children’s ICU
a tissue box beside
the pay phone
clear skies
the river dark
with old rain
wind-beaten marquee
saying only
“Coming Soon”
John Stevenson‘s from Some of the Silence (Red Moon Press,1999).
potluck
Martin Schwimmer’s Between Lawyer’s post “How to Lawyer
When Everyone’s Watching” has sparked a debate between Tom Mighell
and myself about how much a lawyer should say on a website about about the
inappropriate conduct of another lawyer. What Tom calls simple professional
courtesy I suggest sounds like professional omerta (an enabling silence that
keeps our dirty laundry in-house).
More on e-shaming: Will Famia, at MSNBC’s Clicked weblog
column, titled yesterday’s column Don’t make me blog you!
and led off with a link to our post on e-shaming. Thanks, Will.
What the heck is H&K thinking? As LegalReader reports: “A Tampa lawyer has
been promoted to the top ranks of Holland & Knight just months after an internal
investigation recommended he be reprimanded for harassing young female colleagues.”
(see St. Petersburg Times, March 29, 2005)
The Federal Trade Commission announced settlement agreements today with
three major “debt services” operations, which the Commission had accused of scamming
consumers of over $100 million. The press release offers good lessons for practices to be
shunned by honest service providers and avoided by all consumers. Two consumer info
brochures are available online:
and why lawyers are hated. And let’s talk about whether lawyers can, through their
blogs, practice and promote judicious thought.”
getting on the list, I mean, not actually giving up an organ right now. Get info here.