Accounting
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Accounting / Accountants, Baseball, Books, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Prostitution, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.11
* A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that selling sex for Phillies tickets doesn’t make you a prostitute. She was already a Phillies fan, so calling her a whore was redundant. [Legal Blog Watch] * Occupy Wall Street is looking for a few good accountants. Man, they are about six months from telling us that some […] -
In-House Counsel, Litigators, Money, Practice Pointers
Inside Straight: Projecting Defeat
During my 25 years litigating at law firms, I fretted about two words: “winning” and “losing.” (As one old-timer put it: “They don’t pay you twelve dollars a minute to lose.”) Now I’m in-house, and I’m still fretting about two words: “probable” and “estimable.” What happened? The accounting rules require corporations to take a reserve […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.04.11
* Could stuttering actually help a trial attorney? Somebody should make a movie about this guy, only with fewer British people than The King’s Speech and more things Americans enjoy: like the stutterer/hero saying “My f-f-finger doesn’t stammer,” before he blows some fool away. [From the Sidebar] * Ernst & Young accountants engaging in funny […]
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Books, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, Shameless Plugs, Wall Street
Inside Straight: FAS 5 Fracas
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. First, a shameless plug; then, back to business. The plug: I’ll be giving my “book talk” about The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law in several locations in the next couple of weeks, including in […] -
Non-Sequiturs, Paul Bergrin
Non-Sequiturs: 12.15.09
* “They used to call me Crazy Joe, now they can call me the Batman.” [Bad Lawyer] * Is it really so hard to imagine that young, talented, hard-working individuals would rather start their careers instead of sitting around for a year while being fed $80,000 to stunt their professional growth? [The Economist] * E-marriage […]
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