I read some good advice on the Slaw blog about a partner of a law firm who was “friends” with a reporter on Facebook. The reporter wanted a good picture of the attorney, and dug through Facebook to find one. Luckily, the photo wasn’t embarrassing, but can you imagine if it were? Not only would…
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When I was growing up, “pig” meant the source of bacon, sausage, a good ham for the holidays, and even a derogatory name for the police during protests. Who knew “pig” would end up meaning big profits? People find lots of different uses for pigs, and even Business Week has taken notice of the the
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A lot of men have bald or thinning hair, some have a potbelly, and others aren’t thrilled about getting older. You can make money from that! Or at least from being bald. No, this isn’t a sales pitch to grow your hair, but a way a lawyer is pitching himself to get new clients in
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I read an interesting post at Above the Law about judges who have “punished” misbehaving attorneys by inviting them to a “kindergarten party” and “a ‘special’ emergency refresher course in first year ethics and civility.” It’s an obvious case of a “shame-on-you” discipline program, and both of those special “invites” sound like harsh reactions to immature
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As you know, “laughs” is a part of my blog’s title, so it’s obvious that I love comedy. I’ve been a clown, have done stand up, and have also taken Second City classes (which have helped my speaking engagements, too). I’m always looking to have a laugh after a long workweek, and I used to
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Recently, USA Today had an article with the headline,”Google+ adds $45 billion to Net giant’s market value.” It made me think, why? Yes, Google is trying to take over all things online. And while $45 billion is still real money, even for the US government, it’s still about half of Facebook’s valuation. So what does all
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When I was in college, there really were no formal degrees in public relations. Most professionals had degrees in English, Journalism or Communications, like I did when I graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Yet, a “fake” lawyer managed to practice law after posing as an attorney and handled more than 60 cases without a law degree.
Do You Really Need a Public Relations Degree to Be a Lawyer? Read More »
Doctors save lives, and we need them. And you want a doctor who’s gotten the right medical training. I mean, who wants someone to operate on you and not know their stuff? Well there’s another thing that they’re teaching in medical schools, according to the New York Times article “New for Aspiring Doctors, the People
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By now, everyone knows the big news about New York congressman Anthony Weiner: he did, indeed, send out lewd pictures, and finally admitted what he had done after a week of denials. What took him so long? It was probably fear of what people thought, including his wife, who is pregnant. Even though it’s an embarrassing
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Almost three years ago, I wrote a blog post called The New Chicago Tribune Sucks and guess what? They still do.I still have great relationships with many fine reporters and editors at the Tribune, so I don’t want to criticize them, but wow, I just can’t believe how slow and off the mark the Tribune is
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