| tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115186502008-08-18T22:25:11.789-04:00Blawg ReviewEditornoreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-70326725739104767092008-08-18T21:33:00.009-04:002008-08-18T22:25:11.801-04:00Promising Rookie Signed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SKookSAQVpI/AAAAAAAAALo/ICdpyuBN8pM/s1600-h/toronto-scout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SKookSAQVpI/AAAAAAAAALo/ICdpyuBN8pM/s400/toronto-scout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236042120544933522" /></a><br />Omar Ha-Redeye, founder of the <a href="http://lawiscool.com/2008/08/18/omar-ha-redeye-law-is-cool-founder-joins-slaw/">Law Is Cool</a> blog, has been signed by <a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2008/08/18/welcome-omar-ha-redeye/">Slaw.ca</a>, whose starting lineup includes heavy-hitters Simon Chester and Connie Crosby.<br /><br />Rumours in the Toronto dugout lead us to suspect that the idea of signing this promising "free agent" followed talks with Slaw management <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2008/07/major-league-blawger-meetup.html">after this memorable ballgame</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photo Credit: David Cooper, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2006-10-02-cover-scouting_x.htm">USA TODAY</a></span>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-32404224952697049252008-08-11T01:50:00.012-04:002008-08-18T18:44:29.615-04:00Citius, Altius, Fortius<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/beijing-games/story.html?id=714420"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/sports/beijing-games/714421.bin?size=404x272" border="0" alt="" /></a>As many who are following the <a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/">2008 Beijing Olympics</a> know, these three Latin words meaning "Swifter, Higher, Stronger" are the motto of the Olympics. The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols">Wikipedia</a>, a more informal but well known motto, also introduced by De Coubertin, is "The most important thing is not to win but to take part!" <br /><br />So, it's fitting that <a href="http://ohioemploymentlaw.blogspot.com/2008/08/blawg-review-172.html">Blawg Review #172</a> rewards participation as well as excellence in law blogs with a theme that marks the outstanding competitions of the Olympic Games.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chicagoiplitigation.com/2008/08/articles/legal-news/blawg-review-173/">Blawg Review #173</a> follows with another Olympic theme based on the elements of a world-record swim.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/beijing-games/story.html?id=714420">Photo Credit: David Gray/Reuters</a><br />Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale (R) of the U.S. celebrate after winning the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games</span>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-1048958900325309632008-08-05T04:35:00.010-04:002008-08-05T05:37:02.275-04:00Blawg Review in the NewsBlog links to this week's presentation of <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/08/articles/business-strategy-and-tactics/blawg-review-171/">Blawg Review #171</a> got picked up on Google News.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22blawg+review%22&btnG=Search"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SJgYh3OI0RI/AAAAAAAAALY/oLyEYKWMQXQ/s400/Google+News.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230957937228828946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div class="lh"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2008/08/04/blawg-review-ip-virgin-edition/" id="u-AFQjCNHJ2NlcIkW95waVUiOn0dkOIR97dQ:r-0_0"><b>Blawg Review</b>: IP Virgin Edition</a><br /><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(111, 111, 111);">Patent Baristas, OH -</span> <nobr>12 hours ago</nobr></span><br /><span style="">Pynchon states that if intellectual property had a theme song it would have to be “Like a Virgin.” Why? Because IP is all about “the very first time,” the <b>...<br /><br /></b></span></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/2008/08/04/amateur-economists-maiden-voyage-into-blawg-review" id="u-AFQjCNHhepnZGa6ghW46r3qwxB_qkRXnxQ:r-1_0">Amateur Economists’ Maiden Voyage into <b>Blawg Review</b></a><br /><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(111, 111, 111);">Amateur Economists, HI -</span> <nobr>15 hours ago</nobr></span><br /><span style="">So, “virgins” is a very fitting theme, indeed. Remember to check out this week’s Blawg Review. You can also visit past issues at its website.</span></div><br />Not just Google, mind you, but <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22blawg+review%22&btnG=Search">Google News</a>!<br /><br />Have you linked your blog to Blawg Review yet?Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-81907269790958400742008-08-04T12:23:00.004-04:002008-08-04T12:42:15.652-04:00Link Whore!<a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/08/articles/business-strategy-and-tactics/blawg-review-171/">Blawg Review #171</a> with a "<a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2008/07/blawg-review-virgins.html">virgin</a>" theme is the best presentation ever by a <a href="http://www.allwords.com/word-link+whore.html">link whore</a>. A lot of work went into <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/08/articles/business-strategy-and-tactics/blawg-review-171/">Blawg Review #171</a> on the <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/">IP ADR Blog</a>, so please link to it, especially if you're mentioned in <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/08/articles/business-strategy-and-tactics/blawg-review-171/">this week's issue of Blawg Review</a>.