Ex-national anthem
Soulless gen-Y robots, Spineless digital Tele-Tubbies: hang in there–the Recession makes you stronger, cooler. In the meantime, just eat, watch TV, text […]
Month: October 2009
London’s Charon QC: On Libel.
The Outlaw Charon. Quite a few inspired posts lately on defamation law and news by the velvet-voiced Brit pundit, academic, lawyer, broadcast […]
Harold: ‘There is no other music.’
“Harold, don’t you have any other music , you know, from this century? -There is no other music–not in my house. There’s […]
Try this at home: Change How Clients Think About Lawyers.
The work of a bricklayer goes to the blue. The knack of a mason outlasts a moon. The hands of a plasterer […]
Milton Supman (1926-2009)
No Boomer growing up in Detroit in the 1950s could miss Soupy Sales. You think of him as a Howard Stern for […]
Luxembourg
See I Prefer Paris by ex-New Yorker Richard Nahem yesterday and today: private doors, public gardens.
What happens to your clients “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 […]
What one admired Brit says about Yanks.
The world, unfortunately, is much like a playground at a third-rate junior high school in a mixed neighborhood. “Unbounded confidence and undeniable […]
Redux: Is that an elected county judge in your pocket?
Or are you just hugely happy to see me? Judges should not have “constituents.” Right now, in most American states, they still […]
Juries That Work: Simple Rules.
And from the Milwaukee-Texas axis. Here’s a gem we missed featuring two of our favorite students of the Science, Art and Holy […]
Why not Global in place of Patriotic?
A wise man’s country is the world. —Aristippus (435-360 BC), as quoted by Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosphers “There is hope. […]
Twelfth Weenie Alert: Help stamp out Net Anonymity.
Too many lawyers are already Weenies-and-a Half. Ah, the Tragically Prissy….you guys–mainly it’s the “men”–know who you are. And many anonymous commenters […]
Second City: Manchester, England
“It’s a mean old town to live in by yourself.” Still gritty and real, the city once had an economic school of […]
“Play it again, Mike”: Prof. Hazard on U.S. courts seen abroad.
(from a July 30, 2009 post) If you have European clients, you already know that in-house lawyers across the Atlantic do not […]
Your Antler Dance: Real life, Real Courage, Ray Ward.
Got something holistic, holy and global for you right here. WAC? is about happy corporate clients–and how hard it is to get […]
What’s a Nyilv Nosan Muködo Társaság, anyway?
You don’t know that one? And what is that strange German symbol-thing you keep seeing in your due diligence–“GmbH”, yeah, that’s it–what […]
Caesar’s town in Toscana
The Army Camp. Been here now for a week doing three different projects. I am usually quite happy in Europe no matter […]
The Economist: The U.S. Manufacturing Slump.
In a continung recession, the Wolf will visit every house. See in yesterday’s issue of The Economist “Wanted: New Customers“. Excerpt: Manufacturers […]
Distinguish your law firm–if you can.
It’s not about the lawyers anymore. No one cares you’re a lawyer. Not an impressive club. A big so-what. In America, they […]