Crude oil supply unexpectedly up; price down to under $90/barrel.
AP: “Oil Prices Slide as U.S. Stockpiles Soar“. The U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration weekly report: crude oil supplies rose by […]
Month: January 2008
Breaking: Hungarian scientists decode Doggy Talk.
See Livescience.com. No inroads, however, reported on Lawyerspeak. But there’s hope: “I’m pretty sure this could work with any animal vocal signals,” […]
Big banks not banking on climate change.
But there are exceptions, like Barclays, Deutsche, Citigroup and Bank of America. See Environmental Protection and the report of Ceres.org.
Boundary Flare-Up: U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Constitutional Limitation on States’ Power to Tax — MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dep’t of Revenue.
By Julie E. McGuire and Thomas C. Welshonce Julie McGuire graduated first in her class from Carnegie Mellon University (B.S. Management Science […]
Michigan primary: It’s 8 PM EST, and the hay’s in the barn now.
We don’t think the Michigan primary means much. But we like to watch Michigan–a beautiful place with a bit of everything–as our […]
___Ed. IS amazing. Hung out with him a few times lately. He’s very low key but likes wearing black capes with red […]
Patrick Lamb’s new firm: Valorem
And speaking of Value Pricing as an alternative to the Billable Hour, see in the National Law Journal: “Chicago Startup Touts Alternative […]
Citigroup may write off up to $24 billion; 20,000 jobs at risk.
Due to subprime and credit-related losses. See Reuters.
Get out of the Yellow Pages now.
It may sound counter-intuitive, but we continue to believe that the “Yellow Pages” and anything like it–i.e., people look up “lawyers” who […]
Blawg Review #142
Blawg Review #142, a letter to a new lawyer, is hosted by Susan Cartier Liebel at Build A Solo Practice, LLC.
Monday: A preview of next week’s SCOTUS argument on state taxation of multistate companies.
A corporate tax case before the U.S. Supreme Court? It doesn’t happen that much. On Wednesday, January 16, SCOTUS will hear arguments […]
EPA: Insurer will pay $42 million to remediate Superfund sites.
The insured is bankrupt Fruit of the Loom, the insurer is American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Inc. (an AIG company), and […]
$4B in stock: Countrywide unloads itself.
Bank of America agrees to acquire Countrywide Financial for $4B in stock NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) – Bank of America Corp. Friday […]
“First, it’s jaywalking. Next, the ascots. And then hard drugs.”
Until now, getting weird in Milwaukee was wearing a trench coat, a bow-tie and tassled loafers–all on the same day. But some […]
The Economist on the 2008 election
“Up in the Air” is how this London-based magazine–these days enjoying a role as the Newsweek or Time for the entire West–decribes […]
QuizLaw is original, gutsy and fun.
Non-dweeb lawyers from New York and California write it. Dang. We’re naming our next son after it: QuizLaw Pennington Oliver. “We’re very […]
“Unprofessional: Wimpy Local Counsel”
From WAC?‘s archives, it’s here.
What if they gave more client service awards?
From the Atlanta dBusinessNews: “Ford & Harrison Receives Top Client Service Honor“. Bravo. The Atlanta-based Ford & Harrison specializes in labor and […]
Value price this. Part V.
There’s more commentary–to your right and below–including Allison Shields’, and her fine post “Even More Talk About Pricing“. WAC?‘s continuing take: billing […]
Value price this. Part V.
There’s more commentary–to your right and below–including Allison Shields’, and her fine post “Even More Talk About Pricing“. WAC?‘s continuing take: billing […]
Guessing about Wes Clark.
Obviously, he wants to be a player in the hoped-for HRC 2009 administration. But which job does he want? Four years ago, […]
Fed will cut interest rates again.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Any confusion as to whether the Federal Reserve plans to cut rates further to help a struggling economy may […]
Best business wisdom quote ever.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. —Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784 If you don’t […]
Value price this. Part IV.
Value Pricing v. Billable Hour. Scroll down. It’s not often that we get a total of 17 comments on any subject, it […]
Kane: Get out of the office and ask.
In “Procrastinators Unite“, Tom Kane notes that since the best source of new business is from clients and referral sources, start there. […]
Two jolts in New Hampshire: It’s McCain and Clinton.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Boston Globe, Jan. 8)–Senator John McCain of Arizona delivered an electric jolt to the Republican presidential contest tonight by decisively […]
Hermann the German: McCoffee v. Starbucks.
The next Great War: McDonald’s has a go at Starbucks. See at Observing Hermann yesterday’s piece “We knew this was going to […]
John McCain: The new Comeback Kid?
“McCain had been both smart and lucky….” A friend of ours, Michael O’Neil–a political consultant, pollster and TV commentator–posted this on his […]
Written agreements: “More security for Chinese laborers”.
At National Public Radio’s Marketplace, listen to this recent interview with China Law Blog’s Steve Dickinson. Effective January 1, a new employment […]