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-1856277296610953332008-07-29T07:56:00.010-04:002008-08-04T12:58:37.354-04:00Blawg Review Virgins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SI8JrULEV5I/AAAAAAAAALQ/IwMW3iNx-Kc/s1600-h/ADR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SI8JrULEV5I/AAAAAAAAALQ/IwMW3iNx-Kc/s400/ADR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228408332154591122" /></a>Can you identify who are Blawg Review virgins in the lineup above?<br /><br />Stephanie West Allen hosted <a href="http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2007/06/blawg-review-11.html">Blawg Review #114</a>.<br /><br />Diane Levin hosted <a href="http://mediationblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/blawg-review-43_06.html">#43</a>, <a href="http://mediationblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/blawg-review-94.html">#94</a> and <a href="http://mediationblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/blawg-review-130.html">#130</a>.<br /><br />Victoria Pynchon and Gini Nelson are Blawg Review virgins.<br /><br />Victoria Pynchon of <a href="http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/2008/07/articles/blawgs/heads-up-for-blawg-review-no-171-at-the-ip-adr-blog/">Settle It Now</a> and <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/07/articles/general-ip/next-stop-blaaaawwwwgggggggg-review-no-171/">The IP ADR Blog</a> confesses to being a Blawg Review virgin:<blockquote>Though we've been reading Blawg Review since we put up our first tentative post on blogger (here!) in June of 2006, as hosts, we're Blawg Review virgins. So send your best posts this week to Blawg Review for possible inclusion in possibly one of the best BR's ever (we like to set our own bar high!)</blockquote>To see how you can get your latest, greatest, law blog post submitted for <a href="http://www.ipadrblog.com/2008/08/articles/business-strategy-and-tactics/blawg-review-171/">Blawg Review #171</a> -- which promises to be a good one -- simply follow these <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2005/03/submission-guidelines.html">submission guidelines</a>. We look forward to seeing some new law blogs, including <a href="http://adrblogs.com/">many ADR blogs</a>.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-37619478674382990262008-07-28T02:53:00.007-04:002008-07-28T03:08:55.716-04:00Simple Justice, Due Process<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_delayed_is_justice_denied">Justice delayed is justice denied</a>, so we weren't at all surprised when New York Criminal Defense Attorney Scott Greenfield duly processed his <a href="http://blog.simplejustice.us/2008/07/25/blawg-review-170.aspx">Blawg Review #170</a> on <a href="http://blog.simplejustice.us/">Simple Justice</a> a day early!Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-37810112267418347882008-07-24T17:42:00.004-04:002008-07-24T18:23:05.030-04:00Feeling the link love?Just when I was getting depressed about the dearth of <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2006/12/lawyers-appreciate-link-love.html">link love</a> for Blawg Review, <a href="http://www.gapingvoid.com">Hugh MacLeod</a> put it all into perspective.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gapingvoid.com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SIj33D-o7AI/AAAAAAAAALI/tV4LeWXQG60/s400/Deathbed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226699892896361474" /></a>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-12500477831017833092008-07-23T16:37:00.006-04:002008-07-24T07:59:29.367-04:00The Trusted Advisor ReviewRecently, <a href="http://westallen.typepad.com/about.html">Stephanie West Allen</a> asked me if there is one book I'd recommend for new lawyers that she might include in the regular column, Reading Minds, she edits for the American Bar Association. My recommendation, along with two others, can be read in the latest issue of the ABA's <a href="http://www.abanet.org/lpm/magazine/articles/v34/is5/pg10.shtml">Law Practice Magazine</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://trustedadvisor.com/books.trustedadvisor/">I recommend The Trusted Advisor</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://trustedadvisor.com/books.trustedadvisor/"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px;" src="http://trustedadvisor.com/public/Image/cover_ta.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The theme of The Trusted Advisor (Free Press, 2000) is that the key to professional success is not just technical mastery of one’s discipline, but also the ability to work with clients in a way that earns their trust and gains their confidence. This book is a seminal treatise on the subject of trust.<br /><br />Most, if not all, young lawyers starting out as new associates in established firms want to get ahead as fast as they can. Freshly minted from a competitive law school environment, they typically think being the best lawyer is all about mastering the law. Authors David Maister, Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford write this:<blockquote>“Then comes that crucial career transition, from technician to full professional, from content expert to advisor. As technicians, our task is to provide information, analyses, research, content and even recommendations. All of these are basically tasks performed out of the client’s presence. In contrast, our task as advisors is an ‘in-person,’ ‘in-contact’ challenge to help the client see things anew or to make a decision. This requires a complete change of skills and mind-sets.”