Maybe They’re Busy Robbing Casinos.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle Some interesting facts on bank robbery from the Freakonomics Blog. CLT

Goodbye PittGirl, Hello Virginia.

The exciting thing about blogging success stories like this is that anybody can do it. And lots of anybodies from anywhere have done it, are doing it and will continue to do it. If you can write interesting stuff like PittGirl did and Virginia Montinez does, you too can be a force. But the key word is “interesting.” Content is the soul of a blog. If you have it, they will find you.

Happy Birthday, Brian Walters!

Mac Lawyers User’s Group.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle Any Pittsburgh area lawyer who is interested in helping to form a Macintosh Users Group, give me a call at 412-561-6303. CLT

Then Who?

When PNC acquired Dwelling House, for better or worse, it acquired its mission. So now we ask PNC the question. What are you doing to keep the dream of home ownership alive in the Hill District? Every Pittsburgher should ask the bank that bears this city’s name that question.

If not PNC, then who?

G-20, the Agonizing Reappraisal.

Pittsburgh has been trying to attract the attention of opinion-makers and corporate leaders in European markets for generations. Now, the same group we have been trying to impress is coming here. They know all about Chicago but most of them know precious little about Pittsburgh. We can change that in a hurry. Yes, there are risks. Didn’t your grandfather teach you that big opportunities mean equivalent risks?

As the Visa commercial might say: “Having the G-20 meet in your City — priceless!”

Why Do You Care? Or, Putting It More Bluntly, Why Aren’t You Minding Your Business?

Of course, everybody knows that if he hadn’t been a premium NFL quarterback, he would have probably been unable to get a job taking tickets at the gate or selling popcorn in the stands. Does that actually mean something?

Anonymous Lawyer Follow Up: Working Mom/Lawyer Competition.

Equally interesting, was Jones’ comment that he received a large number of formulaic press releases from many of the fifty firms who actually were named by Working Mother, begging for a mention. That kind of PR doesn’t get the attention of the WSJ Blog. You gotta have some imagination. (PS, law firms, that’s how you win hard cases, too.)

In Denial and Sticking to It.

It is an interesting psychological phenomenon that fear of loss is far more motivating than hope of gain. The people who are going to absorb the economic burden of a changing system will become politically motivated while those who stand to have a reduction in assessments remain indifferent and politically unorganized. This has happened in the recent past. Spot reassessments in Mt. Lebanon and Sewickley, seen as an expedient to balance the county budget created such a groundswell that the Republicans were swept into office for the first time since 1932. Onorato can see that coming again if he energizes the opposition by making the wrong political move.

Foreclosure Court

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009 I went to civil division motions this morning. Just about all of the local lawyers representing mortgage foreclosure firms were there. They all had a few motions, mostly unopposed. Very few lawyers were there with motions or arguments on any other kind of case. I’ve seen this phenomenon occur […]

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