Tax Policy and 2008 Presidential Elections
Consider this Guide by the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget before you vote on November 4. Tip of the derby […]
Month: October 2008
The Great Consumer Society stops buying.
In London’s The Economist, here’s an article we missed last week; it’s in the we’re-watching-you genre that that publication does best: Left […]
The Big Dog shills for Senator Obama.
See The Nation and about 350 other articles. I’m not voting for Obama, but Bill Clinton, who also campaigned for Al Franken […]
Jim Hassett: “Don’t stop.”
At his Legal Business Development, see Down Economy, Part 8: What To Do If Your Revenue Goes Down, and What Clients Want, […]
Update: Special Report from The Desert.
As I was saying, earlier this week I was in The California Desert–stalked by Death, Destruction and a monthly Smith Barney report […]
Blawg Review #183: California gets serious.
If you work back Back East, some partners actually want you to shy away from Ninth Circuit or California cases in your […]
Larry Bodine: He has news can you use.
You may not like the news, but start here anyway at Bodine’s LawMarketing Portal: “ACC/Serengeti Survey: The Economic Picture for Law Firms […]
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The Election 2008: Going Rogue in America.
Is America a fun country or what? Consumer spending down for 3rd straight month, the government buys a few banks, WAC? retreats […]
What about inspiration in The Desert?
WAC?‘s been working hard in Steel City this week, but now needs either The Desert or The City of Lights for a […]
Once again, GCs weigh in on law firms.
Via the vigilant and all-powerful Ed. of Blawg Review, see by John Wallbillich at Wired GC “Managing Outside Counsel Survey“, with links […]
The Bush Years: Never too early for revisionist history.
“It is often said that journalists take the first cut at history.” See “W. as History” by USC’s Mary D. Dudziak at […]
The Bush Years: Never too early for revisionist history.
“It is often said that journalists take the first cut at history.” See “W. as History” by USC’s Mary D. Dudziak at […]
You’re kidding. Our client is a “Waishang Duzi Qiye”?
“One of the other partners suspected it was a “Youxian Zeren Gongsi” form of business. Guess she was wrong. Asian, right? China, […]
How to “give face” in Hong Kong.
The Economist: Do No Wrong in Hong Kong. “When receiving a business card, make a show of examining it, then put it […]
Trading Places: Christopher Buckley, WAC?
These arresting days of late 2008 may be some of America’s best. Unless we learn, in the next 18 days, that in […]
Law firm directories as lame and musts-to-avoid.
Read Larry Bodine’s “Only 3% of Legal Work is Influenced by Directories“. And see our August post “Martindale-Hubbell: Should we all ‘just […]
Trading Places: Christopher Buckley, WAC?
These arresting days of late 2008 may be some of America’s best. Unless we learn, in the next 18 days, that in […]
A new era of credit market Mega-Litigation?
According to Lord Falconer, the UK’s former Lord Chancellor (the current one is Jack Straw), a kind of “mega-litigation” born of the […]
You want to keep what you have?
12 Rules of Client Service: 1. Represent only clients you “like”. 2. The client is the main event. 3. Make sure everyone […]
“What do we do now?” – Part 2
See “Does Your Law Firm Have What It Takes to Be Recession Resistant?” by Peter D. Zeughauser in The American Lawyer, on […]
We’ll take it.
AP: “World stock markets soar after last week’s rout“. IHT: Wall Street, too. So a massive flood of government money is a […]
We’ll take it.
AP: “World stock markets soar after last week’s rout“. IHT: Wall Street, too. Whoever thought that a flood of government money could […]
Speaking of ADR
Boston’s Diane Levin, obviously put here on earth to make up for some of the rest of us, hosts Blawg Review this […]
European Schadenfreude.
For a week or so, anyway. London’s The Economist, America’s tough but appreciative new Mom, ran this gem on October 1, which […]