IDN Interview 90: Better Global Commercial Arbitration.
Ways to make arbitration finally make sense. The podcast interview is here. GE’s Mike McIlwrath interviews Pepperdine Law School’s Tom Stipanowich on […]
Month: June 2010
The post-Soviet Russia spy novel: Eric O’Neill on “The Ten”
Good morning, American workers. George Stephanopoulos interviews O’Neill on yesterday’s Good Morning America.
The $10 Million Business-to-Business Contract: 1 or 3 Arbitrators?
So what’s the answer for the “small” ones? How many arbitrators do you need to hear and decide a business-to-business cross-border dispute […]
Saturday’s Ruthie: The Get-Real New Age.
From a friend of ours in Cambridgeshire. “Introspection will be the watchword of the next decade…people have no money to go out […]
Happy weekend, Teacups.
Bang bang. Any warriors out there? Ambition? Heart? Gospel? “Who’s the hunter, who’s the game?” Half the people you meet live from […]
Get off your knees. Lead.
Stop whimpering, groveling, and apologetically asking employees to do their jobs. Make yours moxie. It’s your business, and your rules. Get off […]
Congress: New financial rules would cover Wall Street to Main Street.
AP: New Financial Reform Package is Comprehensive: WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotiators reached a dawn agreement […]
Do you really need Big, Myopic, Prissy and Slow in 15 cities?
Managing Partner, eastern European branch office, BCM firm (photo: 20th Century Fox) Is there any reason to keep using your US or […]
Another reason to only interview workers age 40 and over.
The Lawyerist asks “Are Unpaid Interns and Law Clerks Illegal?” Rather than sweating this issue, or doing any related non-billable research, we […]
Get off your knees and lead.
Follow me, stereo jungle child Love is the kill…your heart’s still wild. –P. Smyth Make yours moxie. It’s your business, and your […]
The war rooms at the Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo
The whole Madonna Inn experience was incredible! –P.T., Syracuse, NY As my firm knew, post-Labor Day would be busy, and so many […]
Tan, rested, back in the saddle: Will Bob Bork ride Elena Kagan?
Call it a reckoning. See yesterday’s Washington Post and this Salon piece: “The Borking of Elena Kagan”. Both report that Robert Bork […]
Real Brit execs race powerboats.
Man of Kent screws pooch on yacht. “He is having some rare private time with his son”. This morning the New York […]
Mother Jones: The Oval Office oil spill speech was…
First, our humble 2 cents. Prayer is a good thing, Mr. President, but is it a plan? That said, we defer to […]
Redux: “An aggregation of narrow views”. Curse of the modern law firm?
Years ago, I was a partner in a D.C. branch office with about 40 other partners firm-wide and several offices in the […]
Paris in black, white and fresh.
(from an August 10, 2009 JDH article) Work and life. I am a big fan of both so I do not separate […]
Overheard in San Francisco: The Man With No Enemies.
At the Clift on Geary Street, in the famous Redwood Room, three people are going over candidates for a high salary lateral […]
WankWatch Day 50
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At Wonkette Today: Ayn Rand in Wonderland
We love Wonkette. A little hard on our girl Ayn–but she’s still in play. Our default position. Don’t force us to evolve […]
Fellow Alpha know-it-alls: Get Lamb’s book on Value Pricing.
And read it. “Alternative Fee Arrangements: Value Fees and the Changing Legal Market”. See here and here. At this blog we still […]
Holden Oliver: Turning Dem we really think so.
Buy Killdozer. Dump BP stock. Lose the Law Thing. Fight the Power. Above all: be a man/woman (you cannot be both), think […]
More beach break–sound optional–and as Pro-Life as you get.
If lovin’ the Lord is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. – E. Murphy
Shaman H. Res. No. 666: Is this cool or what?
NBC: Moist-eyed Dutch murder suspect interrogated. Shamans perform ‘punishment’ ritual outside police headquarters.
Change, and its basics: Nova ex veteris
W.C. Williams (1883-1963) But the trick in mid-2010 is to think new but fast. Change in human thinking likely occurs in the […]
To Ray Ward: We’re not worthy–but thanks.
We “don’t care what the neighbors say”. We never will. We do get compliments–but rarely from people who, like you, put both […]
Hull McGuire’s first print ad in 1998
Misty water-colored memories. In early 1998–after 5 years in business, armed with some extra cash, to experiment, and because “why not?”–the still-new […]
“Nice guy/lady–just don’t get in a foxhole with him/her”.
Friend me, Holden? We hope that no one has ever said or thought this about you–but it’s likely that they already have. […]
The BP Spill: Jann Wenner gets passionate, real, smart.
We don’t have the link–but do read in this month’s Rolling Stone magazine (RS 1106) Wenner’s compelling editorial and call-to-arms on the […]
Akron: We Are Devo.
Editor’s note: This week Holden does time in northern Ohio. Dude, it’s not so bad. Ever been to Ada? A corn-fed girl […]