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November 29, 2008
Mumbai
IHT (Paris ed.): Standoff in Mumbai Down to One Hotel.
WSJ: FBI Sends Agents to Mumbai.
Washington Post (op-ed:) Mumbai May Derail India-Pakistan Peace Progress.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
November 28, 2008
Anti-Client Remark of the Century.
"We" versus "Them"--and clients not even part of the equation. Anti-client, clueless and--but we'll be charitable and stop there. In response to Legal Blog Watch's post "Should Firms Cut Bonuses in Response to Clients?", the first comment was:
Associates don't share in the good times the way partners do, so why should they suffer in the bad times? The answer is not to cut associate bonuses, but to cut profits per partner.
"Jesus, Beavis, get over it. The partner guys--who work for those client guys--will always stiff us."
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (2)
Formerly Known As a privilege, an honor, a trust: Lawyering.
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. With apologies to Uncle Ted's writer of the 1980 speech, we refer here to the search for Value to Clients. We do revel in a fleeting glimpse of it now and then. More on clients, hard work, marginal work, associate bonuses, real life and common sense at David Giacalone's always superb and thoughtful f/k/a... See "Smart Clients Care About Bonuses and Marketplace 'Value'". He gives you all the parts, and then puts it all together himself.
"I showed. I suffered. Pay me."
Alternate universe: no one loses, everyone gets a trophy.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 09:51 PM | Comments (1)