For everyone out there wondering when the ABA would have an opinion on social media and social networking the answer appears to be “soon.” The ABA has a really cool commission with a really long name, ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group on the Implications of New Technologies who have come out with an
October 2010
And the Guru Said … (Bullshit)
I was recently zipping through my Google Reader and came across an interesting article recapping a guru’s recent presentation (is that general enough??). The guru was pontificating on what the guru pontificates on, and I thought to myself “bullshit.” Before taking the opinion of a guru as gospel, I urge you to look behind the…
Post and Comment With Care. You Never Know Who’s Listening.
I didn’t have anything nice to say
I had nothing nice to say this week. I had nothing necessary to say this week. So, I said nothing at all.
Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!
Can I get a side order of “work-life” balance with that job, please?
I know things are tough out there, and a CMO’s gotta do what a CMO’s gotta do. Jolene Overbeck, former CMO for Orrick, Latham, Shearman & Sterling, and DLA Piper, just landed a new job with Hogan Lovells, and of course the rumors have started on her salary:…
What’s Your Passion?
I read somewhere that what you wanted to be when you were 10-years old is your true passion. As adults I think we forget this. As lawyers, I think it is abandoned.
One of the partners at (my firm) Barger & Wolen, Michael Rosenfield, is living his passion this Saturday night on VH1’s…
The Banana Story and Lawyers
My old boss Steve Barrett shared this story with me many, many years ago. It was meant to illustrate how lawyers really don’t like change. Considering the 8:45 a.m. phone call I got this morning, all I can say is, ten years later, the story still has merit:
The Banana Story
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Don’t Make Me Call Your Boss
Mad Men, Lawyers and … Controlling Your Message
It happens. The rumor. The gossip. The office buzz. The phones start ringing. The emails start pinging. All hell breaks loose. SOMETHING is happening in your office. But no one is too sure yet what it is. But the BUZZ will take off and the less information people have, the worse the damage they can…