Writing Well: Legal-speak needs to go.
Behold the image of the self-important “I’m-special” lawyer, rocking back and forth in his chair, and talking to himself like a mental […]
Author: Dan Hull
Outsource This.
If you are a client, why “outsource” just commodity work?
Weak Local Counsel–Another Lawyer-Centric Epidemic?
Weak local counsel (sometimes “terd”) esp. Amer. n. 1. a wimpy law firm hired in an unknown or insular jurisdiction or locale […]
Redux: Weak Local Counsel–Another Lawyer-Centric Epidemic?
Weak local counsel (sometimes “terd”) esp. Amer. n. 1. a wimpy law firm hired in an unknown or insular jurisdiction or locale […]
This Week’s Blawg Review: IP Savvy in a Class by Itself.
Over at Cincinnati-based powerhouse Frost Brown Todd, partner and patent lawyer Stephen Albainy-Jenei is still a Mother of Invention. Don’t miss this […]
My Marrakesh: Christian tattoo artists in Muqattam, Egypt.
East of Cairo, Muqattam is a suburb known for its past limestone cuttings, as well as for being the home of three […]
Mother Jones: Fear and Weirdness in the 2010 U.S. Elections.
Kevin Drum’s November 5 article in Mother Jones–the enduring hell-raiser and serial winner of National Magazine Awards–is called “Weird Findings From 2010’s […]
Stop me before I Twitter Stoned again.
“My name is Holden O.–and I’m powerless over keyboards after 6:00 PM.” Hull says that the 1980s version of this was phoning […]
R.D. Lewis: Hungary Business.
At Cross-Culture by Richard Lewis, see “Country Focus: Hungary“. It’s a quick but fair rundown, and one with an historical thread, of […]
Bill Gates and his IBM moment.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. –Wild Bill Gates
One college daily on the elections: “A changing of the guard”.
From today’s Duke Chronicle: G.O.P. takes House while Democrats retain slim Senate majority By CIARAN OCONNOR In a sharp rebuke of President […]
So what’s a “wine” arbitrator? Episode II of McIlwrath-Kirby IDN Interview.
Have you ever gone back and reviewed your firm’s bill to a client to determine the fees on your end to select […]
Lance Godard: “Are You Reading These Posts?”
“Value is the new golf.” Consultant Lance Godard is apparently a man of a few well-chosen sentences–and we do like the one […]
Make Mine Catholic.
Great Moments in Papal Moxie. In the Western Christian tradition, today is All Saints’ Day. It began in 610, when Pope Boniface […]
Eric O’Neill: Hard times jeopardize security clearances.
In Washington, D.C. alone, over 300,000 people from all walks of life have a national security clearance or approval from the federal […]
Dante’s Charon: Crossings.
The Ferryman Charon. Gustave Doré’s illustration to Dante’s Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: And lo! towards us coming in a boat An […]
Dante’s Charon: On Crossings.
The Ferryman Charon. Gustave Doré’s illustration to Dante’s Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: And lo! towards us coming in a boat An […]
German Boards of Directors are Different.
For one thing, there’s usually two of them per corporation. So if you’ve ever wondered why your Germany-based client seems, well, deliberate […]
Hungary Culturally
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Litigation: Currently are Federal Judges “Better” Than State Judges? Are They Better For for Clients?
Yes–to both questions. Call me non-egalitarian, a Tory or an elitist but state court judges–trial or appellate–should never be popularly elected. Ever. […]
Saturday: Pre-Depression Era Moxie Music.
“Down on the heels, up on the toes, stay after school, learn how it goes.” –Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
Again, French workers protest cruel Anglo-Saxon work regimes.
We check in on the French work ethic frequently. This week, French citizens in several cities have been marching against proposals–long pushed […]
Scott Abeles: On SCOTUS players–and clients.
Are U.S. Supreme Court stars always worth it? Washington, D.C. litigator and appellate lawyer Scott Abeles writes about the “Supreme Court Practice’s […]
National Writing Day: Blawg Review #286
This week’s Blawg Review is a soulful meditation on writing. It’s also a kind of ode to us unsung rubes who’ve loved […]
More Unmaskings: Bravo, Carla Franklin.
So now maybe we can start having fair fights–and know where to serve that summons. This is a “privacy” issue? A privacy […]
Stephanie West Allen: On Changing, Evolving, Growing–Millennials, Boomers, and other Humans.
These are the Big Changes in personality and spirit: an overhaul or re-wiring of the brain, and an unfurling of the soul […]
The Problem of Witness Demeanor in International Disputes.
In international arbitration and mediation, first-language barriers can be the least of your client’s difficulties. How does a mediator or arbitrator arrive […]