Month: August 2015

“As far as I am concerned, associates do not require privacy unless they are on the commode.” —Partner Emeritus commenting to More […]

This morning Harris Moure’s Grace Yang writes about geographic limits in non-compete contracts with employees working in China.

To three older but well-regarded GOP Hill pols, at least, John Kasich is an attractive candidate for president. He’s smart, energetic, proven […]

Look, I would rather work with women lawyers than men lawyers because I think women lawyers, for whatever reason, are generally on […]

Venting here. I can’t help the way I look. For decades now I’ve tried hard to be a serious lawyer-lobbyist-writer–and to be […]

We do prize blogs by experienced practicing lawyers who know what they’re doing. Today Dan Harris’ peripatetic law partner Steve Dickinson of […]

One of the best tech things in my life is my Zite aggregator/curator for media. Zite, however, is not always perfect in […]

Reprising Blawg Review #65, The World Cup Blawg Review, July 10, 2006, and in honor of two passed road warriors, Ed and […]

American expat lawyer John Pate was a friend of mine. I met him in 1998, in Vancouver, Canada, and saw him last […]

Two days ago was the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a black suburb of St. […]

Trump is what happens when we Yanks look in the mirror: good, bad and occasionally a bit ugly. According to NBC/Survey Monkey […]

Louis XVI: My God, it’s a revolt! Duke de la Rochefoucauld: No, sir, it’s a revolution. –2 years earlier. Two hundred and […]

Right-leaning political journalism magazine Washington Examiner, a DC-based weekly with daily online reporting, is relatively new, having begun life as a newspaper […]

I once wrote a column for this “pro-fossil fuels/industry” publication for environmental professionals based in Texas. Do visit a feature story last […]

Washington Post: Fox News announces its final lineup for August 6 debate. Do watch Ohio’s John Kasich. On a good night, Kasich […]

In the Saturday, August 1 Washington Post,”New EPA rule on greenhouse gases the latest blow to King Coal“. Excerpts: When coal was […]

I was a Boy Scout, and eventually an Eagle Scout, growing up in suburban Chicago and Cincinnati. What I learned in scouting […]