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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Two new must-reads dealing with corporate law.

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I'm recommending two articles, both because I appreciate their points of view and because I respect the authors. The first one is by J...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A wonderful essay on why loving what you do makes work so easy.

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It's by James B. Stewart , and it's in today's special Dealbook section in the New York Times ( here ).  Although I'm not a...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

When funny videos on the billable hour pop up, the death of the billable hour approacheth.

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See here .  Hat tip to The Legal Whiteboard blog. The death of the billable hour may be far away, and--for some types of work--may never ...

Still love it--every time.

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Quad "Script Ohio" ( here ).  I just love seeing the alumni march in the band.
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Love it.

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This commercial rocks on so many levels.
Thursday, August 30, 2012

JFK at Rice, 50 years ago.

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Here .  Go, Rice, and go, NASA. 
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Monday, August 27, 2012

I am addicted to lawprofblawg.

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And here's a perfect example of why I'm so addicted to it.
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Dear RNC and DNC:

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STOP IT.  Stop calling us at home.  We mean it.  It does you no good to call us, because there is literally nothing that you will say in you...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012

Missing the point about out-of-control fees and expenses.

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See this story about a court disallowing some over-the-top expenses ( here ), especially the last three paragraphs.  Hat tip to Prof. Jessic...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

R.I.P., Sally Ride.

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What an amazing person you were.  We are all better off for your contributions.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

It's nice to be recognized: UNLV (Boyd) Law is 45th in most-cited study.

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See here .  Hat tip to TaxProf Blog.
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Very bad customer service.

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Why I will never order from Premier Audio Video again: What I received:  Premier Audio Video - Amazon Marketplace s6qy3vv3gkc85t7@ma...
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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 ).
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