Southeast Asia: Hari Raya Puasa
At Richard D. Lewis’s fine Cross-Culture, see “Malaysia: An ‘Open House’ Tradition“, by Martin Králik, on the Eid al Fitr holiday as […]
Month: November 2009
Got a Little Black Book for you right here. But are you ready to do some work?
Note: Below is review of a very fine new book by Miami’s Paula Black we did in August 2009. This holiday season […]
Practice tip: Do timely object to hand grenades.
Diane Arbus, Central Park, 1962 Even without notice, you can let some stuff slide a little when it slips into defense counsel […]
Greenfield
No computer will ever win a case. No gadget will replace the mind that drives the fingers that push the buttons. SHG, […]
Dudes, man up! You can do it! Get a spine. Get a life. Use your real name on the Internet.
You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. Don’t go home in pain. –Robert Downey, Jr., gravely, to Ben Stiller, in […]
Wanted: Improved, higher-functioning, digitally-competent Boomers.
CBS Baby Boomers were the first generation to grow up with TV–so why can’t we take the next steps? Gen-Y and Gen-X […]
Boomers don’t [heart] Tech enough.
For a lawyer, I’m not too bad at science, and math. Geometry came easy. At my mega-competitive college prep high school in […]
“Hello, my name is Amy Walker.”
Dialect. Here’s a bit of talent, some fine digital self-promotion and–best of all–a quick trip through the English-speaking West.
Clients: How to ditch bad ones.
Just drop off the key, Lee. Even hard-working, über-competent and genuinely service-oriented companies–all 5 or 6 of them on the planet–have at […]
Don’t compete on price–especially now.
If a new client demands a “discount”, color it unsophisticated and a pain in the ass. Refer it to that firm down […]
On voting for judges.
That a popularly-elected state judge in your pocket? Judges should not have “constituents.” But in most American states, they still do. And […]