Lawyer Named One of 25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians
I’m backlogged as usual, but reading through the August 2007 issue of VegNews, I saw that Christine Garcia of the Animal Law Office was named one of the 25 most fascinating vegetarians by VegNews. I’m a little unclear on the…
WBG Builders Using Lawyer Letters to Do Reputation Management–Why?
Today I received the following correspondence: __ March 4, 2008 Via Regular and Certified Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Via E-Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org egoldman@gmail.com Re: WBG…
Million Dollar Minute
Represented by Morrison & Foerster, Toshiba won a commercial dispute with New England Technology. Per the contract, the judge awarded attorneys’ fees to Toshiba. As usual, the court gave a 10 day period for Toshiba to file a motion detailing…
Bloggership Conference Papers Finally Published
Back in April 2006, a first-rate group of law professor bloggers (and a few other bloggers) gathered for the Bloggership conference to discuss how blogs affected legal scholarship and our lives as law professors. My recap from the event. I…
Coverage of Blogging Event at SCU Last Month
Last month I blogged about the AALS/National Law Journal event we hosted at SCU entitled “Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar.” The National Law Journal published the transcript from the event (National Law Journal, Oct. 8, 2007 at 22)….
Jim Karger Profile–Lawyer Chucks It All After 25 Years of Practice
This lengthy profile of Jim Karger, a former Texas lawyer, is a textbook example of Patrick Schiltz’s predictions. A law graduate realizes on day 1 of his first legal job that he had “made a serious vocational error,” but sticks…
WSJ on Law Schools and the Legal Industry
By Eric Goldman The WSJ recently published a recap of some troubling trends in the legal/law school industries. Among its points: * the legal industry is experiencing a growth slowdown, and many categories of lawyers are experiencing deflation in their…
Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar Panel Recap
On Monday, we held a panel discussion on campus entitled “Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar.” Panelists included Paul Butler, Cindy Cohn, Judge Michael Hawkins, Larry Solum and myself, and the conversation was led by Nancy Rogers and Leigh…
Contract Signing Protocol
[This is part of my serialized materials from my talk on Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting and Negotiation] We focus so much on deal substance and style that we often lose sight of the problems that can arise at the…
How to Review and Comment on a Contract
[Note: this is a serialized component from my materials on Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting and Negotiation] In a transactional practice, procedural choices can substantively affect the ultimate deal. In particular, a poor procedural choice can lead to the loss…