GeekLawyer is coming to America. Again. (Update)
Weekends are the only times I can write on this thing about important national and world events. We then communicate with our […]
Weekends are the only times I can write on this thing about important national and world events. We then communicate with our […]
Michigan’s Iggy Pop (James Newell Österberg) was the Mayor of Cincinnati circa 1969-1971. No, not really–but he could have been. The 1950s […]
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. –HST (1937-2005)
Is this the end of the right to be helpless? Our astral twin, the uncommonly cruel but clear-eyed workaholic boomer apologist, New […]
Here in Washington, we’ve all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. And with a plan […]
1. Realizing that making money never meant you were smart. 2. Realizing that not making money wasn’t much of an indictment. 3. […]
And lately they’ve been doing it on purpose. To us, Above The Law always has been more than white shoe gossip, or […]
Here in Washington, we’ve all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. And with a plan […]
“The teacher’s son’s classroom” may lack elegance, but is surely better than the roundabout “La salle de classe du fils du professeur.” […]
The panel will kindly note she’s had several seconds to answer. Nothing further. And I will sit down. In international arbitration and […]
See Blawg Review #200, in which Ed. meditates on, well, his demise, and the death of Blawg Review. He and his Sherpas […]
Or you just hugely happy? In The National Law Journal by Marcia Coyle: “Study finds strong relationship between campaign contributions and decisions […]
In or out of DC, a lawyer in a “regulated-industry” practice is often a lobbyist in the broadest sense–you may not like […]
In “No Crisis Here“, Hermann the German, our friend and Berlin-based stringer, notes that the company is opening 40 new restaurants in […]
But is it good for America, too? Before answering read Charon QC’s 2009 piece, “Binge Drinking is Part of Our National Zeitgeist“. […]
Subduing the driven, rewarding the Slackoiesie. According to our friend Dr. Michael O’Neil, political consultant and pollster with Tempe, Arizona-based O’Neil Associates […]
Never as infamous as Love Canal, but equally as disturbing in its harm to human beings and property, the Woburn Superfund site […]
At Dow Jones‘s MarketWatch, see “GM, Chrysler request up to $39 billion in loans“. The lead: General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, […]
It would be personally and judicially disrespectful to the United States Supreme Court and its justices for me to proceed in this […]
WAC? loves Texans, Texas, Houston, Texas, Archie Bell and the Drells, ZZ Top, Shelley Duvall, the late Bob Eckhardt (8th District Congressman, […]
And it’s okay to talk about it. At China Law Blog, see “China Law And Corruption. You’d Better Know Which Way The […]
Sort of. In “The European Countdown to Poverty“, Joerg Wolf at the Atlantic Review is collecting “downer” economy stories by economist Edward […]
Got some best practices for you right here. We still like the billable hour due to its flexibility in the hands of […]
The “disturbing sameness of law firm marketing and its disturbing ineffectiveness” is just one great money quote. Patrick Lamb, Chicago trial lawyer, […]
A bold and historical action. President Obama keeps reminding us it might not work fast or well. We get it. What’s in […]
Law is the ultimate backstage pass. There are more students in law schools than there are lawyers walking the Earth. –John Milton/Satan/Al […]
But who’s interviewing whom? London’s Charon QC does his 100th Podcast, interviewing WAC?, an annoying Type-A morning person who interrupts for sport, […]
My good man, what were you thinking? We’re betting she’ll sue Allen & Overy, a large but functional British firm WAC? likes. […]
