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The Volokh Conspiracy
There was a delightful review, by Pete Hamill, in last week’s NYT Book Review, of James Hirsch’s “Willie Mays: The Life and Legend.” Can’t speak for the book, but Hamill’s little love letter to baseball in New York in the Fifties is wonderful. There never was, and never...
A Very Brief History of the Pocket
Yes, you read that right: the pocket. From the BBC (yes, you read that right too): To begin with, the definition of the word ‘pocket’ states that it is ‘a small baglike attachment’. The reason for this particular definition is that the pocket was not originally sewn into garments as...
The Size of the Federal Government
Three statistics: Overall Gross Domestic Product of the United States: $14.2 trillion (2008 figure). Size of the Budget of the United States Government: $3.5 trillion (2009 figure). Expected Federal Budget Deficit in 2010: $1.5 trillion (Congressional Budget Office estimate). In percentage terms, the federal budget is about 25% of the GDP of the United...
The Fourth Amendment, 1900–1905.
Total number of published federal court cases in which the phrase “Fourth Amendment” appeared, from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1905: 9. Total number of published federal court cases in which the phrase “search warrant” appeared, from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1905: ...
Interesting Religious Accommodation Case
It’s Jama v. United States (W.D. Wash. Mar. 2, 2010): This controversy stems from a July 2006 raid of Plaintiff’s residence by federal and local law enforcement authorities. Officials were searching for evidence relating to the importation and distribution of khat, a leafy herb indigenous to the Horn of Africa and...
I share Orin’s enthusiasm for Matthew, and just donated to the campaign, at berry2010.com. I urge you folks to do the same. Here’s Orin’s post: My friend Matthew Berry recently announced that he is running for Congress in Northern Virginia. Specifically, he is presently running in the GOP primary...
Legal Blog Watch
Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm an adult male, and recently I've been thinking about getting circumcised. I saw an ad on Craigslist by some dude who says he can do it for me out of a mini-operating...
Keep Your Satirical Giraffe Stories Out of Louisiana, or Else
Hammond Action News is a blog that puts out satirical posts lampooning and commenting on the state of affairs in Louisiana. Think The Onion with a local flavor. HAN does not pretend to be a real news source. Its posts are blatantly satirical and the site even includes a disclaimer...
How Close Are We to Introducing 'Digital Court?'
Lawyer: Bye, honey, I'm off to court. Spouse: Umm, you're wearing a jacket and tie, but only boxer shorts and no pants or shoes. Lawyer: True, but no worries. I'm going to Digital Court today! Lawyerist.com had a great post yesterday on the trend toward "digital lawyering" and the possibility...
L.A. Cracks Down Hard on Use of Office Buildings as Billboards
For those of you who want to use the facades of buildings as giant, but illegal, billboards for your product or service, the price just went way up. The Los Angeles Times reports that in L.A., at least, the war against so-called "supergraphics" escalated last week when the city threw...
USC Law Pushes Back Tax LLM Program
Bad news for all of you who just didn't get enough of 1031 exchanges in your Intro to Federal Tax classes. Apparently, USC's Gould School of Law has decided to delay the start of its LLM program in taxation, which it had just announced in September. The program was slated...
Civil Rights Have Never Been More in Fashion
What does the above look like to you? My first thought was that somebody had pried the VIN plate off the dash of a car and bent it for use as a shiv. I was wrong. It's actually a silver two-finger ring from the Ken & Dana Design "Rights" collection....
LexUtah
Utah Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Products Liability Statute
The Utah Supreme Court issued Egbert v. Nissan (”Egbert II”) in which it has expressly held: 1) The rebuttable presumption of non-defectiveness in product liability cases is constitutional and has been effective in Utah for more than 20 years; and 2) Restatement (Third) Torts section 16(b-d) regarding enhanced injury claims is rejected. ...
Settling Personal Injury Claims in Utah – an Update on Medicare Liens
No doubt you have heard about Medicare’s new reporting requirements. If Medicare has paid for any of a personal injury claimant’s medical care, Medicare is entitled to be repaid whenever the case is settled—regardless of any provision in the settlement documentation disputing any liability or otherwise attempting to allocate the...
