George Wallace’s Declarations and Exclusions
_____ and out there…..as our friend Raoul Duke said, free lunch, final wisdon total voerage.
Month: March 2009
Wagoner fails Obama test, resigns from General Motors.
It’s a big story–and an unusual one. Over 4,000 articles, including this one at WSJ. But no publication is more entitled to […]
Redux: Lawyering and Overstatement.
Going with Fergus. Here’s something you can use, starting today. If you’re spectacularly Irish–you guys know who you are–you should also take […]
Saturday’s Charon QC: Meet the Prime Minister
Charon After Dark: An interview with Gordon Brown? “Few people get a chance to interview an unelected serving Prime Minister and I […]
“Reinventing” the Latin American Law Firm–Part II of II
By Fernando E. Rivadeneyra, Puebla, Mexico Editor’s Note: This is Part II of an article by our friend and colleague Fernando Rivadeneyra, […]
Since 2006 our firm has employed two external consultants, one of whom has been instrumental in giving each lawyer (or group of […]
Does this mean we’re not invited to Eastern Europe’s 67th annual Chronic Bad Mood Festival held in Prague this summer?
Deposed Czech leader kicks out the jams; U.S. on fiscal Highway to Hell. Finally, at least, we meet a European–and an EU […]
“Reinventing” the Latin American Law Firm–Part I of II
By Fernando E. Rivadeneyra, Puebla, Mexico Editor’s Note: Fernando Rivadeneyra is much more than a talented and highly-regarded business lawyer who works […]
A Cambridge degree. An Oxford education.
More Celtic and Brit quirk. For all you godless, dancing and (according to National Geographic yesterday) flesh-eating druids out there in America […]
Marketing and Client Service: Your staff must “buy into” them.
Now more than ever. We’ve repeatedly said about Client Service (or “ease-of-use“) and your employees: “Buy into it or leave”. Your firm […]
Talk about an employer’s market.
“Hi. I am nobody from nowhere–and I am about to eat your lunch.” ALM’s Legal Blog Watch: “Lawyers Can’t Even Find Work […]
A moving tribute to the Human Spirit.
And to drunkenness, madness, small animals, the secret Ree-Lax Parlor in DC’s West End, “dooce”-bags, Kelly’s Irish Times Saloon, Ruthie, and far […]
LexThink March 29-30: Head Heartland, Young Man.
The next LexThink is Sunday and Monday, March 29-30, 2009 at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Even the payment terms are innovative. […]
We had…also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen […]
U.S. Const. Amend. I: GeekLawyer Test on 3.16.09
Heads up for Yanks of the Weenie persuasion. See Blawg Review #666.
That’s the spirit! (We hope it’s true.) Yes, do what Boomers and their Greatest Generation parents did when they got stung: (1) […]
Demand evaporates. Then what?
Department of Dues, Blues and Hatin’ Life. You saw it coming–but now what do you do, dear? For more than clues, see […]
$46.8 billion: Basel-based Roche acquires rest of SF’s Genentech.
The Roche press release on the “friendly” agreement is here. See AP‘s “Roche to take over Genentech“: GENEVA (March 12)–Swiss pharmaceutical giant […]
Redux: The Big Six lawyer sites–plus Real Lawyers have what?
The only six (6) legal websites you really need. During The Recession. After the Recession. And to take the edge off any […]
Is Gen-X Moxie starting to bloom?
Reinvent this, you Boomer running dog lackeys, you Gen-Y teacups. Eve Tahminciogluan, an MSNBC contributor, notes that Gen-X (defined liberally as those […]
Revisiting “leverage”.
Stop working for a moment. Yes, we said that. More accurately: stop for a few moments. The one non-billable thing you should […]
The Return of Legal Sanity
We are not worthy. Not an overstatement. New York’s wise and inspirational Arnie Herz at Legal Sanity is back–and we noticed this […]
Gen-Y Rerun: WAC? and Charon QC talk frankly in July of 2008.
What? You’re kidding. Lawyers are not special? Hear the “pre-Recession” July 8, 2008 Charon QC interview, “Podcast 66: Dan Hull, US Attorney, […]
RESPA: “It’s my closing–and I’ll close how I want to.”
Hopkins v. Horizon Management (U.S. 4th Cir. December 3, 2008). In the five states subsumed by the U.S. Fourth Circuit–Maryland, Virginia, West […]
Blog post title of the month–so far.
And legislation of the year–hands down. It’s “Drop the Barbie and Step Away” at Scott Greenfield’s Simple Justice. It concerns: A BILL […]
Clients and Customers: After they’ve seen Paris.
In the words of the old song, “How ya’ gonna keep ’em down on the farm, after they’ve see Paree?” How do […]
Save the country. Save yourself.
Save the country. Save the children. Up in heaven, Laura Nyro is watching. I saw Nyro on my 18th birthday. She thought […]