http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style Attorneys as Authors & Law Firms as Publishers Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the disclaimer you need to accept to enter Morrison & Foerster's Privacy Library: Note that two graphic images that belong in the right sidebar aren't where they belong. They're obscuring part of the disclaimer. Now, here's how that same disclaimer looks to the people at Morrison & Foerster: ____________ At most firms, all ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/13/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-3/ More interesting reading from Mark Hermann -- Blogging About Blogging: Zach Lowe, over at AmLawDaily, did the kind of thing that reporters do: He called the managing partners of the high profits-per-partner firms and asked why they didn't sponsor blogs. Jonathan Schiller, managing partner of Boies Schiller, was blunt:"I think the lawyers here ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/09/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ Debra Bruce, president of Lawyer-Coach, offers some sound advice for recently laid-off attorneys: write! Write, she says, "an article on a legal topic you are interested in" -- not for some law review -- but for "industry magazines, legal newspapers, business journals and online publications." Regarding popular publications: They need new articles every ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/09/laid-off-write/ Current events -- that's what people are interested in. And the news that California is, once again, issuing IOUs in place of checks means it's high time for a law firm to issue a client alert about registered warrants. Here's the intro to a client alert published by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/07/why-attorneys-need-editors-2/ Lawyers in Scranton, PA might want to steer clear of Scranton Lawyers, a new site that looks like the precursor of a referral service for Scranton lawyers. This recent post indicates why:     http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/06/scranton-lawyers-beware-of-scranton-lawyers/ Consider a recent attorney-authored article titled "Judgments for Defendants Continue in Stock Drop Cases" Here's the intro: In June, the Northern District of Illinois issued two decisions dismissing employer stock drop claims in favor of defendants, one after an eight-day bench trial in Brieger v. Tellabs, Inc., 2009 WL 1565203 (N.D. Ill. ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/06/if-it-aint-broke-improve-it/ You’re a corporate counselor and you’re doing some research. Along the way, you read an abstract of a client alert (published by a firm you’ve been thinking of contacting) that seems very pertinent. You click the link to the alert, and then you get a message saying something like this: We ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/07/01/trolling-for-errors/ I'm reviewing an attorney-authored article -- "In Re Bilski and Its Impact on Business Method Patents" Here's the intro: The big problem with the intro is this -- the reference to State Street Bank. Why is that reference a problem? For one thing, it's a new topic, so it needs a new paragraph. More than ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/06/25/why-attorneyauthors-need-editors/ If you want to see examples of some of the most convoluted constructions as are (legally) possible, then review the The Legalese Hall of Shame, where professional attorney/author Adam Freedman, keeps a whole slew of them. He's always looking for more examples (hint, hint). http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/06/24/the-legalese-hall-of-shame-2/ If you're not a mathematician (or a math teacher), you're not expected to recall the binomial theorem, or the quadratic formula, or what a tangent is. And if you're not an Englician (or English teacher), you're not expected to recall just what is a subordinating conjuction, or a nominative absolute, or ... http://misterthorne.org/set_in_style/2009/06/18/our-law-firm-can-help-you-if/