Archive for March, 2007
Blawgletter on the U.S. Attorney Scandal
I hesitated on posting about the U.S. Attorney scandal looming over Bush administration and Alberto Gonzales but the Blawgletter’s theory on the appointment of Tim Griffin deserves some attention.
As if I didn’t hear enough about that damn McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case
Jury awards $122,400 for bite from sister’s cat
How To Choose A Law School
For this post, gentle reader, I will enter a new realm of megalomania by writing a post on my eponymous blog quoting myself commenting on another blog. Yes, it’s all very post modern. Please try not to throw up on your keyboard.
Houston Attorney Chuck Newton had an great post on How To Choose A Law […]
Economists as Expert Witnesses
Jenn Chiang, my classmate and apologist par excellence for the top hat and monocle set, has apparently thrown over Julian Simon and Montgomery Burns as her roll models and fixated, at least for the time being, on David Teece.
Read all about it @ the WSJ: Economists as Expert Witnesses
For high-profile economists like the 58-year-old Prof. […]
Welcome to the Blogosphere: Mary Flood Blogs Legal Issues at the Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle has developed an admirable niche in blogging for a big city paper. The newest horse in the stable is Mary Flood’s Legal Trade Blog. Flood spearheaded the Chronicle’s award-winning coverage of the Enron trial and is recovering from a brief stint as a lawyer.
I should also mention Flood’s interesting article on judges […]
A Good Summer to be a 2L, oh wait…. I’m not a 2L
In kind of a reverse-faustian bargain, the apparently hellish conditions that are driving seasoned associates out of the biglaw grind in droves is precisely what makes those firms in need of fresh meat. Enter the 2L… BigLaw will be on its best (as in least soul-obliterating) behavior his summer.
Wall Street Journal Law Blog: 2007: More […]
Does the Board of Legal Specialization cover ‘Spring Break Law’ Yet?
Doubtful, but you never know. From today’s WSJ:
This time of year, defense lawyer Ben Bollinger likes to stick close to his office between noon and 2 every afternoon. That’s when the spring breakers begin to call from jail.
Spring Break Is A Legal Specialty For Ben Bollinger Florida Lawyer Enjoys A Spike in His Business; Defendants […]
A Firm by Any Other Name
I ran into an associate at Bracewell & Giuliani this weekend and couldn’t resist knowing if he had any Rudy sightings. In 2005, former U.S. Attorney, NYC Mayor and now Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani joined then Bracewell & Patterson as a name partner and started the New York office. At the time, I wondered if […]
Corbin on Contracts, He Doesn’t Know What Consideration Is Either
On July 17, 1965, the great mind of contracts, Yale Professor Arthur Corbin, then 91 and in failing health in West Boothbay Harbor Maine, replied to a letter from a 1st year law student at the University of Kansas and included the following line, which I find both hilarious and comforting:
Corbin: Do you know what […]
Texas Supreme Court to feature Webcast of Oral Argument March 20th
From the Texas Appellate Law Blog we learn that Live Supreme Court Webcasts Begin March 20. This comes at a good time for those of us at UH preparing for the competitive rounds of the John Black Moot Court competition. I’ve been trawling the web for oral argument resources. The best so far - video […]