Saturday, June 30, 2012

Reason number, oh, a million why Rice U. is cool.

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See here .  Hat tip to Eric Van Horn .
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Friday, June 29, 2012

The transcript from the USTP Fee Guidelines meeting is up:

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See here .
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Finally! "Twiqbal"!

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Hat tip to my hubby, for showing me this post from PrawfsBlawg .

R.I.P. Nora Ephron.

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Not only did she make the front page of the New York Times with her obituary (which she deserved), but she touched so many of us with her p...
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"Call Me, Pay Fee" -- I wish I'd written it.

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See here for a great column about the über-annoying robo-calls we're all getting on our landlines and cell phones. I'm none too thr...

An opinion piece that everyone should read.

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This one , about Vincent Chin , by Frank Wu .
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Thanks, Legal Ethics Forum!

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Sure did appreciate this post . 
Monday, June 18, 2012

Dear Dad: OK, maybe now.

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Got to say that today's NYT letter to the editor by Donald Bernstein made my day ( here ).
Friday, June 15, 2012

How bad is Boingo Wireless's customer support? Very, very bad.

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I have been sitting in LaGuardia trying to add a third device to Boingo for 45 minutes. The good news is that ALL FIVE times that I called c...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Which women do you know, Mr. Kilcullen?

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"Made my blood boil."  I'd heard that phrase, but I had yet to experience it fully.  Thank goodness for Stephen Kilcullen, who...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

It's actually not that much fun saying, "we told you so."

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In 2009, Eric Van Horn and I suggested ( here ) that bankruptcy lawyers might want to pay some attention to the public perception that thei...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bill Henderson is right--again.

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See his latest op-ed on the changes in law practice economics and business models here .
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Some thoughts on reasonable attorney fees.

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The juxtaposition of two articles this morning caught my eye.  This morning's Wall Street Journal's article , The Law Firm Business...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Remembering Ron Bliss.

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On this Memorial Day, we all have particular people we remember .  Jeff and I remember Ron Bliss , as well as other friends who served.  W...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

An important opinion piece for Memorial Day.

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Tom Manion's piece in the Wall Street Journal ( here ) is exceptionally moving, and it's a must-read for Memorial Day. We quite l...

A new chapter.

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Yesterday afternoon, UNLV's President announced that John White, our law school's dean, would be UNLV's next provost.  We will b...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Funny column to start the week.

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From today's WSJ ( here ).
Sunday, May 06, 2012

Grab-bag of great essays.

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See Augusten Burroughs's WSJ piece, How to Live Unhappily Ever After ( here ); this one on When the Troops Were Very Young ( here ); ...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Woof out for Kaitlin!

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Our friends Tommy and Dee-Dee have a wonderful granddaughter named Kaitlin.  Kaitlin is facing a serious medical condition with grace and br...
Monday, April 30, 2012

R.I.P., Judge Paskay.

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A remarkable man .  I'll miss him.