Failure to Issue “Litigation Hold” Could Result in Sanctions and Attorney’s Fees
The recent S.D.N.Y. decision in Pension Committee of the Univ. of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, 05 Civ. 9016, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1839, *1 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2010, and amended, Jan. 15, 2010), highlights that litigation requires more than simply responding to discovery once it is...
Remember to Post All legal Notices in Print and Online Beginning January 1, 2010
If you need to post a legal notice in a local publication, remember that the Utah Legislature modified the law somewhat and, beginning January 1, 2010, many legal notices in Utah must appear in a local newspaper and online. The Utah Press Association, an association of most, if not all,...
Honorable Cormac J. Carney, a judge in the Central District of California, Southern Division, entered a judgment of acquittal in favor of the defendant based on a lack of evidence. There was trial testimony, however, the judge struck the testimony based on the prosecutor’s misconduct in intimidating and improperly influencing...
Google Challenges Westlaw and Lexis With “Google Scholar”
Google continues to expand the universe around it—this time it has rolled out “Scholar” a free search engine for case law and articles. Scholar has the ability to search for specific cases or by topic. Once a case is identified, you can then explore “cited by” and “related articles” links. ...
PointOfLaw Forum
Asbestos diagnosis made 37 years after death
The 1966 death certificate of an insulation worker attributes his death to stomach cancer, but 37 years later experts associated with the Manville Trust posthumously diagnosed him as having been suffering from mesothelioma, the asbestos-linked cancer. The trust awarded him......
Another critique of Citizens United v. FEC -- corporate governance
From the House Financial Services Committee, a hearing announcement:Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled "Corporate Governance after Citizens United"The subcommittee......
"Big, late $ from trial lawyer-backed group"
Donations from a group curiously named Texans for Insurance Reform flood into a South Texas Democratic primary, but it doesn't work.......
Krugman's views on "textbook economics"
It seems they've changed since the days when he wrote a textbook [Christopher Fountain]......
"Not Much of a 'Compromise' on Medical Liability Reform"
Carter at ShopFloor explains why not.......
Legal academia edition: Pranky remarks by Georgetown lawprof in class may have been origin of false Roberts-retirement rumor [Above the Law] "Imagining a reverse Yoo" [Kerr at Volokh and followup] "Law School and the Bar Exam: A Snapshot from 1898"......
Health Care Law Blog
Lesson for Hospitals and Health Care Providers: Photos of Shark Bite Victim
Martin Memorial too mum: Hospital staff violated privacy of shark victim, an article from the Palm Beach Post. The article highlights the impact ubiquitous mobile devices with cameras are having on our society and the potential liability risks associated with the use/misuse of these devices by health care employees.The article...
A warm welcome to fellow AHLA member and health law blogger, Kathie McDonald-McClure.I just ran across her blog, HITECH Law Blog. She focuses the blog on health information technology, privacy and security and the blog was named after the HITECH Act. Looks like a great addition to the health law...
AHLA Hospital's Friend or Foe: The Age of Social Media and Health 2.0
Today Jody Joiner and I presented at the AHLA Hospitals and Health Systems Institute on the use of social media by hospitals and health care providers. We provided an overview of social media use by hospitals and health care providers, discussed the pros/cons of using social media in the health...
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Donna Seale
No discrimination found regarding termination of Manitoba employee with criminal record
On December 7, 2009, the Manitoba Human Rights Board of Adjudication rendered a decision in Penner v. Fort Garry Services Inc. in relation to a complaint of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record. This is the first decision from Manitoba that I am aware of that tackles...
Twitter Talk – January 29, 2010
Here’s what I’ve found interesting in the “Twitter-sphere” this past week. Click on the links to read the original article or post: RT: @fpbowen WFP Survey finds number of women in top jobs at largest companies has stalled:http://bit.ly/bOgn5m [Not employment related but interesting just the same...] RT: @globeandmail Muslim basketball player fails...
The crucial importance of note-taking when dealing with workplace human rights issues
We all write notes for ourselves at some point or another, for one reason or another. Whether it be a ‘to do’ list, a goal list, a diary entry of what we did that day or a reminder to pick up eggs at the store, notes help us in innumerable ways in...
Lessons to be learned from the Siloam Mission resignations
In this past weekend's edition of the Winnipeg Free Press, Gordon Sinclair Jr.wrote an article called "When personal is so much more". It was a piece addressing the fall-out from the alleged affair between Siloam Mission's CEO and Director of Communication and Development, both of whom recently resigned their positions and left the organization. ...
