Month: March 2008

Do Rupert Murdoch, the Pope, Bill Clinton and Osama bin Laden form part of a new international class that replaces traditional governments? […]

At WAC?, we think that politics–the art of controlling your environment–is important every day, and especially important if you’re a business person […]

Rule 6, our favorite in WAC?‘s famous and annoying-but-true 12 Rules.

Stephanie West Allen, in her inaugural “Reading Minds” column of the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine‘s March 2008 issue, asked “wise minds” to […]

In yesterday’s London Times, the popular British Flaubert scholar Julian Barnes reads between the lines of “Flaubert’s letters on sex, art, bankruptcy […]

Effective St. Patrick’s Day. Classy and smart speech, at least–and we think you’ll be seeing him again. Bloomberg. Hello, Governor Paterson.

Bloomberg: Obama’s Mississippi Win Blunts Clinton’s Recent Delegate Gains. In a very short time, the Clintons have lost their famous mojo in […]

NEW YORK (Portfolio Media, March 5, 2008)–Faced with the need to cut legal fee costs, in-house corporate counsel may avoid larger firms […]

From the International Bar Association’s Legalbrief Africa: After weeks of deadlocked negotiations and bloodshed on the streets of Kenya, the recent political […]

Client service news item. Washington Post: Spitzer Apologizes, Does Not Resign. Village Voice

At the International Dispute Negotiation series of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), hear the latest IDN interview, No. […]

Charles H. Green of Trusted Advisor Associates hosts this week’s Blawg Review #150 at Trust Matters. His rendition is straightforward, thoughtful, and […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. average retail gasoline prices have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon and will likely […]

ABA Law Journal news: D.C. Law Firm’s Hot Porsche Spontaneously Caught Fire, Suit Claims. See also Legal Times blog.

Charon After Dark. “A new idea”¦not, perhaps, a good one”¦“, Rioja and music lover Charon thinks. While he plots, read our London […]

Don’t be hatin’ life.

Re: our SLM (Federal Courts) series, see Stewart Weltman’s Lean and Mean Litigation and a piece on a subject of interest to […]

Like George Will, he’s one of our best 17th century minds. His middle initial is H–but the literal meaning of Muslim is […]

Brit Nick Holmes at Binary Law has always had a good eye for new things on both sides of the Atlantic. Through […]

Q Going home already? A Would have left earlier–fell asleep at my desk.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private employment fell unexpectedly for the first time in nearly five years in February, according to a […]

Chicago Tribune: WASHINGTON, D.C. ““ The Senate on Thursday passed the most sweeping reform of the nation’s consumer safety system in a […]

So HRC is “back”–and quite a few more contentious primaries to go. If you’re not maxed out, still inspired and/or rich, see […]

A year ago this week I spent an hour or so near my hotel in Mayfair (close to the Marble Arch on […]

At the International Dispute Negotiation series of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), hear the latest IDN interview, No. […]

David Fischer of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP hosts Blawg Review No. 149 at Antitrust Review.