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May 23, 2007
We all work in the global services economy.
"We are all in the business of selling solutions--products and goods are just tools and details."
--Overheard in a Los Angeles coffee shop.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
May 22, 2007
Hail Britannia: LawBlog 2007
On Friday, May 18th, with sponsorship from UK-based IP player CPA Global, the Law Society Gazette, and the law firm of Freeth Cartwright, London barrister GeekLawyer and his co-writer Ruthie successfully pulled off the first UK and Europe Legal Blogging Conference, or LawBlog 2007. Here is their report. Speakers and better-known attendees included Professor Jeremy Phillips of IPKat, Justin Patten of Human Law and keynote speaker Charon QC, who has his own report. Update: Do see all the comments made about last Friday's LawBlog 2007 by the participants over at GeekLawyer. Brit lawyers are a relatively happy if eccentric lot.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
May 21, 2007
The Greatest on the Greats: Blawg Review #109
The Greatest American Lawyer, who after much intrigue finally outed himself as Michigan-based trial lawyer Enrico Schaefer, is a seeker and sayer of great truths about practicing law and more. Enrico just says it, and we have always listened. GAL, as WAC? will always think of Enrico, hosts this week's Blawg Review, #109. His theme for Blawg Review is the "Greatest" posts, ideas and people in the legal blogosphere. "Believe or not, it's just me."
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 08:19 AM | Comments (0)
May 20, 2007
Redux: What about clients you just don't like?
Answer: Don't court or accept them in the first place. If you already have such a client, you get through it, you try to do the best job you can, and you dump that client ASAP.
Sound unprofessional or unlawyer-like? Maybe so. Yet, with the notable exceptions of some criminal defendant appointments by a court and pro bono work, neither your client nor your firm should be even slightly prejudiced by distrust, disdain or an uneasy relationship. See our November 19, 2005 post "Rule 1: Represent only clients you like". And hear this from a 2006 radio show we appeared on.
Posted by JD Hull at 03:03 PM | Comments (0)