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8 Apr, 2008 4:31 pm
Long time legal management blogger Rees Morrison announced yesterday that he has left Hidebrandt to start his own independent practice as a
legal department consultant. His company will focus on working with in-house corporate counsel, advising on internal management issues, strategy and outside counsel relationships.
Contact information for Rees & his new company are located at ReesMorrison.com (new website is in the works…) Congratulations Rees, and here's to a prosperous new future!
13 Apr, 2007 9:11 am
... that MRI images of students' brains during collaboration activities disclose that the act of cooperating with another person makes the brain light up with joy. Tough break for
give-no-quarter litigators. Pynchon mentions research reported by Steve Seletta at the Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics at George Mason
University. Gossip isn't necessarily malicious. I have always thought gossip connotes slander and scurrilous rumor-mongering, but not so according to Jack Levin, a professor of ...
1 Jul 7:52 am
... Modern Law Firm: New Challenges New Perspectives (Oxford Univ. Press 2007) at 99 (Brian Uzzi, Ryon Lancaster and Shannon Dunlap) (See my post of Jan. 20, 2007: statistics with 28
references and May 31, 2006.) Half million lawyers on LinkedIn. Steve Matthews, founder of Stem, said at the 2009 ABA Tech Show in April that
LinkedIn has 563,000 lawyers with profiles. That number, according to Ari Kaplan in Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing, Vol. 11, June/July 2009 at 8, has shot up from 406 ...
29 Apr, 2008 12:56 am
... Bush) Famous People Who Were Valedictorians (e.g. Cindy Crawford, William Rehnquist, Weird Al - "I wonder if William Rehnquist gave the same type of speech as Weird Al. Somehow I
doubt it.") Famous People Who Had Burials At Sea (e.g. Steve McQueen, Ingrid Bergman, Vincent Price, Jerry Garcia) History of the Wobblies, the
U.S. labor organization People Who Died While Playing Cards (e.g. Wild Bill Hickok, Al Jolson, Buster Keaton, the gangster Arnold Rothstein) Famous People Who Drove Cadillacs ( ...
10 Sep 12:21 pm
... It examines the OpEd by John Jackson, one of Willingham's prosecutors, with correlates the responses by David Grann, Nina Morrison, and
Victor Steinbok. [Links go to StandDown's coverage of the individual responses.] The Atlantic Wire recently reviewed ... what?" The "expert" who testified to this effect was "expelled
from his professional association just three years later," Morrison wrote. Were Willingham "impulsive" and "violent," offered Steinbok,
wouldn't the premeditation required for arson ...
8 Apr 6:54 am
Steve Taylor spoke with me several weeks ago and the profile he wrote came out in Of Counsel, April 2009, at 14. The six-page tell-all is
Download Of Counsel Rees Morrison profile . Possibly off interest in a non-tabloid vein are my thoughts at the end about how this blog aspires
to leave a legacy of insights and knowledge about law departments. That is my vision, and comments or emails from readers help me move toward it.
18 Sep 6:21 am
/**/ A highway construction worker was struck and killed in Morrison, Illinois. The worker was identified by the Quad City Times as Michael S.
Holloway, 44 or Rock Falls, Illinois. The worker killed was working as the flagger. He was run over by a dump ... but it is preventable. Construction Accidents - Backing up and rear
warning devices. Safety should never go on break. [www.youtube.com] On the job site what is your back up plan? [www.youtube.com] Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi
17 May 1:26 pm
... Court delivered the Lopez trilogy, three cases that fundamentally re-define the scope of Congressional Commerce clause authority: Lopez ('95), Morrison ('00), and Raich ('05). Read Judge McKeown's decision carefully, and it seems to concede that the body ... be a reminder to be more specific in
initial notices to appeal. For Further Reading: Justice Souter dissented from Lopez and Morrison. Will his Lefty replacement get fired up over
the Commerce Clause? She will not. For an interesting article on ...
2 Sep 8:05 am
That's the title of Nina Morrison's post at the Dallas Morning News Death Penalty blog. LINK It addresses the recent OpEd, noted here, written
by one of Todd Willingham's prosecutors. Morrison is a staff attorney at the Innocence Project and has been involved in several Texas
exonerations. Here's an excerpt: Judge John Jackson, who prosecuted Cameron Todd Willingham in the 1990s, recently wrote in the Corsicana Daily News that "facts" showing "overwhelming
evidence" of Willingham's guilt are ...
23 Sep, 2007 3:35 am
... evil and others will be reading it. and… finally, on this theme… The Sun informs us today: "TWO British yachting stars have had a bust-up over their boat's name - Jackie Big Tits!".
World champions Steve Morrison and Ben Rhodes entered a regatta but were told by organisers the name
had to go after a series of complaints. Steve said: "We're gutted. We can't just change the boat's name - that's what it's called."
