Laughing at the Conservative Critics of Sotomayor

June 29, 2009

Reuters: Supreme Court overrules Obama nominee in race bias case. Conservative critics seized on the decision, authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, to demonstrate that Sotomayor was “out of sync” with mainstream legal thinking.
I’m not sure how the Sotomayor decision was out of sync with “mainstream” legal thinking. Her decision may have been out of [...]

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Leave Iran Alone: It's Not About Us

June 26, 2009

I am humored by America’s latest misguided foray: the sudden embrace of Mir-Hossein Mousavi. I’m not too sure how Mousavi managed to seduce America. Perhaps, it’s the proverb that the enemy of my enemy (in this case Mahmoud Admadinejad) is my friend, nevermind that this same line of logic led America to [...]

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Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are Real Too

June 19, 2009

ChannelWeb reported that “[t]he Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) could be $1.92 million richer after a federal jury Thursday ruled a Minnesota mother of four who downloaded 24 songs violated music copyrights.” Yeah, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy could be real too. And, O.J. still could be searching for the real [...]

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DUI Breathalyzer Test

June 19, 2009

I had a good laugh viewing the Wonder Bread Intoxilyzer video on the Pinellas County Florida Criminal Lawyer Blog. Basically, it shows a man blowing a 0.025 BAC level after consuming a few slices of Wonder Bread. Instead of the Twinkie defense, will we soon be hearing about the Wonder Bread defense. [...]

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Text Message Prices

June 17, 2009

Recently, the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommitee examined the state of competition in the cell phone industry.
Senator Kohl stated that “[f]rom 2006 to 2008, the price of sending and receiving a text message among the four largest cell phone carriers increased by 100% from 10 to 20 cents per message” even though “the [...]

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Legal Toast

May 20, 2009

I love humorous law blogs and Legal Toast is one of them. It’s a hilarious, funny-because-it’s-true comic strip that distills the essence of legal practice. Go check it out.

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This is Broken

April 22, 2009

Take a look at this presentation by Seth Godin. I love the part where he talks about companies slapping a warning label on dangerous products instead of fixing the product itself.
Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.

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Doing Business With a Handshake

March 26, 2009

Yesterday, Kevin O’Keefe wrote about his efforts to reconnect with his clients by visiting them one at a time. When he mentioned that the United Airlines “Speech” commercial (about having a face-to-face chat with every customer) aired 20 years ago, I was sure he was wrong because that commercial remains fresh in my mind. [...]

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How Safe is Your Insurance Policy?

March 12, 2009

How often do you track your stock portfolio? Daily? Monthly? Or, have you stopped looking altogether? Now, how often do you track your insurance portfolio? If you have purchased life insurance in the past, you may have checked the ratings for your insurer at the time of purchase. However, [...]

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Top Five Law Firm Layoff Quotes

March 3, 2009

Sure, hindsight is 20/20, but what about foresight? The Legal Intelligencer published an article in August of 2007 wondering whether associate layoffs were imminent. Well, we already know that answer now. However, let’s look at some gems from 2007.

“I would be surprised if there was any kind of a wave of layoffs.”
“[Y]ou [...]

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