Today I’m going to splice together two short discussions about topics that I haven’t mentioned in a while. (And, for any fans of the podcast U Talking U2 to Me that are out there, you do have to read the title of this post to sound like the first words of this remake right here.) […]
If I had any faith that the Venn diagram showing overlap between readers of this blog and fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 had broad, heavy shading in the overlapping areas of the circles, then I would take this joke all the way with some clever effort at following up the title with a first […]
I’ve written here pretty frequently about issues of lawyer advertising. I am too lazy today to try and go find links to other posts of mine in which I have stated that the overwhelming majority of disciplinary complaints filed over lawyer advertisements are filed by other lawyers. Not always competitors, sometimes lawyers on the other […]
For this last, at least for now, of the three posts I envisioned to talk about the important aspects of the Oregon State Bar Futures Task Force, I want to talk about the piece I’ve not really said anything about to date – the recommendations of the Innovations Committee of that Futures Task Force. As […]
My last two posts have focused on the pretty wide-ranging and very thought-provoking work (and work product) of the Oregon State Bar Futures Task Force. I do plan to return to the topics because there is more in that report worth discussion, but we are taking a break from that with this post. Let’s move […]
For those that missed my post earlier this week on the release of the Oregon State Bar Futures Task Force report, you can read that post here and get caught up. Today, I want to offer some thoughts on one of the three Recommendations made by the Regulatory Committee of the Futures Task Force. It […]
I was given an opportunity to provide a Legislative Update piece in the Spring 2017 issue of TortSource a publication of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. The focus of the Spring 2017 issue is “Evolving Legal Markets” and, although the authorship is Tennessee-heavy, I think you will find all the articles to be […]
Now, I admit, you may be of the opinion that a blog that has only existed for just a bit longer than 2 years probably has no business trying to recycle past posts as flashbacks or memories or what-have-yous. But, I’ll make you a deal: you start your own blog and you get to do […]
For today, an interesting (at least I think it is interesting) story about a judicial ethics scenario and the ability of media to “shape” a story and how that ability can transform a question of judicial ethics. About three weeks ago, I spoke with a print reporter with The Nashville Scene about questions he had […]
Late last month, I focused a post on a West Virginia lawyer who ended up staring down a 2-year suspension over chronic over-billing. If you missed that post, you can read it here. If you read it, you will recall that one of the items discussed was that the Executive Director of the West Virginia […]