20 Apr, 2007 4:22 am
... on Justice Thomas specifically. Personally, I doubt that Justice Scalia would have really struck down the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act as a violation of the Commerce Clause. While
he had been a strong supporter of federalism in US v Lopez and US v Morrison, Scalia held back in Gonzales v Raich, the California medical
marijuana case (I'll be discussing that case further in the post). Justice Thomas, as well as then-Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice O'Connor, stuck to their federalism guns. ...
23 Feb, 2008 5:45 am
... I write for this blog starts with me either dictating or using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Many in-house lawyers might benefit from using these capabilities. The recent news is that
you can use a BlackBerry device to record, edit and play voice recordings. You can also upload those recordings wirelessly to an assistant who can complete or transcribe the tape. This
capability came to my attention through an article in Peer to Peer, Nov. 2007 at 34 by Steve Butterworth, President of BigHand, Inc.
26 Feb, 2008 11:06 am
... JD Supra enables that. And that's unique. The other aspect I'm really proud of is how the community is rounding out. The fact that both big firms and solos are seeing the value to
participating. On one side we have larger firms like Morrison Foerster, Mintz Levin, Lane Powell and my former Canadian law firm Clark Wilson.
And on the other side, great contributions from solos like Lisa Solomon, Doug Cornelius, Amy Becerra, Mitchell Matorin and Stem client Florida criminal lawyer Ron Chapman. Add ...
2 Mar, 2008 12:59 pm
As I have mentioned, the Round Table Group is a leading firm to help locate and manage expert witnesses (See my post of Feb. 13, 2008.). Steve
Schott of the Group was kind enough gather some information for Law Department Management and to provide some metrics that might interest readers. According to Round Table data,
approximately 22 percent of state civil cases and 25 percent of federal cases involved at least one expert witness. Approximately 7-10 percent of the cases in which an expert is ...
11 Jul, 2008 2:31 pm
A piece in GC Mid-Atlantic, June 2008 at 8-9, describes the role Steve Fulton, the general counsel of $1.2 billion in revenue Respironics. His
legal team consists of nine attorneys and three support personnel. The article comments that Fulton "wears two hats. He is responsible for ensuring that all of the company's legal needs
are handled in a high-quality, time-efficient, cost effective manner. He also serves as part of the executive management team." The point may be obvious, but it is ...
29 Mar 7:21 pm
A friend sent me some ideas Steve Prokesch posted on April 21, 2008 for the Harvard Business Review site. I have slightly edited them. Compare
your calendar with your priorities. Label the purpose of every regular or recurring activity on your quarterly calendar and highlight those activities that further your top five
priorities. This simple exercise will reveal where you're squandering time (See my post of Sept. 3, 2008: general counsel lose control of their calendar.). Be ruthless. Instead of ...
19 Aug 3:47 pm
Heather Morrison of the CNW Group, formerly Canada News Wire, released a 11-pg report yesterday titled Canadian Law Firms and their Use of
Social Media. I am quoted in it, so please excuse the vanity reference. The report itself offers a nice overview of the benefits of social media investment. That's important, but the
part I appreciated most was the focus on relationship building. Great relationships are a key driver of success for any law firm (or lawyer's) search strategy. The reason? ...
3 Sep 8:26 am
... radars than ever before. Don't be surprised if it becomes the epicenter of the debate on the death penalty. The Corsicana Daily Sun has started a Willingham Files webpage to view
all its coverage. Today's Daily Sun also has Nina Morrison's OpEd, "Time to face truth in Willingham case. Judge John Jackson, who prosecuted
Cameron Todd Willingham in the 1990s, recently wrote in the Corsicana Daily Sun that "facts" showing "overwhelming evidence" of Willingham's guilt are being ignored. The truth is ...
4 Sep 8:15 am
... " in support of the conviction. Unsurprisingly, none of the "facts" have any bearing on the case, even if Mr. Jackson reports them accurately. Mr. Jackson is using his status in the
community and in the legal profession to protect a conviction that should not stand. The Jackson OpEd is noted here; a point-by-point response by Innocence Project staff attorney Nina
Morrison, here. Earlier coverage begins with this post. You can also reach all coverage through the Todd Willingham category index.
8 Sep 10:52 am
... under interrogation that Willingham had not physically abused the children. She told police, "Our kids were spoiled rotten." David Grann's New Yorker article, an absolute must-read,
is noted here. The Jackson OpEd is noted here; a point-by-point response by Innocence Project staff attorney Nina Morrison, here. Earlier
coverage begins with this post. You can also reach all coverage through the Todd Willingham category index. The next few posts will link to additional Labor Day weekend coverage.
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