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The third (and final?) installment of Pixar’s “Toy Story” opened this weekend, the first initial theatrical release in the series in 3-D, and I was not disappointed. But, before you click away, this is not a movie review. Rather, I would like to spend a few minutes comparing the success of the series, which started [...]

It’s rare that the 22 minutes of broadcast network evening ‘news’ ever delivers anything really new.  It is usually rehashes of staged political photo-ops, images of natural or man-made disasters or human interest feel-good stories. So the April 19 CBS Evening News with Katie Couric investigative report by Armen Keteyian, their chief investigative correspondent, [...]

On a corner of my desk rest two symbols of excess as reminders of why getting caught up in the “cool thing of the moment” is not a good idea.
The first is a Pocket Lawyer. There he stands briefcase in hand and wearing a blue 3-piece suit, tasseled loafers and a wilder than [...]

I believe a good argument can be made there is much similarity between operating a traveling circus and operating a small to mid-sized law firm. And much to be learned from the former by the latter.

The good folks at LegalBlogWatch posted a blog in 2007 by Carol Elefant “Typewriters Not Yet Obsolete…Law Firms Still Use Them“. A few days ago there was another post (sorry I lost that link) about the continued use of typewriters in law offices and a link to this story on the Oldest Typewriter Repairman in [...]

In the 1980’s there was a series of Hanes underwear TV commercials featuring the fictional Inspector #12 who ended each commercial with the tag line: “It doesn’t say Hanes until I say it says Hanes.” The message was that there was a final arbiter of what was good underwear.  Imagine if there was a comparable [...]

On December 18, 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court adopted Rule 1:42, which sets forth the mandatory continuing legal education requirements for New Jersey attorneys. The new Rule, which took effect on January 1, 2010, requires all attorneys practicing in the State (including judges, law [...]

With the Winter games starting these week, it occurred to me that there is an Olympic-like event in which all lawyers who bill by the hour compete every day. Just as with an Olympic athlete, a lawyer’s effort to convert time into a billable event — i.e., gold — requires the right equipment and the [...]

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The best feature of FiOS video service from Verizon, in my opinion, is the free DVR. It permits automated recording of TV shows and the Jump button will skip over the commercials. For the last several weeks I have been storing original “Twilight Zone” episodes. A 30-minute show only lasts 22 minutes without the commercials. [...]