</blockquote>Lawyers who make this career transition, achieving the status of trusted advisor, know the meaning of true professionalism and, unlike so many of their colleagues, really enjoy the practice of law. For young lawyers starting out, there’s no book I’d recommend more highly than this one.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-33242552092145359412008-07-22T11:04:00.006-04:002008-07-22T11:33:07.625-04:00If You Like It, Link ItIf you like <a href="http://www.whisperbrand.com/blog/2008/07/blawg-review-169/">the current issue of Blawg Review</a> and you think your blog readers might find something interesting in it for them, please, for everyone's sake, don't hesitate to link to it.<br /><br />Our helpful Blawg Review Sherpa, <a href="http://infamyorpraise.blogspot.com/2008/07/sometimes-whisper-is-shout.html">Colin Samuels, shows the way</a>. Just whisper about it. 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To get the list, OneSpot identifies the active members of the legal content community by analyzing a set of sources provided by the WSJ editorial staff. OneSpot matches them to thousands of other related sources from around the Web. By continuously monitoring these sites and outbound links, OneSpot generates a list of popular legal stories.</p> </div> </div> <!-- end what's this --> <div style="padding: 12px 0pt 6px 6px;"><a href="http://onespot.wsj.com/law/popular" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 77, 192); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">More Headlines</a></div><br />Notice how <a href="http://abovethelaw.com/2008/07/non-sequiturs_072108.php">David Lat at Above the Law</a> and <a href="http://infamyorpraise.blogspot.com/2008/07/sometimes-whisper-is-shout.html">Colin Samuels</a>, and others who linked to Blawg Review, also <a href="http://onespot.wsj.com/law/2008/07/21/216811621-blawg-review-169">got noticed on the mainstream media blog</a>. Instant karma, baby!Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-69587336885110713142008-07-21T08:04:00.005-04:002008-07-21T12:43:35.731-04:00They're Working On It<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eSM27eDO69w&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eSM27eDO69w&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/business/2008/06/california-tourism-lost-in-tra.html">Somewhere in California</a>, the brand strategists at <a href="http://www.whisperbrand.com/">Whisper</a> are busy "working" on <a href="http://www.whisperbrand.com/blog/2008/07/blawg-review-169/">Blawg Review #169</a>. Given the time zone and the other things they have to work on, we can't be sure when it will be done.<br /><br />Well, it's done well. <a href="http://www.whisperbrand.com/blog/2008/07/blawg-review-169/">Grok this!</a>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-29788535062898732152008-07-20T23:03:00.002-04:002008-07-21T03:18:58.687-04:00We were on a break!<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fsvsRZhNVp4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fsvsRZhNVp4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />Peter Black at Freedom to Differ has been on hiatus for six weeks, but <a href="http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/freedom_to_differ/2008/07/blogging-resume.html">he's back</a>.<br /><br />Doug Sorocco and all the folks in Phosita-land have just published their first post since April 7, 2008 to tell us <a href="http://www.okpatents.com/phosita/">they're taking a break</a>.<br /><br />I knew it!Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-74197283507381007932008-07-16T12:07:00.005-04:002008-07-16T17:09:09.211-04:00Duke Ellington Blawg Review<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qDQpZT3GhDg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qDQpZT3GhDg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />Sonia Simone has penned <a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/duke-ellington-copy/">a wonderful piece</a> at <a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/duke-ellington-copy/">Copyblogger</a> that might well be styled "The Duke Ellington Guide to a Blawg Review that Swings". Here's a few introductory bars, if you want to hum along.<blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">Don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing . . .</span><br /><br />Whenever you study a creative form like copywriting, you spend a lot of time on technique. You think hard about headlines and metaphors and what specific details you’ll use. You worry about positioning and persuasive structure. You’re trying to keep all the rules and guidelines in your head.<br /><br />But if you want your content to keep bringing them back, it’s gotta swing.<br /><br />Duke Ellington was something rare–hugely respected as a master of his art, and insanely popular with the public. His art was creating music people wanted to listen to. His work was technically impressive, but it also got people onto the dance floor.<br /><br />Ellington once said “jazz is music; swing is business.” He knew the difference. But his technique and his confidence let him marry the two with incredible results.<br /><br />Technique is wonderful. It helps us make better connections with our readers, and to persuade those readers to take action. But in order to do that, the whole thing has to hang together. It has carry readers along, so the techniques aren’t obvious.<br /><br />It has to swing.</blockquote>David Harlow's <a href="http://healthblawg.typepad.com/healthblawg/2006/12/welcome_to_blaw.html">Blawg Review #88</a>, based on the number of keys on a piano, certainly did.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-73802592909306630152008-07-14T02:38:00.014-04:002008-07-14T23:30:39.927-04:00Rush to Blawg Review #168Today is <a href="http://randazza.