Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:40 AM
Blawg's Sunday Paper, a quick spin through the blawgosphere and the week that was.
Ben Stevens wrote at The Mac Lawyer about How to Use iChat at Work.
Jason Schultz, writing at LawGeek, pointed out SCU's Tech LawForum interviews me about EFF's Patent Busting Project. For those curious, but not familiar with the project, click here: Patent Busting Project.
Rick Garnett at Mirror of Justice wondered about "Talking past each other" on Catholic judges?
Hull and Hull's Toronto Estate Law Blog highlighted two recent podcasts, Tax Considerations for Separated Spouses - Hull on Estate and Succession Planning Podcast #57 and Joint and Several Liability of Trustees - Hull on Estates Episode #55.
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone at New York Attorney Malpractice Blog, posted about Pre-Decision Interest and the Costs of Fixing a Problem in Legal Malpractice:
The Court of Appeals decided two interesting legal malpractice cases today. AmBase v. Davis Polk is one and Rudolph v. Shayne Dachs is the second. Rudolph is interesting on at least two counts.
Rick Klau opined about The future of distributed media via his own experience in consuming and sharing news and information using Google Reader. Curious about Google Reader? Check out The Official Google Reader Blog.
Tom Collins at More Partner Income, wrote about the Economic Outlook for Law Firms:
Bruce MacEwen, an economist at heart, reminded law firm leaders that sooner or later, they are going to face another recession. His post on Adam Smith, Esq. noted that the Hildebrandt/Citigroup 2007 Client Advisory anticipates that the 2007 bottom line for U. S. law firms will be squeezed by increasing cost with little, if any, revenue growth over 2006.
Morepartnerincome’s outlook for midrange law firms is more optimistic. Nevertheless, as Bruce reminds us “….we all know one lies in store sooner or later.” The important question posed by MacEwen is, “Will you be ready?”
Fourth Amendment covered a new decision, Hot pursuit of a DUI took police to defendant's door and justified arrest without a warrant:
Officers followed defendant to her home suspecting her of DUI. When she answered the door and admitted driving the car, they had probable cause to arrest her, and, because DUI is a jailable offense, hot pursuit applied and they could go after her. The court surveys the cases and distinguishes Welsh. State v. Robinson, 2007 Ida. App. LEXIS 37 (April 25, 2007)
Dennis Kennedy wrote about podcast sound quality in his post Do Excerpt Feeds and Poor Sound Quality Podcasts Have Something in Common?
In part because of the high bar NPR sets with the sound quality of its podcasts, especially in comparison to some of the poorly-recorded, unedited podcasts you can find, I've started to use poor sound quality as a quick way to determine whether to delete or keep podcasts around for later listening.
In a funny way, poor sound quality in podcasts has become the analogy of an excerpt feed in a newsreader.
The Wired GC looked at Apple and its Options:
It is an unfortunate situation; there are ways of accurately documenting board action (such as by consent) that should not be construed later to involve a “fictitious meeting.”
We are in an era where observing corporate formality is more than just good housekeeping. It is about how things look, often many years after the fact.
Larry Solum at Legal Theory Blog continued compiling entry level hiring statistics from law schools. His ongoing results and more details are listed in the post Entry Level Hiring Report. He has already posted quite a bit of information, but still apparently could use a little help from the blawgosphere:
Help! I hope to begin preparing the full version of the entry level hiring report soon--with specific information on PhDs by discipline, post-doc (fellowship and VAP) programs, date of JD, etc. If you have an additional report, it would be very helpful if you could send it in before May 1. Also, if your law school will not make an entry-level hire this year, please report that information.
Ethisphere reported on AFLAC shareholders’ word of advice regarding executive pay: Duck:
Aflac has become the first company to allow shareholders to vote on executive pay. The company’s board approved a resolution, effective in 2009, that gives shareholders a vote on the pay of the insurer’s top five executives. Although the vote will be non-binding, analysts note that it would be hard to ignore the opinion of a majority of the shareholders. Similar shareholder proposals are on the ballots this year at about 50 other companies.
Eric Rein wrote at Schwartz Cooper's International Asset Recovery Blog about Anguilla asset protection devices:
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, which lies in the Eastern Carribbean. Anguilla's financial sector is well developed and its current trust and corporate laws were launched in 1994. Anguilla's legal system and trust law is based on that of England. Under The Trusts Act, a trust exists where a trustee holds property for the benefit of the beneficiary and the settlor may also be a trustee, beneficiary or protector of the trust.
And, finally, John Mesirow's Legal Juice caught up with some Some Strange Oklahoma Laws (nothing against Oklahoma, every State has its own peculiar mix of strange). From cursing to tattoos to duels, the State has it covered.
Enjoy your Sunday...