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Monday, February 27, 2012

Yet another reason why my buddy Bernie Burk is cool (and funny).

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See here .
Friday, February 24, 2012

Kvelling about the review of Randy Gordon's book.

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One of my buddies, Randy Gordon , has just gotten a really nice review of his really good book called Rehumanizing Law: A Theory of Law and ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Playing through the pain.

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Great essay in the Wall Street Journal ( here ).
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bloomberg Law on the 10 greatest legal movie lines.

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See here .  I feel very self-actualized.  I use nine of these movies when I talk about lawyers in pop culture, and I use five of the same cl...
Monday, February 20, 2012

A hearty congrats to Omar Alaniz!

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My buddy Eric Van Horn just sent me links to Omar's latest honor (see here and here ).  Omar has just been given the ABA Young Lawyer...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Who can't love an op-ed piece about corporate greed that refers to Nozick?

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See the Financial Times piece by John Kay here .
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New York Times has a nice salute to John Glenn.

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See here .  I'd love to see us return to that feeling of possibility that NASA inspired:  that we would work hard to place a human in a ...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Just another example of my buddy Jeff Silver's coolness factor.

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See here .
Friday, February 10, 2012

Dear Programmers of Customer Service Lines:

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I have now spent a collective 47 minutes on two different companies' customer service lines, and I have some suggestions for you. 1.  ...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Brent Newton's newest article.

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The always interesting Brent Newton has just posted this article ( here ) about legal education.  Although I don't agree with everythin...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Funny correspondence.

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My buddy Joey Maldonado clued me in to this response to a cease-and-desist letter ( here ).  Classic. Lesson?  Sometimes asking nicely is...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

IP people: BUY THIS BOOK!

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My colleague Marketa Trimble just published her dissertation with Oxford University Press ( here ).  Not only does this book embody her acc...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Some good ideas about the mortgage crisis.

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See here and here .
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Classic--and true.

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From today's WSJ:   Jason Gay's 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym ( here ).
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Reason number "n+1" why Dan Rodriguez is so cool.

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See here (hat tip to Brian Leiter ) and here .
Friday, December 30, 2011

Shameless and greedy request.

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If you have time and the inclination, could you please click here and "like" this picture?  It's not the most flattering for ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Why I could be a good director of a public company.

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Today's WSJ offers some thoughts on why there aren't more female directors ( here ).  As I say over at one of my other blogs (here)...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

R.I.P. Larry Ribstein.

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Saw Brian Leiter's blog this morning ( here ) and was saddened to hear about Larry's passing.  Not only was he exceptionally smart a...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Customer service feedback of the day.

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How many of you have seen Matilda at the Algonquin?

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Whether you have or haven't, check out this N.Y. Times story on Matilda's new limitations on roaming ( here ).  I read the story t...
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