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December 11, 2008

Advice of the week.

"The only way for a reporter to look on a politician is down."

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H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

Salon: "Rod Blagojevich's bad hair day"

Here, by Salon's Edward McClelland. It begins: "For every Barack Obama or Abraham Lincoln, this state produces a dozen Rod Blagojeviches." See DOJ's December 7, 2008 criminal complaint, and 75 page affidavit.

Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

New Trends in UK Collections Practice?

And introducing the new Albion-style Mass Dine-and-Ditch. See "Geeklawyer Revenge Award 2008: Low-life punter won’t pay bill?" and this related story at The Daily Telegraph. Allegedly a London law firm

reacted to a client's failure to pay its fees by taking a large group of junior lawyers to a bar owned by the client? Having drunk the bar dry, they left without paying the bill.

Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:25 PM | Comments (0)