where were you, Senator Jim Webb? I expected my fellow […]
The Manhattan we loved long-time: “It’s Chinatown, Your Honor.”
Just 20 years ago, before The Great Neutering had squeezed the last bit of edge and play out of Western males, a […]
Unpublished novels or memoirs, anyone?
If you do, visit Double Bridge Publishing. Double Bridge uses crowdsourcing to get unpublished books critiqued, edited, cover-designed, published, marketed, sold and […]
Rude but heartfelt plea to DC’s talented, independent, ever-expanding GenY women attorneys.
To the District of Columbia’s oversupply of rotund GenY professional women, especially lawyers: 1. Whoa. What’s going on? You girls beefin’ up, […]
What if your smart phone, iPad and the Internet were just important tools–and not the main events?
When I see old friends out at restaurants checking their iPads for texts or e-mails, see strangers walking the streets of the […]
Washington Examiner: What’s happening to America’s 40-year-old crude oil export ban?
Despite my unsavory limousine liberal past, I’ve become an ardent fan of the Washington Examiner, a decade-old right-leaning weekly/online publication with smarts, […]
At Above the Law: Dan Harris on American* hostage-business debtors in China.
This past week there was an especially excellent and eye-opening piece from my fellow Midwesterner and friend (and one-on-one basketball-challenged homeboy) Dan […]
Hull in 2016: Motherhood. Good crops. A thin Marie Osmond. Sweetness. Light. Nicer flight attendants.
Hull for President 2016. WTF not? I’m fed up. How about you? Walker out. Carson around the bend. Carly has about 4 […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment: The “C” word.
Pre-trial pro-trip for adepts. Some days lobbing the “C” word into brief chat about obvious differences between Rules 34 and 45 with […]
UPDATE: My Kind of Pope: The Holy Father’s Homelessness Chops.
I like the cut of this pontiff’s zucchetto. Forget for a moment his speech before Congress earlier this morning. At 11:15 am […]
Kim Dotcom’s New Zealand extradition hearing to start in earnest Thursday.
After two days of delays, the New Zealand court hearing to decide whether German file-sharing ‘outlaw’ Kim Dotcom should face copyright infringement […]
Parker County, Texas.
Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, Texas, USA. Art, authenticity and ambiance may be best features of American county courts.
The Mother of All Funny Economist Covers: It’s the September 4-11 issue bemoaning The Trump Uprising and it’s unexpected staying power.
This one (see below) could be collector’s item on cover alone so head down to the news stands now if you don’t […]
Valorem’s Patrick Lamb: Ways law firms put themselves before clients.
No one cares more about clients than Chicago trial lawyer, fellow Irish-American storyteller, legal profession critic and Renaissance man Patrick Lamb; Pat […]
Hull McGuire PC, Plaintiff v. _________ , Defendant (USMDFla).
Poof! “Hey, [Hull McGuire lawyer], what happened to your blog?” Sorry everyone. But 6 weeks of blog posts, including some linked to […]
Great lawyering will have (a) high-pressure and (b) high-hours. Don’t engage lawyers who haven’t been steeped in both.
Full-blown HBR-approved Slackoisie empire-building alert. Either the Harvard Business Review is desperate for copy or has gone around the bend a little. […]
Law Profession Quote of the Year.
“As far as I am concerned, associates do not require privacy unless they are on the commode.” —Partner Emeritus commenting to More […]
China Law Blog: China employee non-compete agreements.
This morning Harris Moure’s Grace Yang writes about geographic limits in non-compete contracts with employees working in China.
Washington Examiner: Ohio GOP Gov. Kasich Rising?
To three older but well-regarded GOP Hill pols, at least, John Kasich is an attractive candidate for president. He’s smart, energetic, proven […]