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July 29, 2010
Death of Big Bird: Work-life balance is no longer Cool.
Bad news for the Happysphere. And better news for serious lawyers and their clients. The down-markets do have a silver lining for professional services firms: those shops burdened by employees who take their jobs for granted or as some kind of right.
Our advice is simple and even very American. First, Terminate The Unwilling (note: just fire them, don't kill anyone). Second, Unload The Lame. Big Bird? Okay to kill.
Sound cruel and flippant? It's not. A job is not a right. It's either you or them, Clyde.
Kill Big Bird--and the rest is a walk. Get back to work. Get Sesame Street out of your shop.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:56 AM | Comments (0)
July 26, 2010
Mali Laughter
Here's the Net at an infrequent good moment. And perhaps at its best. About people--and not about "alternate realities", SEO, insular robot students, delusional young office workers, pretend lawyers, faux wisdom, and other human and digital garbage bringing the West down.
Here's quality and courage. See Maryam's My Marrakesh.
All photos at link by Maryam.
Posted by JD Hull at 05:05 PM | Comments (1)
It's Monday AM: You know for sure where your girlfriend/wife is? We might.
It could happen to you. Probably already has. "I AM the backdoor man. Men don't know. But little girls, they understand." --Willie Dixon
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:00 AM | Comments (0)
July 25, 2010
Biotech expert Scott McPherson joins Hull McGuire.
As reported earlier this month by Doug Sherwin in the San Diego Daily Transcript:
McPherson joins Hull McGuire as special counsel
Scott E. McPherson, a respected San Diego biotech specialist and patent attorney, joined Hull McGuire PC as special counsel, effective June 1.
He will work with shareholder Julie McGuire on IP management and transactions in North America and Europe.
McPherson has a B.A. in biology from the University of California-San Diego, and an M.S.P.H. in toxicology from the San Diego State Graduate School of Public Health. Between 1990 and 1999, he worked as a pharmacologist and toxicologist in the biotechnology industry.
He has worked as in-house counsel for Nanogen Inc. and as an attorney for DLA Piper and Townsend Townsend & Crew.
McPherson's work for Hull McGuire clients will include searches and opinions on freedom to operate; opinions on invalidity; management and evaluation; and some patent prosecution.
He also is expected to assist Dan Hull with clean water and solid waste issues in the U.S. and the European Union, and environmental law legislative projects in Washington, D.C.
--Doug Sherwin, The Daily Transcript
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:36 AM | Comments (0)