Susan Neiman’s Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grownup Idealists (Harcourt 2008) emphasizes the principle of sufficient reason. It is the idea that whatever happens can be explained (at 131), that everything happens for a reason (at 138). That principle is the basis for the structure of reasoning itself. When I…
Debuting on the stage of law department metrics, blog posts per trillion dollars of revenue will almost certainly have a short run (See my post of Aug. 25, 2008: five largest corporations in the world.). Always striving to advance research, however, I forged ahead, searched for posts about the next…
Joint law and business degrees in-house. The general counsel of Blackboard Inc., Matthew Small, graduated with a joint JD/MBA from the University of Connecticut. In 2008, according to Inside Counsel, Aug. 2008 at 49, Small was named chief business officer in charge of operations, marketing and business development, in addition…
Finding a new listing of the global Fortune 500, I took a quick look at how many posts I have published about the top five. Wal-Mart = 11 (See my post of Nov. 6, 2005: fixed-fee arrangements; Sept. 22, 2005: Wal-Mart and its minority relationship partners; July 29, 2007: diversity…
I offer ten more embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of Aug. 17, 2008: Part XV.) along with the number of posts or other references cited within them. 1. Lobbying and government affairs (See my post of Aug. 21, 2008: government relations and legislation influencing with 6 references.)…
What to pay law firms when their lawyers travel for you. The law department of a well-known biotechnology firm permits its outside attorneys to bill travel time, but at a lower rate. They figure it’s unfair to ask an Illinois attorney to take a deposition in San Diego but refuse…
I offer ten more embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of Aug. 17, 2008: Part XIV.) along with the number of posts or other references cited within them. 1. Panels of law firms (See my post of June 18, 2007: law-firm panels with 13 references.) 2. Paralegals (See…
To my latest assemblage, I have ten more embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of Aug. 17, 2008: Part XIII.) along with the number of posts cited within them. 1. CYA self-protection cover your ass (See my post of Aug. 15, 2008: CYA and 6 references.) 2. Emotional…
Here are ten more embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of Aug. 13, 2008: Part XII.) along with the number of posts cited within them. 1. 360 assessments (See my post of Dec. 26, 2007: 360˚ instruments with 5 references.) 2. Board of Directors (See my post of…
Here are ten more embedded metaposts with URL links (See my post of July 27, 2008: Part XI.) along with the number of posts cited in them. 1. Associates, complaints about (See my post of May 11, 2007: associates and complaints about them with 13 references.) 2. Bonuses for law…