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October 07, 2006
Yale Law Meets Paris Hilton.
Law truly is a backstage pass to the world.
Do a Google search of "Paris Hilton" and "Del Bianco" together, and you'll get news coverage by everything from the technology section of The Washington Post to the "The Showbuzz" site at CBS News. Our DC-based of counsel Mark Del Bianco, a versatile telecommunications lawyer, has been in the middle of a hacking scandal in which previous hackee Paris Hilton may have been among the hackers. Actress Lindsay Lohan, who Hilton reportedly does not like, was one of the people whose voicemail was hacked. The calling card service provider, which Mark represents, terminated Hilton's account. From CBS's "The Showbuzz" "Paris Embroiled In Voicemail Scandal":
Del Bianco wouldn't comment on whether Hilton hacked into Lohan's voicemail, but he did say that [his client, the provider] plans to cooperate with any law enforcement investigation into the incident and added that the company has beefed up security.
And see Mark's article "Caller ID Spoofing and Network Security" at his blog, Broadbandlaw.info.
Posted by JD Hull at 09:07 AM | Comments (0)
Grace
AP: Amish Mourn Neighbor Who Killed 5 Girls.
Posted by JD Hull at 01:14 AM | Comments (0)
October 06, 2006
New HR Blog: Gruntled Employees
Gruntled Employees, a new management-side HR blog, seems to get it. My firm advises on employment matters and does related defense work. Boston-based employment litigator Jay Shepherd and his boutique firm understand that most employment disputes--and their expense--are ultimately rooted in weak or missing Human Resources departments and dumb management patterns with employees. See, e.g., "How To Save HR--an Introduction".
Posted by JD Hull at 11:47 PM | Comments (0)
Sensitive Litigation Moment No. 13: "Weenie" Litigators?
Not surprisingly, Googling "weenie" with "lawyers" yields quite a few results. But the concept of "weenie" trial lawyers (of several nationalities) comes up more than expected. So, in the next few weeks, WAC? will investigate why and how litigators are often seen as "weenies", and build a catalogue of "weenie-litigator" anecdotes, letters, pleadings and transcripts.
And then we'll share them with you. WAC? is also thinking about a book, cheerfully edited by Holden Oliver, our new hire.
Unsolicited submissions are welcome. However, only the funniest and/or most pathetic weenie-litigator material will be considered, vetted and published (but so as not to any embarrass or injure any weenie-litigator persons or their families--mainly, usually). Send to jglass@hullmcguire.com. For ideas, see posts in Generation Weenie, Humorix and BrothersJudd.
Posted by JD Hull at 03:13 PM | Comments (0)
October 05, 2006
Again: Do BigClients need BigLaw more than 10% of the time?
Re: the WAC? recent post "Do BigClients need BigLaw more than 10% of the time?", two of the bloggers who thoughtfully weighed in on it were Tom Collins at More Partner Income in "Big Law's Grip on Corporate Legal Fees is Weakening", and Dan Filler at Concurring Opinions in "In House Counsel And The Selection Of Law Firms".
Posted by JD Hull at 12:11 PM | Comments (0)
October 04, 2006
The Kid From Brooklyn sounds off on client service, pricing.
He's here. WAC? is still in the desert with the beautiful people so this will just have to do.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
"Germans Mishandled Me".
True client service is a challenge everywhere WAC? goes, in every context. See Berlin-based Observing Hermann.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2006
KR Watch: You think the Pope, Korea and Foley are news?
According to the London press, at 62, Keith Richards has given up drugs--because they are too weak. And according to a gerontologist cited by the Baltimore Sun, "Richards should have died in 1995".
Posted by JD Hull at 06:12 PM | Comments (0)
October 02, 2006
Blawg Review #77
Blawg Review #77, the Autumnal Edition of Blawg Review, is hosted by Patent Baristas in Cincinnati, one of Dan Hull's hometowns.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 02:28 PM | Comments (0)