A number of years ago now, my husband and I started an annual tradition of reflecting on what we had accomplished individually and as a family over the course of the past year, what we were thankful for overall, and then we set out goals for the year that was ahead. ...
My picks for the 2009 CLawBies
I like December for a lot of reasons. No, the Manitoba "dry cold" is not one of them, but the fact that it is CLawBie nomination time definitely is! Long-time readers will know that the CLawBies are the Canadian Law Blog Awards initiated by Steve Matthews of Stem Legal back in...
That's What She Said
Litigation Value: Not much. With collective attentions devoted almost entirely to the miracle of childbirth, the Scranton branch didn’t leave us much to work with tonight. Whereas Dwight Schrute’s senseless destruction of Jim and Pam Halpert’s kitchen cabinetry exposes him to a cornucopia of civil and criminal liabilities in his own...
Sabre Rattled - Y’All Come Back Now
Litigation Value: $2,500 for Meredith’s workers’ comp claim (those paper cuts can sting!) and more grist for the mill for potential future claims. Tonight’s episode has the Scranton office continuing to deal with Dunder Mifflin’s acquisition by Sabre International. This time, it is the arrival of Sabre’s colorful president, Jo Bennett,...
Litigation Value: Approximately $5,000 - 10,000; Oscar’s Dunder Mifflin vacation time … and the replacement cost of Stanley’s busted windshield. Employment law issues often get overlooked in a merger while the parties focus on stock price, transition planning, public relations, and other big-ticket concerns. When Gabe announced to the Scranton employees that Sabre offered...
Litigation Value: $0 (which is good because Dunder Mifflin has no money left!) Unfortunately, tonight’s episode was another repeat. Matt Rita did a fantastic job covering most of the employee relations issues raised by this episode when it originally aired in November. In this post, we will discuss two moments not discussed in the...
Litigation Value: In the aggregate, $100 million; most of which is punitive damages OK, so tonight’s episode – The Banker –- didn’t really bring us much new material, but it indeed highlighted five years of near-catastrophic employee-relations failures. As Dunder Mifflin verges on economic collapse, a potential investor dispatches its self-proclaimed “fact-checker”...
Happy new year, faithful readers! Those of you who surfed away from the BCS national championship college football game — apparently sponsored by some company other than Dunder Mifflin — may have noticed that the most recent episode of The Office was another repeat. An erudite colleague and fellow blogger...
Bag and Baggage
TWiL 50 Video — Here Comes The Heat
With special guest Ed Walters (Fastcase) on free and mobile legal research. Video archives for TWiL are available at blip.tv and ODTV. Also, TWiL is on Twitter and Facebook, if you're so inclined. This WEEK in LAW on Facebook ...
Yes, But With Smiles On Our Faces
See Cartoons by Cartoon by Nate Beeler - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon...
TWiL 49 Video — Looks Like Quaaludes
With special guest Joe Williams on Microsoft antipiracy measures. Video archives for TWiL are available at blip.tv and ODTV. Also, TWiL is on Twitter and Facebook, if you're so inclined. This WEEK in LAW on Facebook ...
Great job Colette, Ernie, Evan, and Erik!! Video archives for TWiL are available at blip.tv and ODTV. Also, TWiL is on Twitter and Facebook, if you're so inclined. This WEEK in LAW on Facebook ...
TWiL 47 Video — Felix Unger Wisdom
Video archives for TWiL are available at blip.tv and ODTV. Also, TWiL is on Twitter and Facebook, if you're so inclined. This WEEK in LAW on Facebook ...
TWiL 46 Video — Privacy? Losin' It.
Video archives for TWiL are available at blip.tv and ODTV. Also, TWiL is on Twitter and Facebook, if you're so inclined. This WEEK in LAW on Facebook ...
Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog
OK all you engaged couple out there — can you beat this wedding announcement?...
Drivers Complain That Toyota's Fixes Didn't Work
It appears that Toyota may not be out of the woods yet. More than 50 owners have complained to safety officials that they are still experiencing runaway acceleration even after their vehicles were repaired by Toyota for sticking throttles. So......
U.S. May Set Rule Requiring Brake Override System
The Obama administration is considering requiring all automobiles to contain a brake override system intended to prevent sudden acceleration episodes like those that have led to the recall of millions of Toyotas, the Transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said Tuesday. This......
