An archbishop of Canterbury hasn’t found himself in this much trouble since Thomas Becket fell afoul of Henry II in 1170. Last week, Rowan Williams, the leader of the Church of England, stirred up a massive row by saying that ...
Read More »Lawyers should declare war on IRAC
Today’s column is about war, but not the war in the Middle East. No, today’s article involves a different kind of conflict and focuses on a weapon of mass destruction many of us first learned about in law school and ...
Read More »Separate set of laws won’t solve problems
An archbishop of Canterbury hasn’t found himself in this much trouble since Thomas Becket fell afoul of Henry II in 1170. Last week, Rowan Williams, the leader of the Church of England, stirred up a massive row by saying that ...
Read More »Hornsby: Lawyer advertising: A look at the year to come
Let’s start with a quiz. Which lasted longer: a) the War of the Roses, b) the War on Drugs, c) the 50 Years War, or d) the battle over regulating lawyer advertising? You may think it’s a trick question because ...
Read More »Painter: The singular they is as English as Shakespeare
I recently wrote about the importance of gender-neutral language and set out a number of ways to fix it. I said that, depending on the specific sentence, gender-specific language can be fixed by (1) omitting the pronoun, (2) substituting an ...
Read More »The singular they is as English as Shakespeare
I recently wrote about the importance of gender-neutral language and set out a number of ways to fix it. I said that, depending on the specific sentence, gender-specific language can be fixed by omitting the pronoun, substituting an article, substituting ...
Read More »Scaringi : Plan for success with an off-site meeting
We all know the routine. The conference room is booked and the attendees have been invited. They arrive armed with coffee cup in one hand and BlackBerry in the other, their minds on other things. Let’s face it: Meetings are ...
Read More »Plan for success with an off-site meeting
We all know the routine. The conference room is booked and the attendees have been invited. They arrive armed with coffee cup in one hand and BlackBerry in the other, their minds on other things. Let’s face it: Meetings are ...
Read More »Are new bankruptcy forms too 'smart' for lawyers?
In a move designed to aggregate for the first time information on national bankruptcy filings, as well as detect and stamp out fraud, the government wants to require debtors to use special data-encrypted “smart” forms from which filers’ financial information ...
Read More »With personal plan, lawyer can map path toward goals
The start of a new year is an opportune time to set goals personally and professionally. As with many resolutions, initial enthusiasm is strong, but it fades without a plan that states your goals and explains how you are going ...
Read More »Woolner: BP shows it's the best and worst at once
When it comes to doing something good about global warming, London-based oil company BP is the industry pioneer. True, that doesn’t say much. “I don’t think you can call any oil company a green company,” says Andrew Logan of Ceres, ...
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