Doing Duke: John Chambers does Commencement.
Sunday, May 15, 2011. An “R” who admires Bill Clinton. The light bathroom humor worked. Reputed to be a fine fly fisherman, […]
Month: May 2011
Bat Country: Travel, Work, Rum & Writing.
Booze and cigarettes are essential to good journalism. –Jack Shafer, Slate During the last Pagan tradition-based Christian drinking season (i.e., Christmas), The […]
Those Geniuses You Hired? How’s That Working Out For You?
Energy. It’s 75 percent of the job. If you haven’t got it, just be nice. –Paul Arden, Saatchi & Saatchi legend, in […]
June 16, 1904.
June 16th will mark the 107th Bloomsday, honoring James Joyce and recreating the events of his novel Ulysses, all of which take […]
Rakofsky Bad. Defendant Lawyers, 4th Estate & 1st Amendment Good.
See above for my take on the Rakofsky suit. But let’s not foul the nest. JR’s been covered. Way too much was […]
Santa Monica Playhouse: Locked and Loaded.
A new play by Todd Susman, extended until June 26. With Paul Linke, Andrew Parks and Terasa Sciortino.
Sensitive Litigation Moment No. 15: Is “Professionalism” a Smokescreen for Bad Lawyering?
Professionalism–like good crops, the flag and motherhood–is indeed hard to criticize. It is also tough to define. Is it always good for […]
Scott Greenfield: Clients, Bonding & Lawyering.
On the one hand, there’s a critical need for trust between lawyer and client. On the other, there’s a critical need for […]
Feat Tuesday: I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan.
Billy he got so sad, dejected, put on his hat and start to run Runnin’ down the street yellin’ at the top […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment No. 14: Remember arbitration? How was that supposed to work, anyway?
Is there a way to stop feeding the monster? It’s clear that both globally and in the U.S., arbitration and “ADR” have […]
Club Ned Evening Wear: Overheard in Palisades.
“Honey, just wear a black turtleneck–even Ned Beatty looks good in a black turtleneck.” Club Ned: Beatty looks happy and relaxed just […]
Friday the 13th: Did You Have a Bad Week?
In old Rome, witches gathered in groups of 12–and a 13th was believed to be the devil. There’s also a Norse gods […]
An incomplete person. A negligent citizen. And a drag to have around.
Is the client rep or GC you’re going to lunch with a Marshall or Fulbright scholar? Well, do not drag people under […]
Challenges, twists, prima donnas–and hard work.
I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. –Humphrey Bogart You think life in law and business is hard? What if […]
Redux – Prof. Bruce Antkowiak: “Why Law Schools Must Reform”.
Law firms cannot be expected to do 95% of the work of lawyer-building. In that regime, clients suffer the most. The U.S. […]
Huxley.
Many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country. The craving […]
The Economist: America, bin Laden & killing abroad.
Our take? We are at war; the killing of bin Laden Sunday was a legitimate, straightforward and better-than-usual U.S. military operation. But […]
Sensitive Litigation Moment No. 7: The Holy Surprise of Rule 56(d), Fed. R. Civ. P.
Disruptive as Hell: The “early-in-case” Rule 56 motion (note well-dressed Brit GC after taking a bullet here). (d) When Facts Are Unavailable […]
Pantheon: Chrissie Hynde.
Midwest-bred rocker Hynde is said to have no fear of anything or anyone. One of the earliest inductees into our Pantheon. Way […]
Cafe de la Mairie, Amour Propre–and Badaude.
If like us you love, and are always missing, Paris, you must too love its waiters–and their “outsize helping of amour propre“. […]
Can-Do Catharsis in America: Bin Laden Killed on Obama Order.
Lafayette Park Flash Mob May 2, 2011. Photo: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta