Friday, January 30, 2009

Today's moment of validation . . . .

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Take a look at Jonathan Glater's article in this morning's NYT ( here ), which describes the changing world of law firm economics....
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Why I'm so proud of Rice University, part n

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In an earlier post ( here ), I bragged about what Rice is doing to help with the global health crisis. If you'd like to see a video of w...

I'm still exhorbitantly priced (and worth it!), but here's a new record.

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See here . It's not the billing amount per se that I'm sure everyone's going to watch, but what bang for the buck folks get for...
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Hitting close to home

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Just read about Morrison & Foerster's recent layoffs (see here ). I learned so much from my time at MoFo (yes, that's its nickn...
Monday, January 26, 2009

A cautionary tale about law firm economics

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Today's Wall Street Journal has a front page article on the economic pressures facing law firms ( here ), with a particular focus on He...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Finally--graphic proof!

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more music charts Actually, we think that the green part of the graph should be much, much smaller. Thanks, GraphJam !
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Why the State of Nevada needs a strong higher education system.

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I'm heading home to Las Vegas this afternoon, having attended the Winter Board Meeting of the Association of Rice Alumni . This afterno...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

An opportunity to give Jon Ralston your thoughts about the proposed cuts to higher education

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See here . I've voted in this poll. You might want to do so, too. Thanks!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

More on Nevada's budget crisis

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My colleague Sylvia Lazos ( here ) just reminded us of an interview that our Dean, John Valery White ( here ) gave to In Business Las Vega...
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A shout-out to Jack Ayer (and Ed Fein)!

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Jack Ayer's blog, Underbelly ( here ) is always delightful (as is Jack!), and in one recent post ( here ), Jack, well, deconstructs a cu...

A shout-out to my dance teacher, Sergei Shapoval

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Sergei's blog ( here ) was nice enough to give me a shout-out ( here ), and I wanted to return the favor. Thanks, Sergei!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Score: 13 pounds of cat, 1; two adult humans, 0

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Our girl Grace (on left) was supposed to be on diet cat food. After four days of a hunger strike (hers--not ours), we finally called our ve...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Thanks, Wild Wild Law!

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Just wanted to thank Wild Wild Law for letting me join the blog. Thanks!

I have never been "cool."

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And I'm still not cool. But seeing this WAS cool. Here's a pic of my buddy Arnold Peter (of Raskin Peter Rubin & Simon LLP...
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A shout-out to Las Vegas's own James Patrick Shea

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Who's in a great article in today's Las Vegas Sun about the epidemic of bankruptcies. See here . Bravo, Jim! Check out Jim and C...
Friday, January 16, 2009

And here's a partial list of the "good guys" in business ethics

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See here .

You heard it here (and in a lot of other places) first....

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But the economy, coupled with the structure of law firms and their reliance on billable hours, is creating an environment in which a lot of ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Dear government of the State of Nevada: some thoughts

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I know that you're struggling right now with a horrifyingly bad economy, and you're trying to minimize the pain to Nevada's citi...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

And today's thought on the bailout....

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Hat tip to my buddy Ed Fein for passing this one along (see here ).
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Why it's important to proofread, part 2

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Why one should proofread before sending a document out, part 2 (see here ). (For part 1, see this post .)
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