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/bastille-day/">Bastille Day</a>, and if this week's host of <a href="http://www.wvbusinesslitigationblog.com/2008/07/articles/blogs/blawg-review-168/">Blawg Review #168</a>, Jeffrey Mehalic at the West Virginia Business Litigation blog, had reminded us in advance, we might have swapped his hosting date with French-Law.net, which hosted <a href="http://french-law.net/blawg-review-165.html">Blawg Review #165</a>. <span style="font-style:italic;">C'est la vie.</span><br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7yxA9vt2-c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7yxA9vt2-c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Words and music by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee">Geddy Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Lifeson">Alex Lifeson</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart">Neil Peart</a></span><blockquote>There's no bread, let them eat cake<br />There's no end to what they'll take<br />Flaunt the fruits of noble birth<br />Wash the salt into the earth<br /><br />But they're marching to Bastille Day<br />La guillotine will claim her bloody prize<br />Free the dungeons of the innocent<br />The king must kneel to let this kingdom rise<br /><br />Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace<br />Naked fear on every face<br />See them bow their heads to die<br />As we would bow as they rode by<br /><br />And they're marching to Bastille Day<br />La guillotine will claim her bloody prize<br />Sing, o choirs of cacophony<br />The king must kneel to let this kingdom rise<br /><br />Lessons taught but never learned<br />All around us anger burns<br />Guide the future by the past<br />Long ago the mold was cast<br /><br />For they marched out to Bastille Day<br />La guillotine claimed her bloody prize<br />Hear the echoes of the centuries<br />Power isn't all that money buys</blockquote><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080712.RUSH12/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/">Rush: after 34 years, better than ever</a><blockquote>As for Rolling Stone's notion that Rush's enduring popularity is somehow a harbinger of the "American Nerd Age," you wouldn't have known that from the Toronto audience, which ran the gamut from whooping metal-heads to whole families of fans.<br /><br />In truth, there's a simple reason why Rush has continued to prosper after 34 years and 24 gold albums - they've never stopped growing. Rush today plays better, writes better and sounds better than it ever has. And you don't need Rolling Stone's endorsement to make the band worth hearing.</blockquote><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EggychOxOuU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EggychOxOuU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-73951233887062828762008-07-08T00:15:00.018-04:002008-07-13T01:47:36.448-04:00Major League Blawger Meetup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHLkMznDluI/AAAAAAAAAKw/H7qKYEgS-5w/s1600-h/NY_Jays.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHLkMznDluI/AAAAAAAAAKw/H7qKYEgS-5w/s400/NY_Jays.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220485826739410658" /></a>Who wants to join me? I've got four excellent tickets to the baseball game between the <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SkZINXXc7u4/RrrrEY2fkzI/AAAAAAAACM0/f6lKyuaYjZU/Yankees-018.jpg">New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays</a> at the <a href="http://www.rogerscentre.com/">Rogers Centre</a> in Toronto this Friday night, July 11, 2008. Hopefully the game will be as exciting for lawyers as <a href="http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2008/07/the-supreme-cou.html">this</a>.<br /><br />Box Score: It was a helluva game, as Jays blanked Yankees 5-0.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHjzL5RCBoI/AAAAAAAAAK4/FzIprCxuX2Q/s1600-h/Arod_in_TO_with_Madonna.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHjzL5RCBoI/AAAAAAAAAK4/FzIprCxuX2Q/s400/Arod_in_TO_with_Madonna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222191153612457602" /></a><br />Canadian fans taunted A-Rod, as law bloggers watched helplessly. "We <a href="http://www.showbizspy.com/showbiz/07122008/a-rod-wife-reunite-in-toronto">should have invited a family law specialist</a>," noted Ed.<br /><br />Instead, the editor of Blawg Review was joined by a law firm partner, a law student, and a former law librarian and "info-diva" turned consultant, for a night out at the ballgame.<br /><br />Heenan Blaikie partner <a href="http://www.heenanblaikie.com/en/ourTeam/bio?id=4956">Simon Chester</a>, who blogs at <a href="http://www.slaw.ca">Slaw.ca</a>, knows more about cricket than baseball, apparently, but settled into an enjoyable presentation of America's pastime once he realized it was just a game of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders">rounders</a>".<br /><br />The law student, <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/atom.xml/https://www.postess.com/profile.php?id=561&Omar%20-Ha-Redeye">Omar Ha-Redeye</a>, has an educational background in nuclear medicine, health administration, and public relations. He had worked in all three fields for several years before deciding to pursue a law degree at the University of Western Ontario. Omar blogs on the Canadian law student group blog, <a href="http://lawiscool.com/2008/07/12/lets-play-ball-with-toronto-law-blawgers/">Law Is Cool</a>, where he directs and runs the podcasts.