Social Security Hearings Backlog Falls to Lowest Level Since 2005
That's the headline of a news release yesterday from the Social Security Administration. I applaud the agency for making strides in reducing the inexcusable backlog and waiting times for Social Security disability decisions. I do have a concern though. Recently......
Texas Homebuilder Bob Perry Ordered to Pay $51 Million for Defective House
A Tarrant County jury this week has delivered a devastating blow to homebuilder Bob Perry by awarding $51 million to a couple who sued Perry because of their defective house. The back-story to this case is quite lengthy, but the......
Texas Now Requires Drivers' Education Course for New Drivers Aged 18 to 24
A law took effect this week that will affect young drivers getting their licenses for the first time. Until now, driver education classes were required only for drivers under the age of 18. Now those between ages 18 and 24......
PLI SmartBrief
Justice, AIG subsidiaries settle discrimination case for $6.1M
Two units of American International Group have reached a $6.1 million settlement with the Justice Department in a discriminat -More- ...
Experts critical of effectiveness of 401(k) plans
The financial crisis helped accent just how far short 401(k) plans are falling in preparing workers for retirement. -More- ...
Customers would bear bank tax, CBO says
The Congressional Budget Office said President Barack Obama's proposed fee on major financial institutions would be passed on -More- ...
Maine Supreme Court rejects unaccredited school's request for grads to take bar exam
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Analysts say some banks may need to raise more money to exit TARP
Bernstein Research analysts predict that several mid-sized banks that have yet to repay the funds they received through the T -More- ...
GAO examining methodology behind U.S. bank stress tests
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Articles on National Review Online
Losing It? -- By: Andrew Stuttaford
If you like to believe that no bad deed goes unpunished, don’t look at the British opinion polls. In its nearly 13 years in power, the United Kingdom’s Labour party has wrecked the economy, ruined the national finances, lost control over the country’s borders -- and that’s just the beginning...
Our Lady's University -- By: Michael Novak
Relocating temporarily from Washington, D.C., to Florida from January 10 to February 20 was a kind providence. True, Florida had its coldest weather in 50 years, but don’t cry for me, northern America. Down there, “cold” means about 45 degrees Fahrenheit early in the morning, rarely below that. Some afternoons...
An Economist in Freefall -- By: Samuel Gregg
A rare growth industry following the 2008 financial crisis has been financial-crisis commentaries. An apparently endless stream of books and articles from assorted pundits and scholars continues to explain what went wrong and how to fix our present problems. In this context, it was almost inevitable that Joseph E. Stiglitz...
More Harm than Good -- By: Brett D. Schaefer
The United Nations’s emphasis on working with and through governments can horribly undermine its efforts to alleviate suffering -- especially when governments are key drivers of the suffering to begin with. A Foreign Policy article this week offers a chilling story of how this has unfolded in Zimbabwe over the...
Strike Against Iran -- By: Conrad Black
Is it beyond hope that something serious may yet emerge from the portentously trembling mountain of U.S. rumination about Iran? Whatever may be said about George W. Bush, and he certainly had his infelicities, he identified Iraq as an international outlaw in violation of 17 U.N. Security Council resolutions and...
Disinvited -- By: Helen Rittelmeyer
When the Air Force chaplain’s office rescinded its invitation to Tony Perkins to keynote a military families’ prayer luncheon, it should have been over something truly dreadful. Disinvitation is serious business; usually, once an offer has been made and accepted, hospitality is supposed to kick in.So what did Perkins, a...
theCPLRblog
Interesting to Me (CPLR 3215; 4518; 3121; 602; 3018)
Of all the decisions that came out this past week, these are the ones that I read and though, "hey, that's interesting." New S. Ins. Co. v Dobbins, 2010 NY Slip Op 01773 (App. Div., 2nd, 2010) The Supreme Court......
NYSBA, CPLR 3212 and CPLR 3116(a)
CPLR R. 3116 Signing deposition; physical preparation; copies (a) Signing. The deposition shall be submitted to the witness for examination and shall be read to or by him or her, and any changes in form or substance which the witness......
Most people don't know or care about SLAPP. It's interesting stuff and there is a wealth of information about in on the internets. Along with SLAPP, note that plaintiff, in opposing defendant's summary judgment motion, only attached an attorney affirmation.......
