f/k/a . . . the archives

yabut?

In his short run as Editor at this website, our skeptical, curmudgeonly alter ego “Prof. Yabut” was fairly prolific. Below are links to his Favorite Postings while Editor, to his more-recent emeritus offerings, and to other f/k/a pieces from 2003 through 2009 that he liked the most, in reverse chronological order.  [It's the closest we have to a Best of f/k/a List] Clearly, Yabut’s a “Yea, but” Man, not a Yes Man.

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• “understanding and reducing legal fees” (Feb. 28, 2009
• “foxes guarding the golden eggs” (Feb. 24, 2009) (self-regulation fails clients; with links to our final week’s “ALF” — American Legal Fees — series)
• “value billing by lawyers raises many ethical red flags” (Dec. 4, 2008)
• “a sparkingly Savage year” (December 30, 2008); & “wendy savage wendy savage” (October 23, 2008)
• “smart clients care about bonuses and marketplace ‘value‘” (Nov. 25, 2008)
• “they’re all atwitter (we’re not)” (Nov. 15, 2008)
• “apply for this!” (Nov. 13, 2008) (the Obama Administration job application)
• “too many men are killing babies” (October 20, 2008)
• “a melancholy spoof of Frank Duci’s will” (Oct. 13, 2008) [grocery-list will]
• “words to use besides ‘battleground‘” (Oct. 11, 2008)
• “who are you calling ‘dearie’?” (October 7, 2008) (Elder-Speak)
• “arnold kills the lapdog driving ban” (September 30, 2008)
• “EnvyEsq works too much” (September 4, 2009)
• “did Harvard Law kill parody, satire & humor?” (Aug. 27, 2008)
• “living legend law blogging (and the cult of Gerry Spence)” (Aug. 1, 2008)
• “email etiquette: use Bcc for groups, please” (July 26, 2008)
• “doubts over debt negotiation fees” (July 22, 2008)
• “the New Yorker cover: Obama, satire, and the PC Police” (July 15, 2008)
• “lets celebrate kissing and chocolate” (July 5, 2008 – re Kissing Day and Chocolate Day)
• “speed limit politics (Obama disappoints)” (July 4, 2008)
• “California’s make-believe car phone safety law” (June 30, 2008) (hands-free cellphones are not safer)
• “Chautauqua grand slam” (June 28, 2008; baseball haiku roundtable)
• “joe cocker: mondegreen maven” (June 16, 2008) [misheard lyrics]
• “HALT focuses on Fred Rodell — you should, too” [Father of Plain English and demystifying lawyers] (June 4, 2008)
• “consumer beware the ‘standard’ deal” (May 30, 2008) (e.g., Used Car Warranties)
• “trumping reality with the sexism card” (May 20, 2008)
• “what brings you to a joint like this?” (May 14, 2008; our search engine friends)
• “Schenectady ponders 18 months without our Central Library” (May 6, 2008)
• “at least they’re upscale nudists” (April 27, 2008)
• “post-Earth Day pledge: speed limits and efficient driving” (April 23, 2008)
• “Washington (Ave.) cherry blossoms – Schenectady, NY” (April 21, 2008)
• “‘toilet paper check’ story ignored by blawgisphere” (March 29, 2008)
• “lawrence and the pink flamingos – a Stockade Valentine mystery” (Feb. 15, 2008)
• our gift to you: a 2008 haiga memories calendar (Dec. 13, 2007)
• unconscionable silence over Graubard’s $42 million contingency fee (December 11, 2007) (lawyer code of silence)

apology: Three years’ worth of Yabut’s Favorites have somehow been deleted from this List (perhaps done inadvertently by the Editor).  I can hear Old Yabut grumbling all the way from the Archive Basement.  The Editor will be randomly reconstructing the list below, at a leisurely pace.

• “best of” lists: the unbearable truth bared (Nov. 30, 2007)
• not impressed by U.S. lawyers rallying for Pakistani lawyers (Nov. 14, 2007)
• good gossip bad gossip (good gumbah bad gumbah) (Nov. 7, 2007)
• what’s a “lunch-pail lawyer”? (Nov. 5, 2007)
• The End of Lawyers? or The Cartel’s Last Stand? (Oct. 28, 2007)
• Schenectady’s PanderPols vote to evict sex offenders (June 13, 2007)
• includes list of links to our postings on exclusionary laws relating to sex offenders
• the Graying of the Bar: let’s not forget the ethics (March 20, 2007)
• what is “agita”?  (Nov. 25, 2006)
• puritans, prudes & professional picklepusses (Nov. 25, 2006)
• Madeleine [Albright], the Georgetown Mafia, and Me (May 6, 2006)
• contingency fees (four-part series)  (April 8, 2006)

click for: Part I (market failure); Part II (risk matters); Part III (do “standard” fees still exist?); and Part IV (ethical duties) -

• goomba goombah gumba gumbah (April 1, 2006)
• our Inadvertent Searchee series [search terms that brought folks to f/k/a] (Aug. 31, 2004 to March 23, 2006)

• halloween tricks: pols vs. sex offenders (October 30, 2005)
• 1L of a decision (Aug. 12, 2005) [know yourself before choosing law school]
• and see: the road to “L” is paved with inattention (Sept. 4, 2005)
• chronomentrophobia [and lawyers' fear of clocks] (April 1, 2005)
• activism requires action [re Not One Damn Dime Day and slacktivism] (Jan. 22, 2005)
• Shakespeare and Lawyers: the Bar’s propaganda (March 1, 2004)
• Value Billing and Lawyer Ethics (January 28, 2004)

• Pro Bono is Not the Answer to the Access Problem (July 15, 2003)
• IL & Md Lawyer Groups Win First “Judee” Awards (July 13, 2003)