<br /><br />Info-diva <a href="http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2008/06/crosby-group-website-up.html">Connie Crosby</a>, who hosted <a href="http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2007/04/blawg-review-105.html">Blawg Review #105</a> as big-law librarian, has recently started <a href="http://www.crosbygroup.ca/">Crosby Goup Consulting</a>, so she was busy twittering away to her peeps throughout the blawger meetup.<br /><br />Toronto's ace pitcher <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080712.JAYS12/TPStory/Sports">Roy Halladay</a>, who's been named to the American League All-Star Team for next week's All Star Game in New York City, put on a clinic in a complete game shut out of his All-Star teammates Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.<blockquote>The only Yankees to collect hits against Halladay, who struck out eight batters, were Alex Rodriguez in the fourth inning and Derek Jeter, who hit a ground-rule double in the ninth.<br /><br />After that, Halladay polished off the Yankees in style, striking out Bobby Abreu and then getting Rodriguez to line out to first baseman Lyle Overbay to end the game.</blockquote>After the ballgame, the law bloggers went out on the town and, presumably, A-Rod ran home.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-86958787213935975432008-07-07T07:48:00.005-04:002008-07-07T08:25:11.023-04:00Star Spangled Blawg Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHIID5TPyEI/AAAAAAAAAKo/dXB4p8hUIcw/s1600-h/StarsStripsSwimsuit.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SHIID5TPyEI/AAAAAAAAAKo/dXB4p8hUIcw/s200/StarsStripsSwimsuit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220243781090003010" /></a>American law bloggers revolted from the British barrister's linking to images of naked women in last week's <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/07/01/blawg-review-166/">Blawg Review #166</a>.<br /><br />Since this week's <a href="http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2008/07/blawg-review-16.html">Blawg Review #167</a> follows the Independence Day weekend holiday in the United States, our host Jonathan Frieden features law blogs from all 50 States represented by the stars on the flag of the United States of America, <a href="http://www.usflag.org/history/oldglorystory.html">Old Glory</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2008/07/blawg-review-16.html">Enjoy!</a>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-10403539610552144282008-07-04T01:26:00.011-04:002008-07-07T19:58:34.659-04:00Declaration of Independence<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jYyttEu_NLU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jYyttEu_NLU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />Let's have a happy and thoughtful 4th of July weekend, and come back next week for <a href="http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2008/07/blawg-review-16.html">Blawg Review #167</a> by <a href="http://www.ofplaw.com/profiles.htm?id=15">Jonathan Frieden</a>. I think he's got <a href="http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2008/06/e-commerce-law.html">something special</a> planned for this occasion.<br /><br />The following blog posts for Independence Day, by previous hosts of Blawg Review, may be food for thought:<br /><br />QuizLaw, which hosted <a href="http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/blawg_review_71.php">Blawg Review #71</a>, has one serious and another humorous blog post for Independence Day:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/its_good_to_read_the_old_texts.php">It’s good to read the Old Texts every once in a while… </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/bork_bork_meepmeep.php">Bork, bork, meep-meep…</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/11/blawg-review-134.html">Blawg Review #134</a> host Eric Turkewitz, at the New York Personal Injury Law Blog, presents this:<br /> <a href="http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2008/07/united-states-of-america-declares-its.html"><br />United States of America Declares Its Independence (Jury Trials Are One Reason)</a><br /> <br />George M. Wallace, who hosted <a href="http://declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com/weblog/2006/04/blawg_review_51.html">#51</a>, <a href="http://www.declarationsandexclusions.com/2007/04/blawg_review_10.html">#102</a>, and <a href="http://www.declarationsandexclusions.com/2008/03/blawg-review-15.html">#153</a> along with corresponding April Fool's Day issues of Blawg Review, offers these:<br /><a href="http://www.afoolintheforest.com/2008/07/songs-of-our-cl.html"><br />Songs of Our Climate</a><br /><br />Norman Gregory Fernandez, who hosted a special Memorial Day issue of <a href="http://www.bikerlawblog.com/index.php/biker_laws/2007/05/27/blawg_review_110">Blawg Review #110</a>, wishes us a:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bikerlawblog.com/index.php/wind/2008/07/04/happy_independence_day_from_the_biker_la">Happy Independence Day from The Biker Law Blog</a>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-23831611771035296072008-07-01T02:14:00.018-04:002008-07-01T16:24:03.190-04:00London Rocks Canada<a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/07/01/blawg-review-166/">Blawg Review #166</a> is up at GeekLawyer's blog; a day late and a pound short in this editor's view. As expected by many, it's a "wild-card review full of inappropriate vulgarity, drunken foul mouthed ranting and incendiary content: i.e. a normal Geeklawyer posting." Geeklawyer fans everywhere will love it.<br /><br />Canadian lawyers may be disappointed that this blogging barrister, in his preoccupation with the upcoming Independence Day on the 4th of July, has nary a word today about <a href="http://www.pch.gc.ca/PROGS/CPSC-CCSP/JFA-HA/canada_e.cfm">Canada Day</a>, even as his fellow Londoners are partying in Trafalgar Square in celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1st.