Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:30 AM
Blawg's Sunday Paper, a quick spin through the blawgosphere and the week that was.
It's Mother's Day, and in the spirit of the day, Freedom to Differ has posted some links to videos, both funny and otherwise, making the rounds out there across the world wide web: Happy Mother's Day
Edge International's Gerry Riskin at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices wondered Does Cravath have an ace up its sleeve?
I am not willing to bet against Cravath Swaine & Moore, are you? In fact their strategic decision in creating an insolvency practice may be cause for additional respect rather than cheap shots.
Kevin O'Keefe at Lexblog pointed out, in Law bloggers challenge role of traditional journalists, an interesting post from Danny Glover at the National Journal's Beltway Blogroll in which he looks at Blawgers vs. Journalists in covering the United States Supreme Court as well as the larger discussion on journalism versus blogging.
Carolyn Elefant's other weblog, Offshore Renewable Energy Law Blog, covered a lot of ground in a series of posts: The Wonderful, Sometimes Wacky World of Marine Energy, Sea to Shining Sea: Ocean Energy Statewide Round-up, Winds Blowing In Favor of Offshore Wind in Delaware, Inslee Bill Proposes Dollars for Marine Energy and Ocean goes IPO, among others.
Freedman Consulting's Law Practice Management wrote about the continuing "Gen Y" debate in its post Those Kids Want It All Right Now:
The words echoing in the mouths –and thoughts — of the entrenched baby boomers and remaining first generation founding partners at firms are not all that flattering about today’s young lawyers. When asked to describe these Gen Y lawyers, we hear laments like,
“No fire in the belly”
“Spoiled”
“Not willing to work hard for what they want”
“Want everything now — not willing to wait”
“The office is dark at 5:30 and on weekends”
“No loyalty”
But make no mistake. This generation will take over our firms, and they will transform it to meet their own needs. The question is how peaceful a change will it be at your firm? How prepared to change, in order to hold onto this generation of talent, is your firm ? Or are you going to live in denial, and fight it to your own bitter end?
The post also referenced Arnie Herz's Legal Sanity, which has a number of posts on the same subject. See what will drive change in law firm culture and can law firms change to meet lawyer-user demand for starters.
Matthew Lerner, writing at New York Civil Law, documented some Jurisdictional Tidbits in Recent New York Court of Appeals' Decision: the case of Pavlou v. City of New York raises some extremely interesting issues.
Bankruptcy Fraud Resource Center noted The collateral consequences of a client's bankruptcy fraud:
One of the perils of bankruptcy work, particularly in representing debtors, is the risk that a client accused (or convicted) of bankruptcy fraud will claim "my lawyer told me to do it." Of course, the allegation is nearly never true, and is no defense besides. But the allegation once made can be a nightmare for the bankruptcy practitioner. The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in United States v. Roti, No. 06-3192 (7th Cir. May 3, 2007), illustrating this point, should be mandatory reading for the bankruptcy bar - or at least that segment of it that does debtor work.
Adobe's resident expert, Rick Borstein used his incredibly informative Acrobat for Legal Professionals offered some screenshots and tips on Batch Conversion to PDF/A.
The Garbrecht Gazette noted that the Law Library Resources Exchange has updated its website, and noted the changes to look for...LLRX All New
Robert Ambrogi, who recently wrote an article for Law Technology News about legal-oriented wiki's, Legal Wikis Are Bound to Wow You, noted that the 7th Circuit Launches Judiciary's First Wiki.
Cutting the Sunday Paper a bit short this morning as my family has a full day planned for Mother's Day and we have to get hopping.
Have a great Sunday...