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Blogging about all sorts of things--governance in higher education, in businesses, and in law firms; bankruptcy ethics; popular culture & the law; Enron & other corporate fiascos; professional responsibility generally; movies; ballroom dancing; and anything else that gets my attention.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Robin Roberts is one classy person.

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See here .
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

An answer to those of you who make fun of my email signature on my UNLV email.

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Here .  Hat tip to MoneyLaw and Jeffrey Harrison . 
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Awesome promo w/my buddy Larry "Bubbles" Brown!

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

And thank you for the shout-out, TaxProf Blog!

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Thanks for the shout-out, Law Librarian Blog!

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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There are lots of stories about the DLA Piper partner who has been charged (not yet adjudicated, though--just charged) with charging clients...
Monday, June 24, 2013

New studies on rate increases at law firms--UPDATED

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The Wall Street Journal's Jennifer Smith reports that law firms are increasing rates again ( here ).  I'd love to see those studie...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Best Practices for Working with Fee Examiners

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Lois Lupica and I just published an article in the ABI Journal on how best to work with fee examiners in chapter 11 cases ( here ).  Given...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Hey, thank you, Credit Slips!

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Lois and I had a blast guest-blogging (and Lois did all of the heavy lifting). 
Monday, June 10, 2013

Today's post on Credit Slips--the ABI National Ethics Task Force's Report on compensation via section 328

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This morning's Wall Street Journal article on the costs and benefits of bankruptcy examiners.

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Here .  Among the article's points is that the cost of an examiner has to be compared to the benefits.  That's different, I hope, fr...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

A law firm that has given up on hourly billing.

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I thought that this post might raise some eyebrows (in a good way).  The law firm that announced its rejection of hourly billing is Juan R....
Saturday, June 08, 2013

National Ethics Task Force Report--Duties of Counsel for the DIP (up on Credit Slips)

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Thursday, June 06, 2013

This mock deanship application letter cracked me up.

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ABI National Ethics Task Force Report--Limited Scope of Representation (up on Credit Slips).

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My Conn. L. Rev. piece on legal education is out.

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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

ABI National Ethics Task Force's Report -- post on Credit Slips about new proposed rule 2014

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Here . 
Monday, June 03, 2013

Lois Lupica and I are guest-blogging at Credit Slips about the ABI's National Ethics Task Force Final Report.

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Here's the first post, and here's Bob Lawless's very kind intro. 
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Update on my Gonzaga piece on law schools, lying, and Enron.

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After I published this piece , Robert K. Vischer, the dean of the University of St. Thomas Law School (Minnesota), gently suggested that I m...
Monday, May 13, 2013

It's official--the new bankruptcy fee guidelines are rolling out on July 1.

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Today's Wall Street Journal has a big article about the U.S. Trustee Program's new fee guidelines for lawyers in larger bankruptcy...
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