<blockquote>One of London’s most exciting free public events has this year been extended to a 2-day spectacular. Canada Day 2008, in association with Alberta… a Canadian Affair, hosts a free live concert in Trafalgar Square on the evening of June 30th and events throughout the day on July 1st.<br /><br />The atmosphere will be electric on the evening of June 30th as <a href="http://www.canadadaylondon.com/canada_rocks/default.asp">Canada Rocks Trafalgar Square</a>.</blockquote>Canadians expected more, GeekLawyer!<br /><br />So, this addendum is by way of apology to the many Canadian barristers and solicitors who follow Blawg Review hoping, nay praying, for some passing references this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day">Canada Day</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Day">Moving Day</a> by law for <a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2008/06/30/moving-season-reduce-your-chance-of-being-scammed/">many</a>) and some well-deserved link love from a popular law blog host.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.slaw.ca/">Simon Fodden</a> reports that <a href="http://www.slaw.ca/2008/06/25/lord-black-loses-us-appeal/">Lord Black has lost his appeal</a>. Some might say he never had any.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/">Professor Michael Geist</a>, who's been doing a yeoman's job blogging about the legal and practical implications of proposed changes to Canada's copyright legislation, has created a <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3122/125/">Google map of media coverage of Bill C-61</a>.<br /><br />David Fraser at the <a href="http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/">Canadian Privacy Law Blog</a> asks, "<a href="http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/2008/06/if-you-need-privacy-you-should-get-your.html">Should only those who can afford privacy have access to it?</a>"<br /><br />Jordan Furlong, a lawyer and journalist with more than ten years’ experience tracking trends and developments in the legal profession and who is currently Editor-in-Chief of National magazine at the Canadian Bar Association, which is not associated with his personal blog, <a href="http://law21.ca/">Law21</a>, recommends lawyers "<a href="http://law21.ca/2008/06/27/be-your-own-platform/">be your own platform</a>."<br /><br />Michael Fitzgibbon, on <a href="http://labourlawblog.typepad.com/managementupdates/">Thoughts from a Management Lawyer</a>, asks and answers in <a href="http://labourlawblog.typepad.com/managementupdates/2008/06/setting-the-stage-for-the-keays-v-honda-case.html">successive</a> <a href="http://labourlawblog.typepad.com/managementupdates/2008/06/unpacking-keays-v-honda-canada.html">thoughtful</a> <a href="http://labourlawblog.typepad.com/managementupdates/2008/06/unpacking-keays-v-honda---part-ii.html">posts</a>, "What does the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Keays v. Honda Canada mean?"<br /><br />The Financial Post's FP Legal Post reports on a lawsuit brought by a Montreal-based security company. "The case involves a wrongful dismissal suit brought by a former executive from California. <a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/legalpost/archive/2008/06/27/garda-talks-tough-in-wrongful-dismissal-claim.aspx">We'll let Garda's own colourful words capture the company's take on the merits of the plaintiff's claim</a>," writes Drew Hasselback.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lawandstyle.ca/">The Precedent Blog</a>, which covers news, gossip, comments, and amusement, has all of that and more in a post titled "<a href="http://www.lawandstyle.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=331&Itemid=1">Convocation roundup: money, money, money</a>".<br /><br /><a href="http://soloinontario.blogspot.com/">A first year call sets out to set up</a> his own criminal law practice in Ontario. Learn from his successes and his mistakes. First order of business for this newly minted lawyer; <a href="http://soloinontario.blogspot.com/2008/06/elegant-and-simple-wins-day.html">designing his own logo</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-at-last-canadian-human-rights.html">Garry Wise at the Wise Law Blog</a> concludes his extensive coverage -- 'Free at Last:' Canadian Human Rights Commission Dismisses Complaints Against Mark Steyn, Macleans Magazine.<br /><br />Stan Rule reports on Rule of Law -- <a href="http://rulelaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/bill-28-wills-estates-and-succession.html">Bill 28, Wills, Estates and Succession Act Dies on the Order Paper</a>.<br /><br />Sean Graham at the <a href="http://estatelaw.hullandhull.com/">Toronto Estate Law Blog</a> writes in a post titled "<a href="http://estatelaw.hullandhull.com/2008/06/articles/topics/estate-trust/polygamy-and-estate-planning/">Polygamy and Estate Planning</a>" that an "allegedly polygamist community in British Columbia and increased concerns about the possibility of polygamy elsewhere in all but name in other regions of the country raise any number of issues, not only of policy, but also estate planning."