Your Robots May Break the Law
No, this doesn’t refer to members of the corporate team who many find awkward in social situations. This refers to robots, software and the like “who” may get themselves into hot water if not properly…
Legal Humor
Harvard Grad Threatens Legal Action Over $4 Charge
Perhaps this chap will have some egg nog, get into the holiday spirit and let this one slide…. “According to Boston.com, Ben Edelman graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College, got a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University…
Lawyers Suck at Listening
People often say that lawyers suck at listening – but you probably didn’t hear them because you were too busy talking. Haha. This may be a piece that you want to randomly send to printers…
Psychiatric ward attendant, emptying garbage cans among first jobs of Top Corporate Counsel winners
Sometimes an in-house counsel’s current job is like the first job of other in-house counsel: “The Milwaukee Business Journal’s Top Corporate Counsel winners may be at the top of their lofty profession, but that doesn’t mean…
Top 7 Responses to Legal Threats (Funny)
TGIF! Another installment of the weird, the wacky and the funny – with the topic today being responses to legal threats! “Lawyers cannot open up and say exactly what they are thinking, or what their…
Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller
The next time you are asked to field calls, emails, texts, online chats, video chats, faxes and electronic meeting requests all at the same time, remind your colleagues that your brain will continue shrinking as…
Scientific Study Concludes No One Trusts Lawyers
Another heartwarming study – and this time one that apparently concludes (in part) that no one trusts lawyers: “According to a new study, although lawyers are viewed by the public as part of an ‘envied’…
Are Lawyers Fashion Weak?
Are lawyers fashion weak? According to a recent poll by Robert Half Legal, 73 percent of lawyers report having a business casual attire policy at their workplace; however, half of these same attorneys would prefer…
Fear-Based Instruction Can be Harmful to Law Students (?!?)
TGIF! If you are thinking this is going to be about the Socratic method, you are wrong. It’s about the apparent overuse of “cautionary tales” about the practice of law that has law students stressing…
Daimler’s solution for annoying out-of-office email: delete it
Just in time for your August vacation – a solution to out-of-office email issues! If you could unplug the fax in the good old days, can’t you turn off the email? “The German automaker recently…