Archive for the 'Lawyer Stuff' Category
I spend a fair amount of time with lawyers, law students, paralegals, and others involved in the legal profession. I used to think that the aversion to technology that is widespread throughout the law was an age thing, but I’ve come to realize that it runs deeper than that.
As someone who is fairly comfortable [...]
Many legal professionals would agree that the day can’t come soon enough…..
Content Analyst, Public Sector – Mountain View or Washington D.C.
The geek in me thinks this is unbelievably cool. The lawyer in me sees this as a full employment act for litigators.
Xerox Seeks Erasable Form of Paper for Copiers – New York Times
The printed information on the document “disappears” within 16 hours.
The documents can be reused more quickly by simply placing them in [...]
I must admit that prior to reading Mr. Wilson’s obituary this morning, I never had any idea who had helped create this service that I use almost every day.
Donald Wilson, 82, Pioneer of a Database, Dies – New York Times
Mr. Wilson, a lawyer and business consultant, was a managing partner
at Arthur D. Little, the management [...]
To quote from Casablanca, I was “shocked, shocked” to read Denise Howell’s post this morning about the recent goings on at Reed Smith. This is someone who is as good as they come, and the fact that they cannot find a way to accommodate her is a decision that they will come to regret.
I cannot [...]
From today's NY Times:
The flat fee for services, rather than an hourly rate, was an effort to avoid the expense of paperwork and monitoring the staff for fraud.
Mr. Stephens sees the world of service moving toward flat fees. "We are a flat-rate society because people are willing to pay for simplification," he said.
It is easier [...]
“At most big law firms, the partner-associate compact
goes something like this: The partners give the associates big
salaries, meals on the client, cars home at night, fancy offices,
secretaries and a prestigious name on their résumés. The associates
give their complete professional devotion and availability — every
hour of the day, every day of the year.
That compact has gone [...]
Money Magazine has released a survey of the 50 best jobs in America. As someone who is both a college professor and a lawyer, it was nice to see both jobs make the Top 50, but in terms of quality of life I would agree that being a college prof is the way to go. [...]
CBS Radio Sues Stern for Breach of Contract
By BILL CARTER
CBS Radio filed a lawsuit against Howard Stern yesterday, charging that he used his last months on the air there to build up his future employer, Sirius Satellite Radio, and gained financial advantages through a stock sale at the expense of CBS.
The suit was [...]
Fox. Meet Hen house.
March 10, 2007 in Commentary, Lawyer Stuff
You have GOT to be kidding me………
I.R.S. Letting Tax Lawyers Write Rules – New York Times
“The Internal Revenue Service
is asking tax lawyers and accountants who create tax shelters and
exploit loopholes to take the lead in writing some of its new tax rules.
The
pilot project represents a further expansion of the increasingly common
federal government practice of asking [...]