<br /><br />Dear readers, lest the British coming to this post via GeekLawyer's hilarious <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/07/01/blawg-review-166/">Blawg Review #166</a> think this editor lacks humour, our Canada Day addendum ends with this YouTube video:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cKvVX9HbC_I&hl=en&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cKvVX9HbC_I&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-34235567420231036492008-06-30T01:40:00.009-04:002008-07-01T16:24:50.700-04:00The Good, the Bad, the Ugly?GeekLawyer has <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/06/23/geeklawyer-to-run-rampage-through-the-next-blawg-review/">threatened to run rampage through the next Blawg Review</a> sometime today. Please take the opportunity, whilst he gets his shit together, to enjoy this opening theme.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V3gp7B8WC4Q&hl=en&rel=0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V3gp7B8WC4Q&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />Music for GeekLawyer's <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/07/01/blawg-review-166/">Blawg Review #166</a> -- theme from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3gp7B8WC4Q">Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Editor's Note: Still nothing, I'm afraid. You don't suppose GeekLawyer was the unfortunate soul <a href="http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=60d45651-0fda-4727-beb9-245b0a6476c8">beaten by Amy Winehouse</a> after her <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/06/24/off-to-to-glastonbury-fayre/">Glastonbury</a> set, do you?</span><br /><br />Update: <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/">Blawg Review #166</a> is up late, as was GeekLawyer, who got smashed at the infamous hippy Glastonbury music festival (a superior but continuing version of Woodstock) that he attended with <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2008/06/ruthie-does-geeklawyer-podcast.html">Ruthie</a>.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-3002029337795208042008-06-24T17:54:00.004-04:002008-06-24T18:15:25.610-04:00Carla Bruni On French Law<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/flmoa2dVOSU&hl=en&rel=0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/flmoa2dVOSU&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://french-law.net/blawg-review-165.html">Blawg Review #165</a> on French-law.net by Nicolas Jondet includes this mention of Carla Bruni with a link to a law professor's blog:<blockquote>Interestingly, Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s President also has had to deal with controversial remarks, albeit of a different nature (about drugs) and in a different forum (a pop album), made by his wife Carla Bruni. And one can venture in comparing the controversial opinions expressed by Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and how they were received by the American and French public.</blockquote>If you like what you see and hear in this YouTube Video of Carla Bruni singing L'Amour, you might want to click on <a href="http://french-law.net/blawg-review-165.html">Blawg Review #165</a> to see what the law professor is talking about.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-89572428342146678352008-06-22T02:46:00.006-04:002008-06-22T04:12:49.048-04:00LexMonitor Law Blog Review<a href="http://www.lexmonitor.com/">LexMonitor</a> is a free daily review of law blogs and journals highlighting prominent legal discussion as well as the lawyers and other professionals participating in this conversation.<br /><br />"Pulling from nearly 2,000 sources and 5,000 authors, LexMonitor will hopefully shine a light on the ongoing conversation among thought leaders in the law for the benefit of the legal profession and the public at large," says Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlog, whose team of law blog specialists has developed this innovative website.<br /><br />LexMonitor is linked in the sidebar for law blog readers who have read <a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/latest_70.html">the latest issue of Blawg Review</a> and want <a href="http://www.lexmonitor.com/">a whole lot more</a>.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-26791512604458549512008-06-20T21:29:00.021-04:002008-06-30T02:58:33.721-04:00Solo by ChoiceOn June 20th in 2005, we were reading <a href="http://www.alnyethelawyerguy.com/al_nye_the_lawyer_guy/2005/06/blawg_review_11_1.html">Blawg Review #11</a> by Al Nye the Lawyer Guy. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Choice-Lawyer-Always-Wanted/dp/0940675587/"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SFxn0Q-n71I/AAAAAAAAAKg/P-_gKl2YcPE/s320/solobychoice.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214156616196681554" /></a>Today, <a href="http://www.alnyethelawyerguy.com/al_nye_the_lawyer_guy/2008/06/solo-by-choice-by-carolyn-elefant.html">we're reading his review</a> of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Choice-Lawyer-Always-Wanted/dp/0940675587/">Solo By Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be</a>, a new book by Carolyn Elefant, who hosted <a href="http://www.myshingle.com/2005/08/articles/blawg-review-21/">Blawg Review #21</a> on her popular law blog for solos, My Shingle.<br /><br />Which reminds me -- <a href="http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/2008/02/out-and-about.html">we've met</a> a lot of wonderful people, including Carolyn, because of Blawg Review, many of them solos who stay connected with the diverse community of lawyers through their blogs.