Informal Judicial Admissions and 3101(d)
Normally this would go on the evidence blog, but I rarely post over there and am considering just killing the damn thing, so I'm posting it here. In fact, it's been sitting around since December, waiting to be posted. Ocampo......
Vargas v Marquis, 65 AD3d 1332 (App. Div., 2nd, 2009) In this action, the plaintiff successfully moved for summary judgment on the issue of liability in August 2006. Prior to submission of the damages issue to a jury, the parties......
CPLR R. 5015 Relief from judgment or order HSBC Bank USA Natl. Assn. v Nuteh 72 Realty Corp., 2010 NY Slip Op 01617 (App. Div., 2nd, 2010) "A defendant seeking to vacate an order entered upon his or her default......
Crime Scene KC
Woman wrecks while shaving bikini area
Florida authorities say the woman was behind the wheel and was doing the shaving while her ex-husband, sitting in the passenger seat, steered. (She was on her way to see her new boyfriend, hence the preparatory work.) They reportedly ran......
Boy, 6, suspended for pointing finger like gun
It was terrible -- three people were pretend-killed. Imaginary blood was everywhere ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!...
KCK investigates officer-involved shooting
From KCKPD: On Saturday, March 06, 2010 at about 1622 hours, an officer from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was conducting a vehicle stop in the 1900 Block of North 5th Street. During the stop, one of the two......
Cut-rate prices for cutting throats
In New York, a woman allegedly wanted to put a hit on her husband, but could only afford to have him maimed, the New York Post reports. The good news: She got a break on the price -- from an......
Mo. plans DUI crackdown March 12-14
The enforcement campaign will be carried out statewide. KCPD, to be specific, plans to have a sobriety checkpoint sometime during that period....
Wisconsin woman loses at least two fingers while trying to feed a bear at the zoo....
Law is Cool
Iacobucci to Investigate on Detainee Documents
Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci was enlisted Friday to investigate whether the release of documents relating to Afghan detainee torture would cause an “injurious” effect. The release of these documents – which could prove damning if they show government complicity in torture – was widely cited as being the underlying...
We as a society know too little about lawyers. We believe some myths about lawyers (for example, that they are rich), but we know little truth about them. It’s pretty strange given the two critical things lawyers do in our society: ensure access to justice and help regulate behaviour. The...
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As a sequel to Law is Stupid Too, we present 17 ridiculous laws still on the book, via Huffington Post: In Missouri, It is Illegal To Drive With An Uncaged Bear (Caged Bears Are OK) In Maine, It’s Illegal To Have Christmas Decorations Up After Jan. 14 In New Jersey, It is Illegal...
Former NHL’er Ramage Has Appeal
Former St. Louis Blue and Toronto Maple Leaf has had his second day in court. This time to appeal a conviction that led to a four year sentence for Impaired Driving Causing Death in connection with the accident that claimed another former NHL’er, Keith Magnuson. The appeal will focus around two...
Speaking of getting “tough on crime”, how about “hate”?
When a local Georgian Township man, Trevor Middleton, was convicted of assault and criminal negligence in December, 2009, friends and family of the victims were hopeful that justice was served. During the case, the jury had heard how Middleton and his friends had engaged in the practice of “nip-tipping” – that...
Patent Baristas
The Patent Reform Act of 2010: A Substitute S. 515
Here comes the Patent Reform Act of 2010 in the form of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to S. 515 (“Amendment to S. 515”). I know, you’ve heard all this before with the Patent Reform Act of 2009, the Patent Reform Act of 2008, the Patent Reform...
Patent Reform is So NOT Sexy it Hurts…
Admittedly, patent reform is not a sexy topic. Those passionate about it are lab geeks, computer nerds, inventors, academics, attorneys and IP bloggers – not exactly the glitterati. But if it passes the hurdle of a full Senate vote, it will hurt – entrepreneurs, inventors and the economy. Perhaps...
Inventors Eye: The Patent Office’s New Publication for Inventors
Inventors Eye, a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a bimonthly publication for the independent inventor community. According to the USPTO, Inventors Eye is for and about America’s independent and small entity inventor community. It is a community that has always...
Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 2 of 2)
In my last post, I discussed the approaches taken by four commercial search systems with regard to their Japanese collections: Minesoft PatBase, Questel’s QPAT and orbit.com platforms, Thomson Reuters Thomson Innovation , and LexisNexis TotalPatent. This post contains a summary of the comparison information in table form. The tables below...
Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 1 of 2)
Patent searching is still a profession where there aren’t many formal educational opportunities, and learning generally comes with experience. However, no matter how skilled the searcher, the quality of the search is only as good as the coverage of the resources queried. Searchable full text patent collections are easy to...
JD Supra Hot Docs - Newsworthy Legal Filings From the Source
Case Name: Doe #1 et al., v. Reed Document Name: Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) & Legal Scholars & Technical Experts in Support of the Petitioners Post Date: 03/04/2010 Filing Date: 03/04/2010 Document Summary: EPIC Files Supreme Court Brief for Petitioner PrivacyEPIC has filed a "friend of...
Case Name: In The Matter of Google, Inc. Document Name: Supplemental Materials in Support of Pending Complaint and Request for Injunction, Request for Investigation and for Other Relief Post Date: 03/03/2010 Filing Date: 03/02/2010 Document Summary: EPIC Files Amended Complaint on Google BuzzEPIC has filed a supplement to its earlier complaint with...
Case Name: In Re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Document Name: Valuation Ruling in the Madoff Bankruptcy and SIPC Awards Post Date: 03/02/2010 Filing Date: 03/01/2010 Document Summary: In a decision filed on Monday, Federal Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifland ruled that losses should be defined as the difference between the...
Case Name: Chamber of Commerce v. Servin, et al. Document Name: Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint Post Date: 03/01/2010 Filing Date: 02/19/2010 Document Summary: EFF and Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, are defending the Yes Men and other activists in a lawsuit filed against them by...
US v. Bonventre: Criminal charges against Madoff Associate Daniel Bonventre
Case Name: US v. Bonventre Document Name: Criminal charges against Madoff Associate Daniel Bonventre Post Date: 02/26/2010 Filing Date: 02/25/2010 Document Summary: Bonventre is charged with fraud and conspiracy as part of his role in the Madoff Ponzi scheme. He was charged with doctoring records by creating a fictional ledger to cover...
In re EPV Solar, Inc.: Declaration in Support of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
Case Name: In re EPV Solar, Inc. Document Name: Declaration in Support of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Post Date: 02/25/2010 Filing Date: 02/24/2010 Document Summary: EPV Solar, Inc., a Robbinsville, New Jersey-based designer, developer, manufacturer and marketer of low-cost amorphous silicon ("a-Si") thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy...
The Client Revolution
In-house help: How to save 20% on your outside-counsel spend
Listen up, in-house lawyers: There are three — and only three — ways to lower your spending on outside counsel: Use less outside counsel. Use lesser outside counsel. Use open-price outside counsel. I covered these in more detail in a post last year: "The only three ways to lower outside...
What lawyers can learn from an Office Depot commercial
So ironically, the best commercial I watched this evening — Super Bowl Sunday — wasn't even during the Super Bowl. Instead, it came during the new CBS show "Undercover Boss," which had the coveted post–Super Bowl slot. (So coveted because people tend to be too brain dead to turn off...
The Revolution spreads to Solo Practice University
One of my big goals for 2010 was to adjust my role as a commentator on the state of the practice of law and become more of a change agent dedicated to helping fix it. Today I'm taking a first step in that direction by joining the faculty of the...
"He shall from time to time ...." Or not.
You'll have to forgive this post. It's not really about lawyers, although it does cite the Constitution. You see, I've been distracted lately: the final season of "Lost" is just a few weeks away, and there's a lot to be stressed about. (Publicity photo above. Click to biggify.) Will they...
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay, computer scientist, 1971 The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed. — William Gibson, author, 2003 In gathering the best and the brightest from the blawgosphere for this first full week of the...
Client Revolution hosting next week's Blawg Review
Hey, blawggers and blawg readers! Actually, as I've said before, I'm not a fan of using the term blawg to mean "law-related blog." The problem with it is that blawg sounds exactly like blog. When you're speaking and you say "blawg," there's no way of conveying that you mean "law-related...
KC Johnson's Blogs
Material on U.S. Campaigns & Elections, 1964-2008...
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Material for spring 2008 School for Overseas Students class...
Comments and analysis about the Duke/Nifong case....