It’s Up To Us, The Powerless
Only schlubs can speak the truth.
How You Can Take Control Of Your Firm’s Financial Future
Roadblocks to data-driven business management are falling, and a better bottom line awaits.
Morning Docket: 11.10.21
* Politician under fire after sharing video where he kills Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Look what you've started, Bezos! [Newsweek] * Remember when Biden said he was bringing antitrust back (Yeah!)? Looks like he should be taking some notes from litigators across the pond. [CNBC] * SCOTUS will be determining if a pastor will pray over this man's execution. [CBS News] * Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns a $465M nuisance verdict that would have funded efforts to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. [WaPo] * "We did not order the scramble": Couple sues fertility clinic that accidentally swapped embryos. [ABC7] * Kirland & Ellis just got a $200m contingency fee. Talk about a contingency plan! [ABA Journal]
Morning Docket: 08.17.21
* The Warriors are coming out to protect and serve. This lawsuit, and others like it, hopes to change that. [ABA Journal] * Arizona and Colorado will be having water cuts. Maybe global warming is just the push we need for environmental lawyers to consider switching over to something with more electrolytes? [Insider] * The Swiss used a supercomputer to calculate Pi to 62.8tn figures. Unfortunately, lawyer that I am, numbers above 13 that aren't salaries stop registering for me. Would that be a lot in damages? [The Guardian] * Bezos, not happy with being eclipsed by Elon, takes NASA to court. [BBC] * About half of US hospitals have experienced downtime due to ransomware. Tech & IP lawyers, do your thang. [Infosecurity Magazine]
If You Don’t Like Jeff Bezos, Your Real Problem Is With Capitalism
You can’t blame a guy who’s playing by all the rules we’ve established for the natural consequences of those rules.
How To Start Working Backward
The planning method that led to Alexa might be the key to your firm’s future.
How MyCase Accounting Transforms Legal Bookkeeping
This complete system built for lawyers simplifies the complex world of law firm finance.
Morning Docket: 05.05.21
* Attorneys in the Gates divorce also worked on the Bezos split-up. Maybe Gates read a good online review of the lawyer written by Bezos... [CNN] * A Kevin Spacey accuser must reveal his name in order for his lawsuit to proceed. [Huff Post] * The military promotion of the South Dakota Attorney General has been blocked because of his involvement in a deadly car collision last year. [ABC News] * Coca-Cola is pausing its plan to incentivize the use of diverse attorneys after the general counsel that spearheaded the effort resigned. [New York Post] * Check out this interesting article about which judges get their opinions affirmed or overturned the most at the Supreme Court. [Juris Lab]
Morning Docket: 04.30.21
* A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging the award of a lucrative Defense Department contract to Microsoft. Guess Jeff Bezos doesn't have enough money already... [Verge] * The FBI has purportedly seized a phone from a lawyer who has ties to Rudy Giuliani. [Salon] * A lawyer connected to "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has resigned from the New York Bar. [Bloomberg Law] * The family of a protester shot and killed by police during the Capitol riot earlier this year is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. [NBC News] * A New York lawyer, who is accused of vanishing and leaving clients and their money in the lurch, allegedly forged his mother's signature on loan documents. Guess the joke about lawyers being willing to throw their mothers under the bus might be true for some people... [Commercial Observer]
Morning Docket: 01.27.21
* Jeff Bezos is seeking $1.7 million in legal fees spent defending a failed defamation lawsuit filed against him by his girlfriend's brother. That's probably pocket change for a guy like Bezos... [New York Post] * An emoluments lawsuit against President Trump has been dismissed as moot. [New York Times] * President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been temporarily suspended from a YouTube partner program. [Jerusalem Post] * Nicholas Sandmann, the teenager who went viral for a confrontation at a protest in 2019 and then sued a number of media outlets, has fired his lawyer over pro-Trump tweets his attorney made. [Herald Leader] * A lawyer who allegedly smashed another attorney in the head with a can of Lysol last year has received his punishment. Maybe he was trying to prevent COVID? [Courier Journal]
Morning Docket: 04.21.20
* Amazon's lawsuit against the Department of Defense is on hold to give the DoD time to reconsider it's decision to award a $10 Billion contract to Microsoft. $10 Billion is chump change for Jeff Bezos... [Business Insider] * A lawyer may be dismissed from a case because he removed his pants at a courthouse security checkpoint after taking offense at being asked to remove his belt. [ABA Journal] * Dewey know Howrey going to weather the storm of COVID-19? Borrow more money. [American Lawyer] * A teen has filed a lawsuit after allegedly being threatened with arrest if she didn't remove social media posts suggesting that she had COVID-19. [ABA Journal] * Authorities claim that a Florida lawyer worked as a pimp when he wasn't practicing law. Sounds like the plot of a horrible sequel to Risky Business... [Miami Herald]
8 Tips For Creating A Comprehensive ‘AI In The Workplace’ Policy
Corporate investment and usage in generative AI technologies continues to accelerate. This article offers eight specific tips to consider when creating an AI usage policy.
Morning Docket 02.03.20
* The lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein's guard accused of slacking off on the night of Epstein's death had a shouting match with a federal judge over a planned vacation to Italy. Hey, everyone deserves some time off. [New York Post] * Burger King is facing a new class action lawsuit about the contents of its meatless burgers. [Fox News] * The District of Columbia is getting a new top federal prosecutor. [Wall Street Journal] * A new lawsuit against Boeing claims that contaminated air might be present on flights involving many of the company's planes. [MSN] * Jeff Bezos is being sued by his girlfriend's brother. Should make for some interesting family dinners. [New York Times]
What If Lawyers Ran Amazon?
A thought experiment about what would happen if Jeff Bezos ran his business like a law firm.
The Battle Of The Billionaires As Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Try To Out-Carnegie Each Other
At least these guys are using their wealth to fund interesting, Carnegiesque endeavors.
This Is Why It Pays To Have Lawyers Do The Extortion Thing For You
The gray area between 'extortion' and 'criminal' extortion.
Morning Docket: 01.11.19
* Divorce lawyer lays out how this Jeff Bezos divorce will go down. [VICE] * Michael Cohen is going to testify to Congress, so that's a new circus to look forward to. [CNBC] * Florida's newly passed law allowing felons to vote after they've served their sentence may have an exploitable flaw. A former Florida Supreme Court justice notes that the law requires the potential voter to satisfy their complete sentence, which might include fines or restitution payments that no one ever expects the convict to pay off. Retired Justice James E.C. Perry says that makes this "akin to a poll tax." This is why Florida can't have nice things. [ABC Action News] * For those unfamiliar with "Ag-Gag" legislation, it's a family of lobbyist concocted laws that ban environmentalists and animal rights activists from reporting on conditions in factory farms. If that sounds like a First Amendment violation to you, a federal court in Iowa agrees. [NPR] * Vegas investigators want Ronaldo's DNA in a rape case. [Fox News] * The Russian government is demanding answers to why Natalia Veselnitskaya has been charged. Not sure they realize that their agitation only suggests Mueller's right. [Reuters]