<br /><br />Previous hosts of Blawg Review who have reviewed <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Choice-Lawyer-Always-Wanted/dp/0940675587/">Solo by Choice</a> include <a href="http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp?blogId=1748">Craig Williams</a>, who hosted <a href="http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp?blogid=967">#28</a>, <a href="http://theinspiredsolo.com/book-reviews/review-solo-by-choice-by-carolyn-elefant">Sheryl Sisk Schelin</a>, who hosted <a href="http://theinspiredsolo.com/?p=215">#121</a>, <a href="http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/06/2008-summer-rea.html">Jim Calloway</a>, who hosted <a href="http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2006/03/blawg_review_49.html">#49</a>, and <a href="http://www.illinoistrialpractice.com/2008/02/carolyn-elefant.html">Evan Schaeffer</a>, who hosted <a href="http://www.legalunderground.com/2006/01/blawg_review_38.html">#38</a> and <a href="http://www.legalunderground.com/2005/04/blawg_review_1.html">the premier issue</a> of Blawg Review.<br /><a href="http://blog.simplejustice.us/2008/01/24/book-review--solo-by-choice-by-carolyn-elefant.aspx"><br />Scott Greenfield</a>, an upcoming host of Blawg Review, also wrote a <a href="http://blog.simplejustice.us/2008/01/24/book-review--solo-by-choice-by-carolyn-elefant.aspx">wonderful review</a>. He says:<blockquote>Solo by Choice blew me away. As I read it, I became deeply concerned that I didn't have enough glowing adjectives at my command to capture just how fantastic this book was, and how much I recommend it to anyone who has even a twinkle in their eye about the possibility of breaking out of the grind. If I wasn't already a solo, I would become one after reading this book, it's that thorough, balanced and persuasive.</blockquote>You can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Choice-Lawyer-Always-Wanted/dp/0940675587/">purchase Solo by Choice online</a> at Amazon.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-61243089355143936732008-06-16T01:39:00.008-04:002008-06-17T01:33:51.719-04:00Joyce to the World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dublin.ie/dynamic/img/gallery/James%20Joyce%20Bridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.dublin.ie/dynamic/img/gallery/James%20Joyce%20Bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><blockquote><a href="http://www.visitdublin.com/events/AllDublinEvents/Detail.aspx?id=235&mid=2740">June 16th is BLOOMSDAY</a>, the day in 1904 on which all the action of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses takes place. It is celebrated every year on 16th June by Joyceans all over the world.<br /><br />In Dublin, where the novel is set, Bloomsday celebrations go on for a week from the 9th to the 16th June, with most of the attention on the day itself.<br /><br />It is traditional to dress up and go out for the day, visiting the locations of the book and taking part in readings, walks and convivial activities of all sorts which in some way connect with Ulysses, its author and its world.</blockquote>Have a look at <a href="http://www.cearta.ie/2008/06/blawg-review-164/">Blawg Review #164</a> at <a href="http://www.cearta.ie/">cearta.ie</a> by <a href="http://www.cearta.ie/about/">Dr. Eoin O'Dell</a>, a Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, who celebrates the best of the legal blogosphere with a special Bloomsday tribute. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.afoolintheforest.com/2008/06/happy-bleepin-b.html">Happy Bleepin' Bloomsday!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Photo Credit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce_Bridge">James Joyce Bridge</a>, Dublin, courtesy of dublin.ie</span>Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-82324804549715436492008-06-12T03:56:00.008-04:002008-06-26T09:54:35.701-04:00Yes, We Can<object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-ULwExPXvg&hl=en&rel=0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b-ULwExPXvg&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />The election eve party will be at <a href="http://www.thefacultylounge.org/">The Faculty Lounge</a>, where they're hosting Blawg Review on November 3, 2008. Funk the vote!<br /><br /><a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/06/whats-in-barack-obamas-ipod.html">What's in Barack Obama's iPod?</a> What, no Pointer Sisters?!Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-11782448101654018302008-06-09T11:27:00.010-04:002008-06-09T21:42:52.047-04:00Want More Partner Income?Well, you've come to the right place! <a href="http://www.morepartnerincome.net/2008/06/09/blawg-review-163/">Blawg Review #163</a> is hosted this week by Brian Ritchey, Chief Contributing Editor for the law blog <a href="http://www.morepartnerincome.net/">More Partner Income</a>. He is also the Editor-In-Chief for the Managing Partner Advocate and the LexisNexis Law Firm Economic Survey. As one might expect of a lawyer who's a professional blog editor, he does a <a href="http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/yeomanly">yeomanly</a> job of it.Editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11518650.post-30507560045246333912008-06-03T01:34:00.003-04:002008-06-03T01:58:02.310-04:00Ruthie Does Geeklawyer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SESgDborMrI/AAAAAAAAAKY/asfINO-h0iM/s1600-h/gapingvoid.sex.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KsZtQ51Gt1A/SESgDborMrI/AAAAAAAAAKY/asfINO-h0iM/s400/gapingvoid.sex.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207463049965548210" /></a><a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/05/30/podcast-14-ruthie-drops-in-on-geeklawyer/">Ruthie drops in on Geeklawyer</a> -- thanks him for the chocolates but tells him she's been getting hit on more than enough since hosting the Blawg Review -- and challenges him to try to get more action when he, himself, hosts in a few weeks. <a href="http://blog.geeklawyer.org/podcasts/podcast14.mp3">Listen in</a> as she chats him up before a night out for dinner and fun.Editornoreply@blogger.com |
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