Bravo, Charon QC
The July 8 podcast interview that many WAC? visitors liked: London’s Charon QC interviews Dan Hull of What About Clients?
Month: August 2008
Denver, sensitive guys, London, clients.
The sun sets on the Democratic Convention in Denver. The Slackoeisie celebrates a 3-day weekend. And WAC? heads for London. But we’ll […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment #11: Court-Initiated Sanctions
Parties aren’t the only ones who can move for sanctions under Federal Rule 11. The court on its own initiative may order […]
Should associates pay their law firms in the first 2 to 3 years?
A New “Value Movement”? On Sunday night at dinner, an out-of-town friend since college, and member of a large U.S. law firm, […]
A couple of Irish guys.
WAC? has more R than D writers–but we miss Irish pols, who tend to be Democrats because they can’t help it. And […]
Legal OnRamp: It’s Got Potential
We may be “old school“, but WAC? and Hull McGuire PC are always eager to market ourselves. This week, we set aside […]
Blawg Review #174: The “Themeless” Edition
Blawg Review is “themeless” this week, but still highlights some of the best legal blogging in litigation, practice management and technology, as […]
Patrick Lamb: Budgeting litigation with the client.
[E]veryone can provide a budget. Everyone can live with a budget. The real questions are whether lawyers will agree to do so […]
Should associates pay law firms in the first 3 years?
The Value Movement? Last night, a friend of mine I’ve know since law school, and a member of a large U.S. firm […]
Denver: Gavel Time
The only way for a reporter to look on a politician is down. –HLM Both major party conventions affect You–and they showcase […]
Greenfield’s Children: “Hi, I’m Justin, and…”
[H]umiliation is one of the core ingredients of a good law school education….Hopefully, your professors won’t be touchy-feely wimps and will use […]
France: Sofia Coppola sightings; mandatory nudity; zip codes.
August has gone from dog days to a still-hot holiday lull. The U.S. remains grumpy and dysfunctional. Europe is happy and non-functional. […]
Hey Joe, where you going?
AP: “Official: Obama Picks Biden For Veep“. Super-Smart move by Obama but not likely to change the 2008 race. Wild Bill and […]
Legal OnRamp: Worth Watching?
WAC? and Hull McGuire PC are “old school” and get cranky or bored when being sold the next cool tech thing. Generally […]
“Think Like A GC–Help Control Costs.”
Imagine lawyers in a church basement in Foggy Bottom for a noon meeting: I’m Wendell S., Georgetown ’85, and I’m clueless about […]
Real lawyers love Alvin Lee.
“…home to see my girl…”
“Veep Watch Drags On”; Obama’s dreary schmaltz-fest.
See today’s Boston Globe. Three days after our Biden prediction, sober TV heads keep saying Biden Biden Biden. WAC? was right about […]
China post-games economic hangover?
The “perfect storm”? See Ian Williams’ Beijing column at NBC’s World Blog, “Hangover After China’s Party?“
Our Obama VP pick: Joe Biden
We don’t love Obama–but we have some advice for him: Joe Biden. At 65, Biden seems younger than his years–and at times […]
Sailing in Qingdao
Only at China Law Blog. Harris & Moure’s Steve Dickinson is in Qingdao, an ancient but ultra-modern city in the Shandong province […]
All this law business: Foonberg, Cartier-Liebel & Greenfield
Two must-read and related posts, triggered by Beverly Hills lawyer Jay Foonberg, who literally wrote the books on building practices and getting/keeping […]
Trout fishing in America.
Here and here, for the last eleven years. Throw in silvers, bears, lost seals, a consistent grandeur, “micro-climates”, your real boss Nature […]
Action, speed, color, violence: Gen Y discussion has legs.
Maynard G. Krebs (circa 1962), Hero of The Slackoeisie. Re: Hi, I’m Justin, and am very happy going through life as a […]
Blawg Review #173: World Record Swimming
Blawg Review is hosted this week by R. David Donoghue at Chicago IP Litigation Blog. No. 173 applies the principles for setting […]
Gen Y discussion has legs.
Speaking of the state of “being inspired”–which some of us like living in every moment–it’s now August 18, and our May post […]
Wanted: Inspiration.
I apologize. Mea culpa. In just 10 days–while I was in Seattle and in a remote part of Alaska–my co-writers at WAC? […]
Bush warns Russia re: South Ossetia and Abkhazia
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) “” President Bush sent a stern warning to Russia on Saturday that it cannot lay claim to two regions […]
What About Paris Hilton?
See “3.5 Million Viewers in 22 Hours” at Mark Del Bianco’s Trying to Find the Sun.
Redux: How to “market” at moments you don’t “need” to market.
When “the cotton is high”, you make a phone call today anyway. You do it even if you’re uncomfortably busy with billable […]
Ensure Everyone Knows That The Client Is The Main Event
Rule Three is here from April 2006.