Abolish engagement letters (aka retention letters) from law departments (Nov. 1, 2010). Abolish the template letter with its standard recitation of expectations and obligations, all of which should be covered by outside counsel guidelines. Kudos for full allocation at JPMorgan Chase of legal expenses to business units that incurred them…
In The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery, the narrator remarks that “Grownups love figures.” He urges readers to show forbearance (at 16-17) because “But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.” Not to me. Not on the tiny planet of this blog, where…
My last update on articles published by me was back in February (See my post of Feb. 4, 2010: seven articles published in 2009). Since then, the never-resting pen has written seven more. Click on the link if you would like the article. Better, let me know what you think…
This post stands proudly at the front of a line of 6,000! Seventy months ago, on Feb. 20, 2005, the first post stood up and since then the procession has conga-lined its way to this milestone. A few thoughts occurred to me as I reflected on the outpouring and commemorated…
Below are the 21 books most recently read by me and cited here, with the first post given even though there may be more than one post. In fact, the total posts from these books is close to 35 (See my post of Feb. 1, 2009: 13 books cited on…
I think about terms used on this blog and how to define them; I periodically collect those definitions; and I even consider at times their purposes. In what follows I expand on each of those three points. As to the terms themselves, here are 16 more definitions collected since the…
Always trying to keep order on this unruly blog, I offer the ten most recent metaposts. Analysis of benchmark data (See my post of Dec. 3, 2010: benchmark analytics with 13 references and 1 meta.). Bonuses of lawyers II (See my post of Nov. 27, 2010: bonuses of lawyers with…
My collection of metaposts now numbers 523, citing 6,807 back references (See my post of Jan. 29, 2010: commentary on the 420 metaposts as of then.). That means an average of 13 posts cited per metaposts. (The largest metapost, on law departments cited frequently, includes 169 references.) It means this…
My latest newsletter just went out to my hundreds of subscribers. It reprints the five posts that were most frequently viewed or clicked on during the previous thirty days and adds some comments by me. Nothing fancy, the newsletter embodies my conviction that all ideas about law department operations contain…
Once aware of metaphors, you notice they spring up everywhere – to invoke yet another one (See my post of Oct. 12, 2010: metaphors enable cognition; and Nov. 14, 2005: metaphors of managers.). My blog posts are dappled with metaphors – another metaphor – so I searched back for explicit…